Nora Roberts - Tag - In a past life… https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/nora-roberts/ Nora Roberts - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000 I Wanna Write like Nora Roberts: 7 Tips for Prolific Writers https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2009/10/19/i-wanna-write-like-nora-roberts-7-tips-for-prolific-writers/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2009/10/19/i-wanna-write-like-nora-roberts-7-tips-for-prolific-writers/
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As you may know, I’ve never been able to get through a Nora Roberts novel. I’ve always gotten bored or otherwise lost interest. So then why would I say that I want to write like her?

It’s not a joke. I seriously admire Nora Roberts as an author, even though her fiction is not for me. Here’s why.

Look at Nora Roberts’s history as a writer, even from the very beginning. She got started in 1979, when she first put pencil to paper, literally, to write a novel:

]]> Moving Between Characters in Omniscient Point of View https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/02/19/moving-between-characters-in-omniscient-point-of-view/ Sun, 19 Feb 2006 06:00:56 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/02/19/moving-between-characters-in-omniscient-point-of-view/ Remember when I read Spellbound by Nora Roberts? One of the things that threw me was that she wafted from character to character. Orson Scott Card in Characters & Viewpoint gives an example of this that actually works. Unfortunately, he doesn’t tell us why it works. Maybe we can propose a theory.

]]> Spellbound by Nora Roberts (Review) https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/02/05/spellbound-by-nora-roberts/ Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:00:25 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/02/05/spellbound-by-nora-roberts/ I recently read Spellbound by Nora Roberts. Having not read any of her work, I thought this novella would be a way to dip my toe in the pool without overcommitting. The book got high ratings at Amazon.com, but I thought it was overrated.

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