The most important thing is you can’t write
what you wouldn’t read for pleasure. It’s a mistake to analyze the market
thinking you can write whatever is hot. You can’t say you’re going to write
romance when you don’t even like it. You need to write what you would read if
you expect anybody else to read it.
And you have to be driven. You have to have
the three D’s: drive, discipline and desire. If you’re missing any one of those
three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it’s going to be really
hard to get anything done.
NORA ROBERTS