After my husband spell-checks one of my manuscripts, my editor says, 'It's been Normanized.' Ruth Glick More Quotes by Ruth Glick More Quotes From Ruth Glick Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet. Ruth Glick self book way Nowhere Man embodies one of my favorite themes - the hero completely out of his element. Its really near and dear to my heart. Ruth Glick hero heart men I read mostly science-fiction and fantasy when I was a teenager, and I was always drawn to stories where the characters had telepathic powers. Ruth Glick teenager character fiction My heroes are always ready, willing, and able to execute moves necessary to get themselves out of deep trouble. Ruth Glick able hero moving Nobodys life is as romantic as it is in fiction. Ruth Glick life-is fiction I do a lot of recipe creation. Translation: cooking tempting dishes that must be eaten. Ruth Glick creation recipes cooking I've always thought that, as a romance writer, I had the best job in the world. I sit around all day making up emotion-drenched, conflict-laden stories that push my heroes and heroines to the edge of sanity. Then I give them a happy ending. Ruth Glick best-job hero jobs For me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core. A take-charge kind of guy who has his own inner strength and a strong sense of right and wrong - which might not dovetail with the conventional wisdom. I mean, he might bend the law if he thinks the ends justify the means. Ruth Glick me strength wisdom hero People seldom think of soup for summer, so they are unusual - an interesting, unusual touch for the first course or for dessert. I find cold soups very refreshing. I serve them in cups rather than in bowls, usually, and let people sip them. You don't really need a spoon for soups that are all one consistency. Ruth Glick think you consistency people People are in a hurry. They don't want to look at a long list of ingredients. Cooking is terribly hard work. Ruth Glick hard-work cooking work people People will say, 'I really don't like romance,' or, 'I don't read it - at all!' So how do they know? Weirdly, I think that the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' phenomenon introduced women to romance who would never have read it. And that means that they then go on to read my books, and that would be great. Ruth Glick great think women people I love to feed people, and I like to cook food they want to eat and food that will be good for them. I try to cook them things that are lower in fat and see if they will eat them. Ruth Glick good food love people I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I realized that my favorite part of fiction had always been the relationship aspect. Ruth Glick friend know writing relationship If you're chained to a computer all day, you're not using up much energy, even if you drag yourself to the gym a couple of days a week. And to make matters worse for me, I've had a secondary career right along with my romance writing - cookbook author, under my real name, Ruth Glick. Ruth Glick yourself day me you The hero of 'Dark Powers' can touch murder victims and read their last memories. Ruth Glick touch hero dark memories I often think of setting as an important character in my story. 'Dark Powers' takes place in Doncaster, a Maryland Eastern Shore community rich with watermen and historic atmosphere. I modeled it after a stunning little town called St. Michaels, but since a lot of bad things happen in Doncaster, I changed the name. Ruth Glick rich community dark character Unfortunately for me, most of the books I'd want to reprint were written for savvy publishers like Harlequin and Berkley who have held on to electronic rights. But I do have another option: Publish new e-books myself. Ruth Glick new myself me want Of course, to publish something, you have to write it, polish it, then hire out the line editing, copy editing and cover design. After which, you pick your way through the minefield of conforming to the differing requirements of Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords, or hire someone to do it for you. Ruth Glick someone you design way Is it better to go indie and make bigger profits on each book, or stick with a print publisher's 6%-10% royalties? Since I never could figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up, I'm hedging my bets and working both sides of the street. Ruth Glick street better never book The reason I write romance is that I like happy endings. The idea, you know, 'It's not literature unless is ends badly,' and I really don't like that. There's enough misery and bad things happening in the world. Ruth Glick bad you happy world
