Cassia Meare writes what she used to love: chivalric tales like the original tales of King Arthur, where protagonists were flawed but fought for the good of others, magic was dark, and families were complicated. Where life and love were uncertain, but ideals were all important.
More recently, A Song of Fire and Ice reawakened a passion for other worlds and epic wars -- and dragons.
She will always love Star Wars and maintain that it's a tale of knights in space.
Although she does not write romance, she is not against a love sub-plot, with no guarantee of how it will end.