CNN.com profiles erotica writer Zane.

Boredom hit in 1997, when Zane was living in North Carolina, working as a sales representative. She began writing erotic stories to pass the time after her children went to bed. (She now has a 19-year-old son, a 12-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son.)

The stories developed a following on the Internet, and she self-published “The Sex Chronicles” before landing a deal with Simon & Schuster.