Author: Nora Roberts

Quotes

I've gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time I've spent with them.

I've gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time I've spent with them.

- Nora Roberts

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

- Nora Roberts

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.

- Nora Roberts

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

- Nora Roberts

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

- Nora Roberts

I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft.

I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft.

- Nora Roberts

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.

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.

- Nora Roberts

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

- Nora Roberts

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

- Nora Roberts

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