A Quote by Theodora Goss

The appeal of writing a romance was that I'd never written one before the The Thorn and The Blossom.

Theodora Goss

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Theodora Goss
American - Writer

The Thorn and the Blossom isn't just a love story. It's about two people who decide what they actually want to do artistically, despite discouragement. In some ways, that's just as important as the romance.

Theodora Goss

I have no objection to well-written romance, but I'd read enough of it to know that that's not what I had written. I also knew that if it was sold as romance I'd never be reviewed by the 'New York Times' or any other literarily respectable newspaper - which is basically true, although the 'Washington Post' did get round to me eventually.

Diana Gabaldon

Since my romance novels had all been thrillers as well, it wasn't such a leap for me to move into the straight thriller genre. The most difficult part, I think, was being accepted as a thriller writer. Once you've written romance, unfortunately, critics will never stop calling you a 'former romance author.'

Tess Gerritsen

So much work went into this book [ "The Thorn & The Blossom"] - you can probably tell from looking at the art and overall design.

Theodora Goss

The book itself [The Thorn and The Blossom] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction, and it's in a slipcase.

Theodora Goss

I would tell myself to get more sleep! Believe it or not, I wrote the book while finishing my PhD in English literature. It was wonderful to get away from doing literary scholarship by writing this mythical love story. I think so much of my own love for books and scholarship comes through in The Thorn and the Blossom.

Theodora Goss

Writing two stories [in the Thorn and the Blossom] about the same set of events that were complete stories in themselves, but also added up to a larger story. As I was writing them, I kept going back and forth, because something would happen in one story that would have to be reflected in the other story. And yet the same event would also have to be perceived in different ways by Brendan and Evelyn, because they are different people with their own interpretations.

Theodora Goss

I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn [from The Thorn and the Blossom] - as well as some of my own anxieties about the academic life!

Theodora Goss

Now that The Thorn and the Blossom has come out and I'm done with my doctoral degree (yes, I'm finally Dr. Goss), I'm turning to longer projects.

Theodora Goss

There's a horrible stereotype of both the romance writer and the romance reader as somehow undereducated and unprofessional, when in fact there are a number of incredibly well-educated professional women who have chosen to leave their other careers and go into writing romance.

Lauren Willig

Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what has been written before. Writing is learned by imitation.

William Zinsser

Never before had I been offered a contract and advance before a word had been written... I went home and began writing 'Julie of the Wolves.'

Jean Craighead George

Unsuccessful headlines were not written without a strong appeal, but it was the wrong appeal for that product and that audience.

John Caples

There is a whole generation of romance readers and writers who suffer from what I like to think of as 'Thorn Birds' Fever.

Sarah MacLean

I loved writing something I'd never written before, and I wanted to write not just about "true love" but also a human relationship.

Theodora Goss

The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again.

Khaled Hosseini

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