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Karen Robards
American
Author
Book
Books
Christmas
Me
Time
Write
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Zig Ziglar
I grew up with three little brothers. Every Christmas, we'd have piles of toy trucks and Lincoln Logs and G.I. Joes under the tree. Those were for them. For me? My No. 1 favorite present of all time: books. Two or three tall stacks of wonderful stories that I could lose myself in for weeks.
Karen Robards
Christmas
Time
Myself
Me
Wonderful
Three
Lose
Every
Tree
Books
Those
Favorite
Log
Brothers
All-Time
Could
Weeks
Trucks
Toy
Tall
Piles
Lincoln
Were
Up
Grew
Stories
Little
Them
Present
Two
Books are still my favorite present.
Karen Robards
Books
Favorite
Still
Present
The year I turned 16, I spent the weeks before Christmas dropping hints to my parents about how much I wanted - no, needed - my own transportation.
Karen Robards
Christmas
Parents
Year
Before
Own
Spent
About
My Own
Weeks
Dropping
Hints
How
How Much
Wanted
Turned
Much
Transportation
Needed
When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.
Karen Robards
Book
Law
School
Stress
Book Store
Relieving
Law School
Picked
Read
Up
Romance
Store
Used
Nearby
My parents did not encourage romances.
Karen Robards
Parents
Encourage
Did
Romances
I came out of what we romance writers call The Romance Ghetto, because we get so little respect.
Karen Robards
Respect
Ghetto
Out
Writers
Call
Because
Came
Get
Romance
Little
To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It means my books are legitimate.
Karen Robards
Me
Books
Way
More
Attention
Lot
Up
Getting
Move
Legitimate
Means
Hardcover
I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.
Karen Robards
Me
Seen
Books
Okay
Embarrassed
Out
Come
Read
Felt
Always
Closet
Romance
Younger
Novels
I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
Karen Robards
Me
You
Please
Write
Like
Been
Very
Hit
Get
Just
Lucky
Baseball
Swinging
Keep
Eventually
Playing
My orange Persian Mews hangs out with me while I write.
Karen Robards
Me
Out
Write
Persian
Orange
While
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