Comments for Lora Roberts http://www.loraroberts.net Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:47:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on New page for Lora! by Bridget Grimes http://www.loraroberts.net/2006/04/25/new-page-for-lora/#comment-5473 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:52:13 +0000 http://www.loraroberts.net/2006/04/25/new-page-for-lora/#comment-5473 Finally! Yea! I love your books and have been looking for your site forever. I am glad to see you are still writing. I will be reading them. Finally! Yea! I love your books and have been looking for your site forever. I am glad to see you are still writing. I will be reading them.

]]> Comment on Mrs. Beeton, The Domestic Art of Observation, and Sherlock Holmes by pokieokie http://www.loraroberts.net/2006/04/24/mrs-beeton-the-domestic-art-of-observation-and-sherlock-holmes/#comment-1620 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:21:30 +0000 http://www.loraroberts.net/2006/04/24/mrs-beeton-the-domestic-art-of-observation-and-sherlock-holmes/#comment-1620 please please please write a sequel! I loved this book! please please please write a sequel! I loved this book!

]]> Comment on My Life and Times by Lora http://www.loraroberts.net/2006/04/24/my-life-and-times/#comment-3 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:37:10 +0000 http://www.loraroberts.net/2006/04/24/my-life-and-times/#comment-3 Hi,Karla. I am new to the world of answering email in public (and not really sure how it's done!). I love hearing that people have enjoyed my books. And there's certainly nothing wrong with being called a fabulous writer. Here's the word on Liz Sullivan, the viewpoint character in six mysteries set in Palo Alto (which are out of print, but available as e-books from http://www.belgravehouse.com). The final book in that series, Murder Follows Money, was the most fun to write. It was also the hardest, and they got harder from number one (Murder in the Marketplace). I surmise this is because each book teaches you something, generally something you did wrong, and you want to do a better job in the next one. I realized one thing making the Liz books hard to continue was her increasing emergence from her self-imposed cocoon. The happier she got, the less of an outsider she was, and her outsider pov was what drew me to writing about her. I felt we both needed a break. I have in mind a book in Amy's (Liz's niece) point of view. In case anyone wonders, Amy was accepted into Stanford. She's a sophmore, still undecided but on the verge of declaring for journalism (though she's drawn to the biz school as well). Amy is a trouble nexus. That's a good thing in a mystery novel. This book is in the back of my mind and nowhere else. I wrote a book with Bridget as the main character (Another Fine Mess), in which Liz appears briefly. I wrote a book with a 1903-era housekeeper as the main character, and Sherlock Holmes as the celebrity guest star (Affair of the Incognito Tenant). It was very fun to write, and I'm currently working (very slowly) on a second book, titled The Contentious Jewel. No idea when it will be done, though I did take a research-packed but fun-filled trip to England with fellow mystery writer Valerie Wolzien (see http://www.NMOMysteries.com). Please don't worry about emulating my style. You do your own thing, Karla. For 95% of the writers in the world, including published ones, your own satisfaction ends up being the most rewarding thing about being a writer. (I include financial reward in that calculation.) Be the writer you want to be. Okay, I'm pretty sure that online answers to messages are supposed to be brief and pithy. From now on, terse is it! Lora Hi,Karla. I am new to the world of answering email in public (and not really sure how it’s done!). I love hearing that people have enjoyed my books. And there’s certainly nothing wrong with being called a fabulous writer.

Here’s the word on Liz Sullivan, the viewpoint character in six mysteries set in Palo Alto (which are out of print, but available as e-books from http://www.belgravehouse.com). The final book in that series, Murder Follows Money, was the most fun to write. It was also the hardest, and they got harder from number one (Murder in the Marketplace). I surmise this is because each book teaches you something, generally something you did wrong, and you want to do a better job in the next one. I realized one thing making the Liz books hard to continue was her increasing emergence from her self-imposed cocoon. The happier she got, the less of an outsider she was, and her outsider pov was what drew me to writing about her. I felt we both needed a break.

I have in mind a book in Amy’s (Liz’s niece) point of view. In case anyone wonders, Amy was accepted into Stanford. She’s a sophmore, still undecided but on the verge of declaring for journalism (though she’s drawn to the biz school as well). Amy is a trouble nexus. That’s a good thing in a mystery novel. This book is in the back of my mind and nowhere else.

I wrote a book with Bridget as the main character (Another Fine Mess), in which Liz appears briefly. I wrote a book with a 1903-era housekeeper as the main character, and Sherlock Holmes as the celebrity guest star (Affair of the Incognito Tenant). It was very fun to write, and I’m currently working (very slowly) on a second book, titled The Contentious Jewel. No idea when it will be done, though I did take a research-packed but fun-filled trip to England with fellow mystery writer Valerie Wolzien (see http://www.NMOMysteries.com).

Please don’t worry about emulating my style. You do your own thing, Karla. For 95% of the writers in the world, including published ones, your own satisfaction ends up being the most rewarding thing about being a writer. (I include financial reward in that calculation.) Be the writer you want to be.

Okay, I’m pretty sure that online answers to messages are supposed to be brief and pithy. From now on, terse is it!

Lora

]]> Comment on My Life and Times by book_lover http://www.loraroberts.net/2006/04/24/my-life-and-times/#comment-2 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:54:17 +0000 http://www.loraroberts.net/2006/04/24/my-life-and-times/#comment-2 Lora- I was very happy to stumble on your page while searching for your books! I have been seriously clinging to the hope that there are more Liz Sullivan books floating out there in the universe I simply had not found yet! I adore Liz! I am also pleased to see you are a former Missouri girl too! You are a fabulous writer and I hope someday... when I summon up my nerve...I will be able to emulate your down to earth, believable, feel-like-the-character-could-be-your-best-friend writing style. Keep working on more mysteries please! Karla C aka Book_Lover Lora-

I was very happy to stumble on your page while searching for your books! I have been seriously clinging to the hope that there are more Liz Sullivan books floating out there in the universe I simply had not found yet! I adore Liz!

I am also pleased to see you are a former Missouri girl too!

You are a fabulous writer and I hope someday… when I summon up my nerve…I will be able to emulate your down to earth, believable, feel-like-the-character-could-be-your-best-friend writing style.

Keep working on more mysteries please!

Karla C
aka
Book_Lover

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