A testament to perserverence

 

“Somewhere along the line, I realizedthat I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten yearslater, I finally got a book published. It was hard. I had no skills. I knewnothing about the business of getting published. So I had to keep working atit.” –  Janet Evanovich

 

Bornon April 22,1943 Evanovich now has over two hundred million books in printworldwide, translated into over 40 languages. After those initial struggles, she gained fame and loyal readers withher contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a former lingerie buyerfrom Trenton, NJ, who becomes a bounty hunter to make ends meet after losingher job.

 

Evanovich’sdroll sense of humor (“If you want to cry, you're not going to like my books”) combinedwith a knack for setting up mystery and suspense keeps her readers involvedfrom start to finish.

 

Another“reader involvement” idea is letting readers help name her books.  “Readers were sending in their ideas fortitles,” she explained.  “Sowe thought, ‘Hey, go for it.’ Now we have a contest every year.”

 

During her early writing years she had dozens and dozens of rejection letters but shekept trying and finally connected with a romance novel for which she received$2,000.  “I thought it was an astoundingsum,” she recalled.  Today, her net worthis around $140 million.

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