A tenth of the $60 million woman….

I’ve read plenty of her books, although admittedly none of her PJ. Hobbs books, because they tend to be written as a series and I’m not sure I want to be suckered into a police mystery series at this point of my life. Something to look forward to when life slows down a bit eh?

Nora Roberts.

One of the most successfully prolific writers of our times does not get the respect she deserves in my opinion because she writes romance novels. Which, I’ll have you know, is one of the publishing industries best areas of money making success, along with cook books. Because even in times of economic hardship, there is always the desire for people to find a new romance author to enjoy or a new cook book with gloriously detailed ‘food porn’ photography to sigh over.

Any writer selling 10 million books a year, who Forbes magazine estimated with a gross annual income (in 2004) as $60 million is a writer doing it right.

When people ask what kind of writing career I would like, I’ve often said that I would like to become as successful as Nora Roberts. But until I read this article I had no idea of just how successful she was. I knew about the speed in which she churns out books. The woman is incredibly dedicated to her writing work, often spending eight to ten hours a day writing, although I also know that when her children where younger, she couldn’t put that much work time in.

But golly, even a tenth of her success would be enough for me……