Nora Roberts's Blog, page 54
March 27, 2016
Easter Blessings
Birds sing this morning, and the pink blossoms still fill the view out my bedroom window. When I let the dogs out–and yelled at the herd of deer all but standing on my back patio–I stepped out into cool air. But spring cool, not that bitter bite of winter. I think we made it! April snows happen, and I wouldn’t bet against another frost or two, but on this Easter Sunday, spring rules. On Friday after work, post work-out, I poured myself a well-deserved glass of wine and took a walkabout wit...
March 20, 2016
Happy Ostara
Today we celebrate the change from dark to light, the earth’s rebirth. It may be a chilly 32 degrees out there in my world at this moment, but the spring equinox is all about hope and potential. This turning, for me, is a lovely reminder that all things come around again. And beauty will bloom. Whether you dance around the fire in tribute to The Horned God or check out those seed catalogues, whether you carry palms after Sunday Mass or plant some pansies, today the world shifts. And in the...
March 13, 2016
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
For the past several weeks, I’ve been house hunting–publishing houses, that is. While publishing’s a business, a house is still a home, and moving is stressful, complicated–and for a creature of routine like myself–just fraught. Exciting, too, because once you work through the fraught, there are new possibilities, a fresh page, a new start. There were changes in the house I worked with, lived in, was part of for more than twenty years, and with those changes I no longer felt at home there....
March 6, 2016
Marching In
It’s dull here on this first weekend in March. The trees are bare, and the sky’s unfinished drywall. With the snow melted away–not that I’m complaining–the world outside my windows is brown and gray. Right now feels like a holding pattern before the hopes (so often dashed) of April. But I don’t wish time away, unless I’m in the dentist’s chair. I need March as it provides a few more weeks of hibernation for me. In fact, the last time I was out of the house, I WAS in the dentist’s chair, and...
March 3, 2016
Litographs Naked in Death collection
Today’s the day! The Naked in Death collection — t-shirt, poster, tote — is live on Litographs. I think the final designreflects the first book in the long-running series, really well.
You see here how the copy of the book makes up the design (so you’ll never be without a beloved book again.
Today — March 3 — only you can save $5 with code: MARCHBOOKS. Click this link to order. And don’t forget to click to see the back design on the t-shirt and tote-bag on the order page.
Laura
February 28, 2016
The Road to Discovery
The keyboard and the stove areboth major tools in my world. I literally burn through multiple keyboards a year. Fortunately the stove holds up a lot longer. However, I approach both pretty much the same way. There’s a reason I don’t teach writing. Well, first, I don’t wanna. But over and above? I can’t tell you. I can’t analyze the process, break it down into parts and steps because I run on instinct. I don’t write from an outline, or have a board filled with sticky notes, character points...
February 21, 2016
How to Survive February
What is up with this month? It can never seem to make up its mind. How many days should I have? it wonders. And every four years it decides to toss in one more. Should I dump two or three feet of snow–yeah, why not. And why not follow that with temperatures in the 60s, just to tease everybody before I throw out some ice, more snow and drop that temp to freeze butts off. February’s a sociopath. I deal with it by staying home, out of its chuckling way. And if I have to go out, I simply count...
February 14, 2016
Cooking with Kayla
We’re in a deep freeze here in my neck of the woods. Frigid temps all last week. I believe it was a ridiculous 3 degrees when I got up this morning. BW lets me know how vicious the cold every day when he gets home. Fortunately for me, I work at home, and had a good, solid, warm writing week. I ain’t going out there till I have to. Poor guy even had to go out on Saturday, twice. Me? I had a stellar Saturday in the kitchen, cooking with my 13-year-old granddaughter. Kayla has a fresh and fun...
February 13, 2016
The Cranky Publicist answers Another Question
I didn’t think I’d pull out the Cranky Publicist so soon, but there’s an uptick in two questions (mainly on Facebook) recently:
“Who is Laura?”
“Why doesn’t Nora write her own posts?” * Most recently, thequestionerimplied Nora owedreaders original posts.
I get that first question, after all readers come to this blog or Facebook and someone who is not Norasigns the posts.
Laura, Nora There are helpful, long time readers who answer that I’m Nora’s assistant. That appears to be a simple explanat...
February 11, 2016
Price Points, Discounts, Sales!
Laura generated a Facebook post asking readers to pick either Three Fates or The Collector for a discussion. As often happens in the comment section some readers complained about the cost of books–why can’t I make them cheaper, or asked me to have a sale, do some discounting. Is this aggravating to me? Yes, it is. First, the post clearly asked for readers to vote for one of two books for a discussion. Second, while I appreciate a bargain as much as anybody, I find requests or demands or com...
