{
  "id": 6888610,
  "title": "I used to write between lunch breaks at my corporate job. Now my income as a best-selling romantasy author supports my family",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/i-used-to-write-between-lunch-breaks-at-my-corporate-job-now-my",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-12T08:11:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/brigid-kemmerer-left-finance-job-to-write-romantasy-books-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Brigid Kemmerer, a NYT bestselling author of young-adult and romantasy novels, once wrote during lunch breaks while working in finance with three children. In 2016, she sold the book that allowed her to quit her corporate job. Kemmerer, now 48, has been a full-time author for the past decade and has published over two dozen books. As a full-time writer, she acknowledges the fear of losing corporate stability, but her income now supports her entire family. Despite the financial challenges, Kemmerer values the creative freedom and loves her current career.",
  "summary": "Bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer left finance to write romantasy full time. A decade later, life without corporate stability can still feel scary.",
  "key_points": [
    "Former corporate employee turned NYT bestselling author",
    "Sold first book in 2016 to quit finance job",
    "Supports family of nine with full-time writing career"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Switching to writing full-time has given Brigid Kemmerer creative freedom, but also required her to find a new source of income to support her family, which her writing now successfully provides.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}