I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained. Nancy Pickard boreexplainlove Change image and share on social
I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation. Nancy Pickard bookfeelovercome Change image and share on social
I've known a lot of cowboys and a few cowgirls. They're, by and large, some of the smartest, funniest, most courteous, generous, and hardest-working people you'd ever want to know. Nancy Pickard courteouscowboycowgirl Change image and share on social
I'm a Midwestern girl, born and bred. It's harder for some of us to write about things closer to home. It's not so much a fear of telling the truth but wanting to do it justice. Nancy Pickard bearbreedclose Change image and share on social
It's such a joy to talk to a roomful of people who have read my novel and are eager to talk about it. Nancy Pickard eagerjoypeople Change image and share on social
I go for drives in the Flint Hills, which is the setting for 'The Virgin of Small Plains'. Nancy Pickard driveflinthill Change image and share on social
Being a writer - even a best-selling one - is usually not anywhere near as public as being a movie star, at least not when I'm out in 'real life' like this. Not that I don't use what fame I have, every chance I get, to help sell more books. Nancy Pickard bookchancefame share on social
I'm not interested in forcing my beliefs on my readers. Nancy Pickard beliefforceinterest Change image and share on social
I've lived in Kansas for more than thirty years, and for half of those, I was part of a ranching family, so I'm writing about things I know and love. Nancy Pickard familyhalfhave Change image and share on social
I live in a little suburb close to Kansas City called Prairie Village, where there's a feeling of everybody knowing everybody else. I think the same thing is true of New York City, by the way. Nancy Pickard callcityclose Change image and share on social
