Nora Roberts Quotes

• I need to write to be happy.

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• I loved the process of writing.

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• I long for typical days, but rarely get them any more.

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• I generally write a first draft that’s pretty lean. Just get the story down.

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• I find I use the Internet more and more. It’s just an invaluable tool. I do most of my research on the Net now – and certainly do the bulk of my communicating through email.

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• I don’t think you can write – at least not well – if you don’t love stories, love the written word.

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• I don’t base any character on a real person, and really don’t do composites either. I make them up.

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• I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere.

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• I decided to write category romance as I’d recently discovered them, and enjoyed them.

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• I believe strongly in writing groups such as Romance Writers Of America that offer support, information and networking.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Every single book is a challenge.

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• Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I’ve ever faced since I started writing.

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

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• 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.

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

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Nora Roberts (37)

Birth:	10th October, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Novelist, Writer

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• 1959 - Lydia Lunch
• 1965 - Steve Waugh
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• 1990 - Rex Harrison
• 1993 - Norton Simon
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