Q&A with Amelia James discussion

Got burning questions? Go on and give it to me now. I can take it.

Why did you decide to start writing romance novels?

Natasha wrote: "Why did you decide to start writing romance novels?"

Good question. It wasn't really a choice. I started reading romance novels when I was in junior high and I always wanted to write one. I took a creative writing class in college and fell in love with short stories, but it wasn't until I got married and started exploring my sexuality that I started writing sex stories. I wrote my first novel when one of my stories took on a life of its own.

=) What advice can you offer to aspiring romance novelists? I know it has to be one of the hardest genres to get noticed in!

1. Do you judge a book by its cover?

2. Do you get men in kilts in Colorado?

3. Is 'vanilla' good or bad?

Vanessa wrote: "1. Do you judge a book by its cover?

2. Do you get men in kilts in Colorado?

3. Is 'vanilla' good or bad?"

1. Sometimes. An attractive cover will get my attention.

2. Yes. We go to a Highland Festival in Estes Park every fall. Kilts galore.

3. Depends on what you put on top of it. ;)

I think you would find a way to make vanilla more interesting.

Vanessa wrote: "I think you would find a way to make vanilla more interesting."

Oh I have. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. ;)