Nora Roberts's Blog, page 62

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...

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....

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...

This morning when I went outside to feed the dogs, I didn’t see my breath, and I heard birdsong. Maybe I had to pick my way over some snow and ice, but I didn’t have to haul on a coat and shiver while doing this basic ritual. I consider this a triumph. Maybe I can’t yet see the ground, and the view out my office window still looks like a black and white painting, but I’m going to believe winter’s finally heading out the door.

When spring finally gets here, I’m going to get my hands in the dir...

We won’t miss you.

For the shortest month, February really wanted to leave its mark. We had lows of -5, highs of 11, far too routinely. And I’m thoroughly sick of this view out my office window.

I’m prepared for March to come in like a lion, have no real hope it will go out like a lamb, but it has to be better than February.

I long to see grass, and bulbs popping, buds burgeoning. I’m half mad to open my windows and feel air that doesn’t numb my fingers.

It’s coming. I had a sign on Friday morni...

Time for some Friday updates to posts on this blog and around social media.

— Nora finished the One More Room last Sunday, but sadly decided to forgo reading since she was more tired than she expected. She DID have the glass of wine to celebrate.

— The By The Book column in the New York Times Sunday Book Review last weekend featured an author we all know and love.

— We discussed book covers on Facebook, specifically the covers of Sacred Sins that spanned nearly three decades. I asked which cov...

As you read this, keep in mind I’m posting this for Nora while staying in a hotel in Long Island where the winds are up and the temps are down. I like her anyway. ~Laura

One of the biggest perks of being a writer is working at home. Even bigger is working at home when the thermometerreads one frigid, bitter, ridiculous degree. While I always do a February signing, I try not to venture out otherwise during this short, nasty little month.

I love hibernating. I’m an unsocial, solitary creature by...

Some non-story reader questions popped up during days leading to Obsession in Death. Now that it’s in stores, I thought I’d address some of them here. Nora adds her own thoughts at the end.

The wait between books

Nora addressed this perfectly in this post about trilogies (http://fallintothestory.com/quick-note-from-nora/) but since the first question about the fall In Death release (Devoted in Death out in September) appeared a mere 24 hours after Obsession hit stores in the US and Canada, it b...

Devoured Obsession in one big gulp? Dying to talk about it? This is the thread where spoilers are allowed so you can chat about Obsession freely.

Just a reminder if you haven’t read Obsession yet — chunks of the story will be given up here so enter at your own risk.

Have fun and mind your manners! ~Laura

Mostly I tolerate February. It comes after January, which is something, and it’s short. You have to get through it to hit March, and once you get to March, spring’s coming right up. Plus spring training starts so baseball isn’t far off.

This particular weekend in February was more than tolerable. It was indeed fun and fabulous starting for me on Friday evening when my son delivered my bestie Ruth Langan to the door.

Everything is fun and fabulous when Ruth’s around.

I took most of Friday off to...