Newer PostOlder PostW E D N E S D AY, A U G U S T 2 3 , 2 0 0 6Nora Roberts: She Suffers From Writer'sBlockbusterThat was the way Padgett Powell described Stephen King, but it couldjust as easily describe romance novelist Nora Roberts, who haspublished some 166 books under various pseudonyms.</p><p> The New YorkTimes does a polite profile of her, which mentions the fact that she'snot interested in literary acclaim, which is a lucky coincidence sinceshe'd never get literary acclaim. (Why? Because critics are prejudicedagainst her chosen genre or because she's nothing more thanworkmanlike when it comes to writing.</p><p> You might be able to guess byRoberts' comment that she would NEVER write a sad ending.) There'sone doozy of a mistake: the NYT claims Roberts is the most prolificromance novelist of all time, having written more books than SidneySheldon, Harold Robbins, Judith Krantz and Danielle Steele combined.Big deal that she's written more than all of them - those are fancy,best-selling authors who churn out one a year or even less.</p><p> In genreslike mystery, romance and sci-fi, authors have churned out five or ten ayear for years at a time.</p><p> But 166 books as a record? Please.</p><p> As surelyeveryone will write in to tell the Times, Dame Barbara Carltand is theQueen of Romance.</p><p> She wrote 723 books and sold more than a billioncopies.</p><p> The Guinness Book Of World Records says she is the mostpublished author of all time.</p><p> Check back in with Nora Roberts in 40years and if she maintains her current pace she'll START to come closeto Cartland.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 2:33 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Nora Roberts: She Suffers From Writer's...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/08/nora-roberts-she-suffers... 1 of 37/28/09 8:38 PMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SAaronBiboyMichael in New York POPSURFING.COM: Nora Roberts: She Suffers From Writer's...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/08/nora-roberts-she-suffers... 2 of 37/28/09 8:38 PMPOPSURFING.COM: Nora Roberts: She Suffers From Writer's...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/08/nora-roberts-she-suffers... 3 of 37/28/09 8:38 PM
