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#1

“I hope readers see themselves in my characters, finding strength and insight through their growth. Ultimately, I want readers to feel empowered and inspired by the resilience and transformation they witness in my stories.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author-life, readers-and-writers, writing, writing-life

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#2

“My travel experiences are a wellspring of inspiration. Every place I visit adds layers of authenticity and diversity to my world-building. The people I meet and the cultures I encounter influence my characters’ backgrounds and perspectives.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author-life, travel, writing, writing-life

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#3

“Wait, I'm not done.. We didn't have a stuffed bear. And, since I'm not even sure what sort of beast a teddy bear is or where one would find it, I brought you a stuffed baldric instead. It will have to suffice." -Prince Quinn”
― Michelle M. Pillow, The Playful Prince

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#4

“I would make a HORRIBLE outlaw. I can plan the crime perfectly, but I'd also need to plan the outcomes to make it work.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author, crime, fiction, michelle-pillow, outlaw, quote, writing

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#5

“I wish life were a fiction novel. Then everyone would have to do what I say.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author, fiction, michelle-pillow, quote, writing

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#6

“I think people need hope when times are tough. I think they also need escape and adventure and fantasy. Books are like cheap mini vacations.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author, book, fantasy, quote, reality, romance, vacation

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#7

“Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author, character, michelle-pillow, quote, writing-life, writing-process

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#8

“My cat mocks me frequently. It's the universe's way of keeping me from getting too big of an ego.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author, cat, fiction, humor, michelle-pillow, mockery

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#9

“The web is a dangerous place for a mind begging to slack off and be distracted by nonsense.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author, fiction, internet, michelle-pillow, procrastinate, procrastination, romance, slack, slacking, web

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#10

“People should know better than to be an ass in front of writers. We immortalize things. Lots of things. And we take liberties with character descriptions.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author, character, fantasy, fiction, michelle-pillow, romance-novel, writing, writing-craft, writing-life, writing-process

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#11

“Advice from a Romance Writer: Guys, make your woman feel pretty even on an 'off' day. Trust me, good things will come of it.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: advice, author, fiction, guy, love, men, michelle-pillow, relationship-advice, romance, romance-love, romance-novel, writer

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#12

“I heart my job. I get to make things up for a living.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author, dragon-lords, fiction, job, michelle-pillow, romance, writing

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#13

“Alek didn’t move, unsure what he could say or do to erase her pain. Like the rest of the Draig, he was a warrior, a fighter, used to the action of doing what needed to be done. But in this situation there was no giant fanged yorkin to hunt, no Var army to battle. There was only reality and the flawed nature of imperfect men. - Dragon Lords 6: The Stubborn Lord by Michelle M. Pillow - Coming 2013”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: dragon-lords, michelle-pilow, stubborn-lord

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#14

“Chocolate is medicinal. I just did another study that confirms it.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: chocolate, humor, humor-quotes

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#15

“A lie, when believed, became the truth.”
― Michelle M. Pillow, The Jaded Hunter

tags: lie, lies, truth, truth-telling, truths

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#16

“Only a sentimental being would care about such everyday things—things used and discarded by the humans of their respective eras without thought, yet kept and preserved by an immortal who never forgot them. An immortal who loved and cared for them, dusting them off for an eternity, keeping their dead spirits as alive as he—stuck in their immortal tomb never to find the rest everything must eventually seek. Time had no meaning in this cavern of infinite age.”
― Michelle M. Pillow, The Jaded Hunter

tags: death, eternity, immortal, keepsakes, life, memory, vampire

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#17

“He had seen so much of life, but even more of death. He had seen countless eras come and go and still he braved forward, forever alone. And here she was ready to give up after a few lousy years. She was a coward.”
― Michelle M. Pillow, The Jaded Hunter

tags: death, eternity, life, vampire, vampire-romance

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#18

“This is not a white and black business we are in. There are messy shades of crimson haunting us in everything we do.”
― Michelle M. Pillow, The Jaded Hunter

tags: death, life, vampire

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#19

“I confess... if I typo a Facebook post I will edit it. I know it's only Facebook but it's an editing sickness.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: edit, facebook, facebook-quotes, social-media

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#20

“People who make snide comments to authors like "anyone can write a book" or "well, you did it, so obviously I can/it can't be that hard" or poke at a book because it's "romance" or "genre fiction" and act like that somehow makes it substandard because they don't read it... well, ok, go ahead. Write a bestseller. Don't forget to go through the correct edit process. We'll wait.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: adult-fiction, author, book, book-writing, edit, genre-fiction, haters, writing, writing-life

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#21

“I love my career. It is a career. A difficult one that takes many hours and total dedication to my craft. It is also what I was born to do--tell stories and entertain.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author, author-life, career, destiny, fiction, fiction-writing, genre-fiction, job, love, work, writing-life

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#22

“For some reason, when people meet me and find out I'm a writer they always ask if I write children's books. Um... please don't let your kids read my books. Well, unless your kids are in their 30s or something...then yeah, they're old enough. LOL”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: adult, author, genre-fiction, reading, romance, writer, writers-life

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#23

“Life is too short to dwell in the negativity all the time.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author-life, negativity, postive-life, postive-thinking, writing-life

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#24

“When people get into their 30s plus "boyfriend" sounds weird...if you really think about it. Instead, I think we should universally start using the term "manfriend" or "snookie bookie cuddles pie".”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: boyfriend, comedy, comedy-humor, humor, manfriend, nonsense, relationships, thirties

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#25

“If the weight comes from bacon you can so deduct it off the scale total to get your true weight. #science”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: bacon, comedy, diet, fiction, food, humor, scale, science, weight

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#26

“Out of all the things I do, I think being a mom is the most important and satisfying.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: children, mom, mother-s-day, motherhood, mothers-day, parenting, parenting-children, parents-and-children

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#27

“I'm like a stray cat. If you feed me, I don't leave.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: author-life, cat, feeding, food, houseguest, humor, humor-quote, humorous, michelle-pillow, stray

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#28

“He knew for certain that she belonged forever in his arms, just as he knew she didn’t realize it yet.”
― Michelle M. Pillow, Portrait of His Obsession

tags: destiny, fate, historical, obsession, romance

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#29

“Sometimes, they just make coffee cups too small.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

tags: coffee, life, writers-life

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#30

“Without love, life was nothing but endless tasks and battles.”
― Michelle M. Pillow, The Reluctant Lord

tags: battle, book-quote, dragon-lords, family, futuristic-romance, love

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