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Out With The Old

There still some celebrating left to do, but Nora’s getting a jump on 2015. Is this something you do as well? ~Laura

Holidays bring the bright and shiny, whether it’s tangible things or spirit. Hopefully, some of both. We had plenty around here this past week. Happy faces, friends and family, excited kids–and shiny gifts. We all have our traditions, and in our house this involves food, pajamas, a couple hours of chaos, a family picture in front of the tree, and a massive cleanup — eventually.

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Holiday Glitch

For anyone trying to look at the www.noraroberts.com website today, we’re very sorry. The server it’s on stopped working this morning. We’ll call that a holiday reminder to get off the internet and spend more time with books, friends, books, and family, and books.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

– Kat

Happy, Merry and Thank you!

I’m just about to trek north of Maryland to visit family for Christmas, while Nora is finishing up work to concentrate on tradition with family and friends honed through the years. I’m sure she’ll share some of the excitement next week, but for a few days we’re dimming the lights and stepping back from the computers.

Before we do, I wanted to wish everyone the happiest of holidays, no matter what you celebrate and how. Thank you for sharing yourselves on the blog this year. I know you come for...

Cookies, kids and joy

I’m re-posting this since Word Press decided comments were not allowed the first go round.

Nora saved her favorite part of holiday prep for last which made for a joyful and noisy Saturday. Enjoy! ~Laura

Yesterday was cookie-baking day, and we had ourselves a marathon.

Grandkids and friends of grandkids piled in the kitchen or scattered around the house make lots of joyful noise. I should add my dogs were in heaven all day long.

We made a double batch of chocolate chip as they always prove to be...

Cookies, kids and joy

Nora saved her favorite part of holiday prep for last which made for a joyful and noisy Saturday. Enjoy! ~Laura

Yesterday was cookie-baking day, and we had ourselves a marathon.

Grandkids and friends of grandkids piled in the kitchen or scattered around the house make lots of joyful noise. I should add my dogs were in heaven all day long.

We made a double batch of chocolate chip as they always prove to be the crowd favorite–and this year was no exception. Snickerdoodles because not only yum but...

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Nora’s deep into holiday prep, but took the time to send some thoughts before getting back to work. ~Laura

I’ve spent most of this interesting date in the kitchen. I could do that as my most amazing daughter-in-law Kat spent three hours wrapping presents for me yesterday. Otherwise, I’d have used those hours wrapping today instead of making raisin-cinnamon bread–a holiday tradition around here.

No matter how early I start prepping, buying, baking for the holiday season, there’s never enough tim...

Pies on a snowy day

Nora unchained herself from the kitchen to send a holiday note. ~Laura

For the next few days, writing takes a backseat to cooking, fussing, eating, drinking, family and friends. Traditions matter, and one of mine is making pies–two apple, two pumpkin, the day before Thanksgiving. The bird will leave no room for pie bakingtomorrow. Plus, whoever said easy as pie should never be allowed to eat a single slice. Pies–when you do them from scratch–are a lot of work, and a lot of time.

But the satisfa...

Some early holiday treats

It’s a short week in the US with Thanksgiving two days away. If you don’t subscribe to Nora’s News (and why not?) today’s newsletter included links to the official2015 release schedule on Nora’s website. Click here to see what’s in store.

And as a holiday gift, a link to the first chapter of Obsession in Death, out February 10, 2015.

Cheers!

Laura

To-do Lists

The holidays are seriously celebrated in Nora’s house and this weekend was the first of her many busy prep weekends. She sent me this post tonshare with you all. ~Laura

We had a lot of discussion and plenty of love for libraries on the FB pages recently. And this weekend, I pined to curl up in my own, in front of the fire, with Lost Lake–I’m a big Sarah Addison Allen fan, and I’m loving this book.

Nora’s Library.

However, it’s the week before Thanksgiving, and my to-do list is loooooong. Before...

In case you missed it – 11/18/15

I tend to post the most current information on Facebook but I realize not everyone is a fan. When there’s a lot of breaking news, I’ll do my best to post digests like this to keep everyone in the loop. ~Laura

On Friday, we revealed the cover of Nora’s 2015 romantic suspense on the brand new Official Nora Roberts Pinterest page. If you’re a pinner, we’ll be building the boards on that page with information old and new. The Liar will be released on April 14, 2015. Details to come.

Festive in Deat...