Nora Roberts's Blog, page 62

The Cruelest Month

T.S. Elliot hit the nail on that one. April teases us with warm breezes, climbing temperatures, pretty pink and yellow blossoms, tenderly greening trees–then slaps us silly with frosts and sudden plunges into winter.

Not sure what it says about me that I still love April. It holds out its sweet green hand, then yanks it away and blows cold white. You can just hear the snicker.

And still, it’s the promise, the knowing May’s coming. It’s lookingout my dining room window–even though I have a fir...

…and then we went home

Nora chose Wii Tennis as the tie-break competition on Saturday evening. After an entertaining match and unrestrained viewer commentary, Nora crowned Sarah the winner of the Drunken Spa Girl tournament. She won the Dance and Trivia categories while Kat won Scrabble and Wii Bowling.

Family commitments called Sarah and Nicole home on Sunday, while the remaining eight used Sunday for final treatments, walks or quiet reading time. A rousing game of charades on a rainy Sunday evening was the perfec...

GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS!!!!

I have many things to be grateful for in my life, many joys and blessings. One of the brightest blessings is my girl pals. One of the biggest joys is the chance to spend a week a year with a group of them.

Every spring we come here to the spa for a week of fun, pampering, conversation, laughs and competition.

We’ve been pretty lucky with the weather this year, and today is about as perfect as days get. Sunny and 70s. Even in morning chills my pal Jo and I gear up and do a long walk to start t...

Report from the spa trenches – Laura’s version

Spring was all over the place as we drove up to the spa on Monday. Rather, Nora drove and I was a passenger since for the first time, my trip to the spa did not mean an 8 hour drive to and from Raleigh. I just packed up, drove over to Nora’s and let her handle the driving duties. Our friend Mary Kay McComas was along as well. Conversation ranging from gorgeous weather to dig-down discussions of various television shows we all favor made for a fast trip.

When we were 20 miles away from the fin...

The Liar discussion thread

Finished up The Liar and dying to discuss? This is the place for comments about Nora’s annual hardcover.

I’ll start — one of my favorite parts of the book were the texts between Shelby and Griff, especially when they pertained to Callie.

How about you?

Laura

Good Things Come

Though the wait can seem endless, good things do come around. Tomorrow I head out for a week with the best of girl pals for fun and serious relaxation at the spa.

Packing’s a lot, but pretty easy as it’s work-out gear, sweats and pjs. For seven lovely days, we don’t cook, we don’t clean, do laundry, work, and the biggest stressors tend to be what color to have our nails done and who’s moving onto the next round of Drunken Scrabble or Wii Bowling. We have a tournament. With prizes.

Yesterday w...

A query letter by Nora

Dear Winter: How can we miss you if you don’t go away?

Yesterday I hosted my annual gathering/clothes swap for people in my local writing group. I used to do this mid-winter, but it proved so problematic with weather and travel, I’ve shifted it to early spring in the last several years.

When I sent out the invites a few weeks ago, I thought: This’ll be nice–end of March. Cool, but pleasant enough people could wander outside if they want.

Wrong.

A 28 degree high isn’t cool, it’s fricking cold....

Charity Hat Auction

Remember Nora’s posts abouther whole house purge and the brand new closet? Not only did it make Nora very happy, it brought to life an idea tobenefit others.

Nora generously shares recaps of her trips to the Kentucky Derby — one of her favorite annual events. (Click the links to refresh your memory of the 2013 and 2014 races. ) Many years she’s worn gorgeous, custom-made hats by Penny Rieckthat add even more flair and elegance to theexperience.

As she cleared out and moved her closet, Nora r...

Social media round up – March 24

It’s been quiet here as Nora’s thrown herself into the first draft of next year’s hardcover. I’ll share here what little I know: there’s a heroine and there’s a hero. For some reason that’s all Nora’s willing to share at this point. But since that’s all I knew about The Liar this time last year and now it’s one of my favorite of Nora’s books (and topping The Witness is very very hard) I’m pretty confident she’ll expand on that heroine and hero to give us a fabulous read in the spring of 2016....

What are you reading/anticipating?

It’s a rainy Saturday in Maryland. Word is Nora is making soup. I am not. But I am thinking about books and spring. The Equinox approaches! As the Northern hemisphere nears the end of a long winter and the Southern starts to shed the dog days of summer, I thought it was good time to shake off the dust on our reading lists and swap ideas of what to read.

The Liar,Nora’s 2015 hardcover romantic suspense, will hit stores in the US/Canada on April 14, in the UK/Ireland/AUS/NZ and SA on April 16...