Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypasis a best-selling American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts 1985 and competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant in Atlantic City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
kids shy remember
I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids.
hate honest vulnerable
It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.
book library remember
I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I was.
love-is jumping trying
Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a situation as you can, but youre still jumping off a cliff and hoping that someone catches you.
crush hug magic
I will admit, I once launched myself at Julie Garwood for a hug, hoping some of her magic would rub off on me... and I have fangirl crushes on Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Linda Howard, and Kresley Cole, among many others.
beautiful firefly night
The firefly is an unassuming insect in the daytime. If you didn't know what it was, you'd think it was nothing special. But at night, the firefly glows with its own light source. The darkness brings out its most beautiful gift. That's an extraordinary talent for an ordinary-looking creature, isn't it?
worry stop-worrying easier
Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?
meek novel downtrodden
Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.
fall together might
It's like your whole life you 've been falling toward the earth, until the moment someone catches you. And you realise that somehow you 've caught her at the same time. And together, instead of falling, you might be able to fly.
space sorrow gone
You can never be truly happy in a life unless you have known a sorrow. All terrible things we have gone through in life have created spaces inside us where happiness can live Not to mention love.
sex thinking differences
Alone-sex didn't count. It's like the difference between thinking to yourself or having a good conversation with someone--the pleasure is in the exchange.
writing passion important
I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.
writing character creating
Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences that have formed them, what makes them happy, angry, fearful, and what they yearn for.
hurt dear-lord forever
Dear Lord,” she said in a strangled whisper. “I can bear it for a while...but please don't let it hurt forever.