Apparently, the theme of my posts this week is going to be all about queries and genres. Which is cool by me! Today I want to talk a little more about what I termed “witty women’s fiction” on my submissions page, and what that means in terms of what I’m looking for. I’ve used an [...]
A little pink plaid for Amy Sue, who asks: I’m weeks away from querying agents. I checked your site and saw your authors, it seems like they all write YA, yet your submission guidelines say you like “witty women’s fiction.” Have you sold women’s fiction — is that an area you want to get into? [...]
Daphne answered me (well, “me” if you’re Sharla), “Is there a book genre comparable to TV’s “dramedy” genre?”
Shannyn writes, “What exactly do you consider women’s fiction? Are you lumping all romance categories into that? Or are you looking for the non-romance genre fiction?”
Met today with an editor of romance novels, among other women’s fiction, who wished she were seeing more great Western romances — cowboys, frontier women on the range, gunfights, and all that good stuff. It’s yet another example of the cyclical nature of publishing — things go out of favor, and then pop back in again. Highlanders, however, seem a perennial favorite. Who doesn’t love a Scotsman in a kilt?
