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“I think we worry way too much about where books should fit inside genres. In a romance, the hero and heroine are on a journey together, and no matter how awful it gets, by the end of the book they'll be in love, with the probability of a happy ending.”

Marjorie Liu

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I love writing prose. I really love writing prose. It's very pleasurable for me.

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Marriage isn't the end-point of a relationship. It's just a stepping stone, one aspect of a long-term evolution between two people who have, for…

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Freedom to tell any story I want, with all the imaginary tools of my trade, is why I love writing novels. I love taking…

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I wanted to be her; I wanted to write her. Red Sonja became anchored in my imagination like a mountain.

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We all know that I love writing Gambit.

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The greatest enemy one ever faces is one's own self.

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If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace.

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“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

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