Author: Nora Roberts

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.

Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.

- 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

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

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

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