Name	Nora Roberts (Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufem-Brinke Wilder)
Other Name(s)	J.D Robb Sarah Hardesty Jill March
Age	58
Build	Average
Eye Color	Brown - Light
Hair Color	Brown - Light
Date of Birth	October 10, 1950
Birthplace	Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Star Sign	Libra
Nationality	Irish
Ethnicity	White
Religion	Christian
High School	Montgomery Blair High School
Occupation	Writer
Celebrity Index	No
Claim to Fame	Bestselling Author
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I would hope that my writing`s cleaner than it was when I started.

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I generally write a first draft that`s pretty lean. Just get the story down.

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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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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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I long for typical days, but rarely get them any more.

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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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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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And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

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Each of my characters comes from somewhere, and where they come from, good or bad, has a large part in forming who they are, and who they can become.

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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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For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American.

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I don`t fiddle or edit or change while I`m going through that first draft.

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Every single book is a challenge.

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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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The most important aspect of any story, to me, is character.

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I`ll usually work until about four or five - take a short break mid day to run through the email that`s come in or read and post on the boards.

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Now, I`ll say this. I`ve never taking a course on writing. I`ve never read a book on writing. This isn`t something that would work for me.

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You don`t find time to write. You make time. It`s my job.

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In the summer of `80, Silhouette bought my first book.

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I just don`t depend on inspiration much.

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I need to write to be happy.

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I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres.

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I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere.

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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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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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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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If a book`s moving well, or I was interrupted over six million times through the day, I`ll usually go back and write for another hour or two.

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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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I don`t believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn`t read for pleasure.

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If you write in category, you write knowing there`s a framework, there are reader expectations.

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First, I really believe that since writer is a term without genre, a good one should be able to write believable male and female characters.

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Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.

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I decided to write category romance as I`d recently discovered them, and enjoyed them.

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What I write deals with relationships, with making families. It just follows that I would often write about family and what it means.

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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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I`ve never felt category is restrictive.

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One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written.

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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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I loved the process of writing.

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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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