JoAnn Ross famous quotes

04-14-2025

Reporters ... most were carrion who fed on human tragedy.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Tragedy #Feds #Humans
While the romance genre has expanded so much over the years, in an odd way it's also narrowed, with too many people trying to stick stories into tight, well-defined marketing niches. It can, admittedly, be a tricky balancing act, but I believe the key is to be able to step back and take a long hard look at what you do well, what makes your work different from other writers, what feels the most natural to you when you're writing.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Believe #Writing #Keys
I've always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I'd babble in my crib as I turned the pages of my little cloth books, apparently telling stories to go along with the pictures.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Mother #Book #Stories
I've always read suspense, so raising the stakes to life and death situations in my romance plots seemed natural.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Life And Death #Romance #Plot
Nothing about my life or my career has been linear.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Careers #Linear
Bruises fade. Death is permanent.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Bruises
Any guy afraid to die was a guy who was afraid to live.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Guy
Life consists of two sides ... light and dark. Joy and sorrow. Without a balance, one cannot fully experience a full and well-rounded life.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Dark #Light #Two Sides
Never get in the middle of someone else's quicksand.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Middle #Quicksand
I was fortunate to sell at a time of great sea change in the romance genre; suddenly heroines were allowed to be portrayed as having rich, fulfilling lives. They didn't need a man for security or self-esteem, but having that one very special man in their lives proved the icing on the cake.
-- JoAnn Ross

#Self Esteem #Men #Sea

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