{"quotes":[{"text":"Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["amaya-ellman","emotion","power-of-writing","skill","writers-life","writing-tip"],"id":132262,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"},{"text":"I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["amaya-ellman","being-an-","love-characters","writing-from-the-heart","writing-life"],"id":136378,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"},{"text":"Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["amaya-ellman","comedy","madness","psychology","sanity","writing"],"id":262467,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"},{"text":"My best writing happens when I’m fighting to produce it.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["amaya-ellman","writing-advice","writing-life","writing-process","writing-tips"],"id":379094,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"},{"text":"One man’s fight is another man’s freedom.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["amaya-ellman","broken-shells","freedom","iran","quote","survival","war"],"id":386544,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"},{"text":"Dawn cackles as she guides me through the all-glass porch. Thinner, paler Reina shuffles about behind Dawn, watching as I slip my boots off. Although she tries to hide her hands, her fingers flicker nervously. I place my boots neatly on the floor of the porch beside the other pairs in the shadows under the coats. Music drifts through to us from a distant room – it’s the Beach Boys’ California Dreamin’. Dawn looks at me and I smile – they’ve put the record on for me. Dawn nods along happily. ‘Hear you’re a surfer boy!’ she says and she mimics riding a wave.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["amaya-ellman","dark","dysfunctional-family","fear-and-suspense","fiction","psychological","slaughterhouse","thriller"],"id":466928,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}