Imagine that you are a writer of romance. Sometimes steamy, sometimes so heart-breaking that grown men in their forties have scowled at you on the street. Then, imagine that all the people who don’t regularly buy books – which, in case you don’t know, is a far larger number than the book-buying public – think…
Tag: Fiction Genre
On The Perils Of Having More Than One Writer Wandering Around Your Brain
The rules of publishing seem to dictate that you find a writing style, and stick to it. But not everyone wants to do this. And not everyone is capable of it. J.K. Rowling made headlines last year when she published crime fiction under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith, having previously confounded the market with adult literary fiction…
The Next Big Book Trend: That One From Before
What goes around, comes around. Apparently, we are regressing, in terms of fiction, back to the sensationalistic stories of old. People seem surprised by this. I am surprised by people’s surprise. It’s like being taken aback because skirt lengths have changed again. If you didn’t see it coming, you were standing in the tunnel with…
5 Reasons Why An Author Should Self-Publish
1. Your Book Crosses Genres Score!! An agent has expressed an interest in your book! But oh dear. She says they can’t take it, because they haven’t a clue how or where to pitch it. They just don’t know whether to shelve it in the Science Fiction section, or in Gardening. Look. A lot of people working in publishing are jaded, working…
Bestseller Trends Part 2: Fantasy Vs Misery
This is not news to most people, but I’m going to tell you anyway. As readers, we generally want to read something which is far removed from our experience, and possibly at the extreme other end of the spectrum. In good times we sink our teeth into tragedy. In bad times we want comedy. Perhaps it was the…
5 Things Emerging Authors Should Be Writing
If we knew what was sure to sell, wouldn’t we all be writing it? Aye, there’s the rub. But some types of fiction lend themselves more to breakthrough bestsellers than others. Here are 5 of them. 1. The “Dammit, I Could’ve Had That Idea!” These are the books we all could have written if we’d only thought…
Fiction Genres: what sells?
If we can’t tell who is going to be a bestseller anymore just by the author, can we tell what genre of book or story will be a bestseller? It’s easy to say that a good book will sell itself, but that’s simply not the case. Sometimes a certain genre will become very big very quickly and authors…
Tara Sparling writes 