Decision making Quote by Celine Kiernan

“If a woman is not wed, it's not because she made a set of active choices, but rather that she has not been selected…

— Rebecca Traister

“It is possible for YA heroines to go an entire book without discussing their love lives.”

— Celine Kiernan

“A female character can: Like babies, Be devoted to her lover, Cry, Be gentle, Be scared, Be uncertain, Take advice, and still be a…

— Celine Kiernan

“A heroine is always someone who wants out”

— Sarah Tolcser

“I believe sex is a life force and I try to write about it as straightforwardly as I can. I try to let characters…

— Maureen Gibbon

“YA heroines can have romances that are subplots: can have goals other than getting/keeping a man: can put their lovers second. JUST LIKE YAheroes…

— Celine Kiernan

“There is a potential heroine in every woman.”

— Jean Shinoda Bolen

“Life is long, and if a woman survives, she can take her pleasures one way or another.”

— Philippa Gregory

“A story is about a single moment in a character's life when a definitive choice is made, after which nothing is the same.”

— John L'Heureux

“A committed woman learns to choose what she wants most over what she wants now.”

— Nicki Koziarz

“I started writing to get women, or rather a particular woman, and I continue writing because it’s now a compulsion.”

— Jarod Kintz

“As women, we are the protagonists of our own personal novels. We are called upon to be the heroines of our own lives, not…

— Erin Blakemore