What made you decide to branch out from mainstream romance to your Brotherhood Series? Quite a leap and an awesome one at that! I've devoured every book in this series! I love the development of each character. Your books are incredible well written! Thank you!

J.R. Ward Aw thankies! And I branched out because I got fired from my publisher at the time- and PS they were right not to renew my contract because my books weren't selling enough. This is a business, and I know they wanted to keep working with me and me with them, but it is a numbers game, and my numbers weren't working.

It was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It forced me to get real with myself and what I wanted to write- hell, what I COULD write. The Brothers showed up in my head and BOOM! I was off and running. I expected to get fired again, however. And believe it or not, I still do. You know, I think if I'd been really successful right out of the box, I wouldn't still be working as hard because that fear of losing this job and not being able to do what I love for a living wouldn't have been cattle-prodded into me. Fear is good. It helps us respect the luck we've been given.

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