Arts
Terry Roberts is like many who are certain they have a novel somewhere inside them. He'd go to work every day and carve time in the early mornings or quiet of twilight to writing he now regards as dreadful. "It was dreadful in the sense that I was struggling to find a voice, to teach myself how to write fiction," Roberts said. "And while I think I had a lot of imagination, I didn't have any training and I didn't quite know yet how to tell a story." He continued writing into his mid-40s before beginning what became his debut novel. He was 55 when a publisher printed that book and now, at 65, Roberts' fourth novel is out, titled "My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black." Roberts reads selections from the book Aug. 18 at Malaprop's Books in Asheville and Sept. 14 at the Hot Springs Library .