In ACTS OF LOVE, you have an insider's view of the theater. And of course we went to as many plays as possible, studying them to see what made them work . . . All that gave us insight into the tiny details that only people deeply involved in the theater could know. In our case, we've had to make our marriage and our professional partnership grow stronger and more creative over the years and we discovered a long time ago that we'd fail miserably at both of them if we let ourselves get lazy. Also, we've been together so long that a lot of the time we find ourselves thinking the same thing at the same time .
Writing is never easy, but writing together gets easier.
Our mail has always shown us that readers are more sophisticated than many people give them credit for, and we like to think part of our success is due to our use of thinking, motivation, and character development, instead of pure action. Your novels are known for mixing glamour with the details of everyday living. Ever since Deceptions , our first book, we've lived a kind of fairy tale that leaves us amazed and grateful. It's a breathtaking place and we spend our time hiking, biking, downhill and cross-country skiing when we're not in our twin offices working on another book. All this is, indeed, magical, but there's still a mortgage to pay, the garbage to be taken out, the garden to be weeded, a dinner party to prepare for, cars to be washed and vacuumed of city or mountain dust.