She is the author of the enormously popular "Twilight" series, those books about teen vampires that all the young girls are screaming
about at your local Borders. The final installment in the saga, "Breaking Dawn," sold 1.3 million copies last Saturday alone. (It's not just tween girls screaming either; check out the Twilight Moms site if you don't believe me.)
In other words, Stephenie Meyer is enormously successful, and she's achieving major publishing success while being a mother to three young boys. If you're a mom, you may find yourself wishing you had this woman's life. If you don't envy her yet, here are five reasons why you might:
1. While acting as a stay-at-home mom to her three sons, Meyer wrote her first book, "Twilight," in three months. Three months after that, she snagged $750,000 for a three-book deal. Personally, it takes me three months to get up the gumption to clean the bathroom sink.
2. Meyer had no writing experience when she sat down to pen that novel. Her inspiration? A detailed dream about two young lovers she had one night. See, I never dream stuff that can turn into a book deal. I just dream about offending Matt Damon by accident. (Long story, but let's just say that now I can't watch any of the Jason Bourne movies without feeling irrationally embarrassed.)
3. The millionaire author didn't have to relocate because of her newfound glory. She still lives in Cave Creek, Ariz., and -- wait for this gem -- her husband has now become a stay-at-home dad. They clearly don't need two incomes since mama brings home the bacon, fries it up in a pan and serves it with a tall glass of vampire blood.
4. Since the first "Twilight" book is hitting the big screen this December, Meyer gets to hang out with movie stars. For that matter, she's treated like a star herself. Some fans of the novels are foaming-at-the-mouth rabid and go bazonkers at the sight of her. Still, I assume she doesn't get accosted on the way to, say, Whole Foods because her face isn't recognizable on a Brangelina level. That's fame at its most ideal, really.
5. If Meyer has any pressing problems right now, one would assume that fear of a potential career downfall is one of them. But she's not even concerned about that. She told a reporter for CBS Sunday Morning: "My life wasn't bad to begin with. It was already good.
So if everything goes away tomorrow and no one ever picks up
another one of my books and no other movies are made and I just stay in
my house, I'm gonna be OK with that." Whatever you might think of Meyer's writing or success or vampires, you have to admire that kind of attitude.
