Maybe this will help: I asked the wise and brilliant Chip MacGregor (www.chipmacgregor.com) what genre was the hottest right now… ” The fastest growing category in publishing right now is YA, but that’s only because of TWILIGHT. Aside from that, romance is definitely the strongest category. Next fastest growing? Probably thrillers. What genre sold the most? In terms of numbers of books, it was romance.” and the illustrious and also wise Steve Laube (www.stevelaube.com) said, “If I were to be held down and forced into an answer I would have to say “romance.” That category, while always evergreen, continues to be the staple of the fiction industry.” (Thanks, guys, for your help!) so, there you go… Every voice counts! Online Surveys & Market Research
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About Susan May Warren
Former Russian Missionary Susan May Warren is the best-selling author of more than 40 novels and novellas with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill, and Summerside. A Christy award and RITA winner, and multiple finalist for the RITA, Christy and winner of Inspirational Readers Choice contest, Susan currently has over a million books in print. A seasoned women’s events speaker and writing teacher, she is the founder of http://www.mybooktherapy.com an online community for writers, and runs a fiction editing service teaching writers how to tell a great story. Visit her online at: http://www.susanmaywarren.com.Author Archive | Susan May Warren
High concept? Low concept? I’m so confused…
BookTherapyGal : Hey Rach! Are you as excited as I am about our new Blog-A-Book Project at MBT? heartlikemary : Yes, I love this idea. BookTherapyGal: I can’t wait to see what the MBT Voices help us come up with. But, we’ve been hearing all this talk lately about High concept and Low concept books. What do you think of when you hear those terms? heartlikemary : I think “oh brother, more marketing schmaltz.” haha BookTherapyGal: Good point! I mean a good book is a good book, right? But, maybe there are two types of good books. heartlikemary : yes, a good book is a good book. But high concept to me is a story with high stakes, ones that are easily explained. BookTherapyGal: High stakes…like global stakes? The takeover of […]
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What kind of book do you like to read? I usually start with this question when I’m teaching students how to write. Because, the things you are reading will usually determine the genre that you are most equipped and most interested in writing in. I read a lot of different genres – historical romance, romantic comedy, women’s fiction…but the genre most represented on my shelf is romantic suspense and thrillers. So, that’s what I tend to write. Have I written the others? Yes. But my strengths, the genre I am honing is the one I love the most. Romantic Suspense. Whenever you start a book, you need to begin with the TYPE of book you’re writing…the GENRE. So, go take a look at your bookshelf, and then come […]
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I’ll bet you’re thinking, hey, where are my Book Therapists? Did they head south for the winter? (Okay, ONE of us did. The other is watching snow drift across her window, wondering how she’s going to get out of her quarter-mile driveway today!) Actually, we’ve both been hard at work coming up with great stuff at My Book Therapy for 2009. Stuff that includes CHATS, and online writing seminars and classes, and a cool new How-To-Write workbook (TBA soon!) and….a fun new project for 2009 called…Blog-A-Book! Write a book with My Book Therapy Voices in 2009! Remember those games you used to play where your friend started the story, and you finished it? Or the “Choose your own ending” books? Ever wanted to be a part […]
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