Sylvia Day

I love connecting with readers!

I've learned to allow myself the room to fall in love with what I'm writing.

I'm a big fan of IMAX/3-D films; I love that whole experience.

It's fun to try and picture what exactly is in your head and translate it onto the screen. How you can take something that lives in my mind and bring it to life - but that part is fun.

Living is a constant source of inspiration.

The 'Crossfire' demographic is all-encompassing. Age, gender, religion, culture... it doesn't matter.

Gratitude goes a long way.

Publishers should use the paperback side to leverage the ebook side.

I have had unattractive heroes - broken noses, scars, crooked teeth. You want to give them something that is human. My heroines struggle with being too short or fat or old. Some are older than the heroes. You try to cover all spectrums.

Take your time, however long the book needs. I've seen a lot of promising careers go into decline because writers succumbed to the pressure to write faster than was comfortable for them or the story.

I love digital books. And I actually started digital-first publishing back in 2005.

I can't live without my smartphone, but I really geek on coding. It's not so much technology that I like, but puzzle solving.