Comments on: Did you all hear the news? http://loridevoti.com/blog/2006/04/26/did-you-all-hear-the-news/ Author Interviews, Lori Devoti's Life as a Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Author, News in Publishing Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:33:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Josie http://loridevoti.com/blog/2006/04/26/did-you-all-hear-the-news/#comment-5210 Josie Wed, 03 May 2006 03:20:50 +0000 http://loridevoti.com/blog/?p=203#comment-5210 I want it to be like a buffet with a wide variety of books to choose from because they're all popular! Only in a perfect world I guess... I want it to be like a buffet with a wide variety of books to choose from because they’re all popular! Only in a perfect world I guess…

]]> By: Marty http://loridevoti.com/blog/2006/04/26/did-you-all-hear-the-news/#comment-5134 Marty Wed, 03 May 2006 00:27:45 +0000 http://loridevoti.com/blog/?p=203#comment-5134 Interesting to note how entertainment such as cinema and literature follow the mood of the country. If paranormal/fantasy/horror is big, it's because people want escapism...if romcom is big, the opposite. Granted, this takes longer to manifest in books than in visual media. Interesting to note how entertainment such as cinema and literature follow the mood of the country. If paranormal/fantasy/horror is big, it’s because people want escapism…if romcom is big, the opposite. Granted, this takes longer to manifest in books than in visual media.

]]> By: Jan K http://loridevoti.com/blog/2006/04/26/did-you-all-hear-the-news/#comment-4810 Jan K Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:23:49 +0000 http://loridevoti.com/blog/?p=203#comment-4810 *shaking head* I recently heard that the erotica market has peaked, so will be on a downward trend now. I think paranormal is still hot. And I love romantic comedy--there aren't enough of them out there, imo. But I heard that most genres are doing better when they're crossed, as in romantic comedy with paranormal element or mystery. *shaking head* I recently heard that the erotica market has peaked, so will be on a downward trend now. I think paranormal is still hot. And I love romantic comedy–there aren’t enough of them out there, imo. But I heard that most genres are doing better when they’re crossed, as in romantic comedy with paranormal element or mystery.

]]> By: Jennifer Y. http://loridevoti.com/blog/2006/04/26/did-you-all-hear-the-news/#comment-4041 Jennifer Y. Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:03:13 +0000 http://loridevoti.com/blog/?p=203#comment-4041 I too hope romantic comedies aren't dead! I love those. I have not really read that many paranormals. I too hope romantic comedies aren’t dead! I love those. I have not really read that many paranormals.

]]> By: Nicole http://loridevoti.com/blog/2006/04/26/did-you-all-hear-the-news/#comment-4040 Nicole Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:56:13 +0000 http://loridevoti.com/blog/?p=203#comment-4040 I hope romantic comedies aren't dead. I will always like reading those. Not all the time, but I like them to be there. I hope romantic comedies aren’t dead. I will always like reading those. Not all the time, but I like them to be there.

]]> By: Jan http://loridevoti.com/blog/2006/04/26/did-you-all-hear-the-news/#comment-4039 Jan Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:02:37 +0000 http://loridevoti.com/blog/?p=203#comment-4039 Scary, isn't it? How fast it changes. By the time we hear that editors are screaming "Send us Hot Paranormals!" it's already too late. If you don't already have a stack of them gathering dust, you won't get one written before they're screaming "Hot Paranormals are dead dead dead! Send us Romantic Comedy!" What to do? I posed this question on my RWAOL blog this morning, frustrated at the task of trying to write for a mercurial market. I'm still not sure. The advice I've gotten so far is "follow your heart". Maybe that should be amended to say "follow your heart and hope the genre you've written in will roll back into vogue in a few years"? Scary, isn’t it? How fast it changes. By the time we hear that editors are screaming “Send us Hot Paranormals!” it’s already too late. If you don’t already have a stack of them gathering dust, you won’t get one written before they’re screaming “Hot Paranormals are dead dead dead! Send us Romantic Comedy!”

What to do?

I posed this question on my RWAOL blog this morning, frustrated at the task of trying to write for a mercurial market. I’m still not sure. The advice I’ve gotten so far is “follow your heart”. Maybe that should be amended to say “follow your heart and hope the genre you’ve written in will roll back into vogue in a few years”?

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