http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/2009_March_Stephenie_Meyer/
If you read Stephenie Meyer's bio, you'll find that in 6 months her first book was dreamt, written, represented, and sold. Mind-blowing.
How does one achieve this level of success in the literary world?
Let's call it the Meyer level.
1 - Her books are fantastic. They are sweeping and fluid in spite of other authors' criticism of her technique.2 - She has a bit of controversy surrounding her. Come on, she's a nice Mormon girl writing about eternally-damned-blood-sucking vampires. Okay, okay... I'll give in... Edward has a soul. (yes, that is me in the pic ;))
3 - She's approachable. Well, maybe not in the literal sense, but her story's voice is very easy to get along with.
4 - She's super lucky. She even says so on her website.
As much as I would love even an ounce of her acclaim, here's hoping that this NorCal girl will create a new level of success: the Heskett level.
Thanks for reading!
Let's hope the Meyer level er..um...syndrome is contagious. Nice post! Welcome to blogging!
ReplyDeleteControversy's always good, especially when it's coming from the church (apparently - look at Harry Potter!). There's no such thing as bad publicity.
ReplyDeleteHer books are great, but I definitely think controversy helped her. Plus, there are a TON of Mormons who are going to buy her book out of curiosity. I say you tell people you're a hard core Catholic or something:) Or, a reformed stripper. Then go write inspirational lit. lol:)
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