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" One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written. "
Nora Roberts
Someone
Story
Greatest
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" I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career. "
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" My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life. "
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" I've gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time I've spent with them. "
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" If you write in category, you write knowing there's a framework, there are reader expectations. "
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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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" The most important aspect of any story, to me, is character. "
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" I decided to write category romance as I'd recently discovered them, and enjoyed them. "
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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 believe strongly in writing groups such as Romance Writers Of America that offer support, information and networking. "
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" And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking. "
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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 do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere. "
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Road
Write
Everywhere
" You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job. "
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Job
Write
Find
" I would hope that my writing's cleaner than it was when I started. "
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Started
Cleaner
Writing
" I loved the process of writing. "
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Process
Writing
Loved
" 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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Tools
Find
" 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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Action
Motivation
" I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure. "
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Moment
Pleasure
You
" I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down. "
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Down
Draft
First
" Every single book is a challenge. "
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Challenge
Book
Single
" Mary Stewart will always be my goddess. I can pick up one of her early books - one I've read a dozen times - and still slide right into the story. "
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Early
Always
I Can
" In the summer of '80, Silhouette bought my first book. "
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Book
Silhouette
First
" Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice. "
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Practice
Great
Heart
" I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres. "
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Variety
Lot
Genres
" I need to write to be happy. "
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Need
Be Happy
Write
" 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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Writing
Difficult
Plagiarism
" 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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Character
Any
" I long for typical days, but rarely get them any more. "
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" I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft. "
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