Please help us celebrate with Elysia Whisler on the sale of two more beautiful novels to MIRA/ Harlequin! From Publishers Marketplace: Fiction: Women’s/Romance Author of the forthcoming RESCUE YOU Elysia Whisler’s FOREVER HOME, pitched for fans of Robyn Carr and Susan Mallery, about a retired Marine looking for a place […]
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Please help us celebrate with author Elysia Whisler whose debut novel hits shelves this coming October. RESCUE YOU is the feel-good book of the fall and we’re thrilled to share the newly-launched cover. Rescued puppies! War veterans! Cross fit! Sisters! There’s something in here for everyone. Please add the book […]
A huge round of congratulations to international bestselling author Tiffany Reisz on today’s release of THE NIGHT MARK!!! Heroes and Heartbreakers says, “Tiffany Reisz transitions to women’s fiction tinged with magical realism in her newest release, The Night Mark, while still retaining everything readers love about her erotic fiction—banter, beautiful […]
Daphne answered me (well, “me” if you’re Sharla): Is there a book genre comparable to TV’s “dramedy” genre? That is truly what my book is, and I’m having trouble molding it into rom/com, or rom/susp. From what I’m told, romantic comedy is more a goofy fluffy type like chick lit, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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?