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07/20/2010 • 4:58 PM 0

Vampires, What’s Hot & What Editors Want

Last year the word was, “We’re burnt out on vampires and werewolves! No more! No more!” New York editors say that every second year. Some even go so far as to pronounce the genre dead (despite Salem’s Lot, Anne Rice, Buffy, Team Edward etc.,…) You shouldn’t have believed those pleas from treacherous agents and editors.

Get this: Vampires do not die. Get it? They just don’t.

I just ran across a blog by author/agent Mandy Hubbard that confirms your worst fears about the immortality of the undead. She also drops some science on you about the art that’s coming out and what editors want. Great blog! The magic key to the kingdom right now has the initials MG.*

*BONUS:

I don’t believe in trying to time the market (that goes for the stock market as well as the book market.) However, if you’ve got a manuscript that fits into these trends, you need to send it out again. Keep in mind, what was last year’s laughable proposal might be a hot prospect this year. Keep submitting!

Filed under: agents, blogs & blogging, Editors, publishing, web reviews, Mandy Hubbard, publishing trends, what editors want

07/20/2010 • 2:10 PM 0

Keep Writing!

Filed under: writing tips, encouragement, writing

07/20/2010 • 12:37 PM 0

The Future of Book Publishing

Movements fuel our passions. You need to hook your writing up to both movements and your passions so your tribe can find you. The environment? Social justice? Economics? Charities or medical research? Whatever you care about, the next stage of publishing will become more socially aware and community-conscious to succeed. These are the things I’ve been talking about with my clients.

Now Seth Godin articulates the big picture for book publishing’s future better than I could. I’m listening to it again. And again. Whether you’re a writer, publisher, editor or publicist, you need to hear this.