If you did a double take, rest assured, that was superstar author Nora Roberts - more than 150 novels in 21 years - sitting in the Cincinnatian's Palace having breakfast last week and talking about how she got started writing.
"I never thought about being a writer," said Roberts. "I mean, really, make a career out of making up lies? I was a crafts junkie - I did two macrame hammocks, I embroidered, I did pottery, I baked bread once a week. I thought I was going to need a 12-step program to get away from it. Then I discovered writing and fell in love. It's a much more productive outlet for your creativity. But yes, I still know how to macrame. And embroider."
From breakfast, she hopped off to a round of interviews and then to sign her new Northern Lights (G.P. Putnam Sons; $25.95) at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.
