tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post6034836867665026611..comments2024-01-01T11:51:53.860-08:00Comments on Babbles from Scott Eagan: Brand YourselfScott Eaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209357682070126879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-48963086439689917182009-05-26T18:12:52.840-07:002009-05-26T18:12:52.840-07:00It does make sense.
BUT, just for a perspective f...It does make sense.<br /><br />BUT, just for a perspective from the other side of the table, or keyboard, as it were:<br /><br />They say there is no such thing as 'too much information' and yet, in the current market, maybe there is???<br /><br />With the update by the second information available, it is far too easy to be swayed by the agent blog du jour or a Twitter update. In the last little while I've personally seen an author sell because XYZ publisher/agent sought multicultural romance so her Norwegian hunk became black/Latino/etc. Another author hooked in to the demand for erotica and set her ms on fire! And yet another landed a two book deal because 'a little birdie' told her an editor hungered for a shapeshifter, so she turned her 'vamp into a shifter.<br /><br />I suspect it isn't so much lack of direction or no understanding of the importance of 'branding' that makes an author genre-hop as it is a desire to show flexibility and the desire to adapt to the ever changing market. Mea Culpa!<br /><br />(Lainey, who writes "hot, humorous, from the heart contemporary romance and women's fiction" but if that isn't what sells right now...)lainey bancrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198092987859920805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-81832971031644816662009-05-26T15:21:30.861-07:002009-05-26T15:21:30.861-07:00This makes absolute sense.
I've never understood...This makes absolute sense. <br /><br />I've never understood why writers love so many labels and genres. After all, we're taught from the beginning to keep things simple.<br /><br />You make a good point about identifying one's line of work early on. I'll keep that in mind for the query letter, if I ever get there. :)<br /><br />Cheers!Weronika Janczukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578288655500573458noreply@blogger.com