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...Susan Elizabeth Phillips: I was at home with young kids, and my best friend and I decided we were going to write a historical romance together. We sold that book three weeks after it was submitted to Dell Publishing, on 120 pages. Then she went to law school...
...work, I don't make any distinction at all. People say, what do you write? I say, I write romance, women's fiction, chicklit. I think it all fits very comfortably under the same umbrella. Basically, I write books for women-books about relationships, books that make you laugh and sometimes make you cry a little...
...love story between the hero and the heroine has to be at the center of the book. I think that's pretty true in my books. I usually write a secondary love story, with maybe nontraditional characters. Sometimes I write older characters. I'm interested in female friendships, and family relationships. So I don't write the traditional romance, where you just have the hero and the heroine's love story. I like intertwining relationships...
...gets harder, because I'm really close with my readers. My website bulletin board is the place I interact with my readers. I do a lot of signings. I feel like they're my friends. And I don't want to disappoint anybody. I kind of write from a place of fear, which may not be the best way to do it. I always want to try to bring something fresh to every book. It's getting harder instead of easier. I feel like I work harder with each book. But I don't want it to show...
...these pages, TIME's critics report on the top autumn anticipations. And if some of the offerings seem too much like homework, play hooky. See a Broadway show with a favorite star tandem or a movie with a mute, heroic dog, or try a cool new video game. Then write an essay about it, class, and have it on our desk by Monday...