Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts
Nora Robertsis an American bestselling author of more than 209 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in Death series, and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U.K. as Sarah Hardesty...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 October 1950
CitySilver Spring, MD
CountryUnited States of America
writing firsts stories
I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.
doors stories needs
A good story's like a door, and you can go through it whenever you need to. After you've read it or seen it or heard it, you can still go back through it. Once it's yours, it's always yours.
character important stories
The most important aspect of any story, to me, is character.
years rejection stories
For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American.
writing thinking stories
I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.
fall stories pleasure
One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written.
jobs writing making-time
You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.
heart light soul
I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.
american-author believable believe female good male since term writer
First, I really believe that since writer is a term without genre, a good one should be able to write believable male and female characters.
american-author gotten number readers spent time treasure
I've gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time I've spent with them.
american-author book course taking work
Now, I'll say this. I've never taking a course on writing. I've never read a book on writing. This isn't something that would work for me.
american-author break email five four mid post run short until work
I'll usually work until about four or five - take a short break mid day to run through the email that's come in or read and post on the boards.
saws young
The very young and the very old often saw what others could not. Or would not.
cat
Tell him I took the cat