tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post3174537236292080507..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Actuality Beats IngredientsLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-68892997763773274232009-11-25T10:08:29.161-05:002009-11-25T10:08:29.161-05:00That actually strikes me as a pretty decent idea a...That actually strikes me as a pretty decent idea as far as marketing goes. I mean, marketers <i>need</i> a category to push. And though the disperate mix might really work (and is kind of fun for we writers to play with), it won't get a second glance in an oversaturated marketplace.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-20297972746720687482009-11-25T09:44:39.536-05:002009-11-25T09:44:39.536-05:00The folks at the podcast Writing Excuses have an i...The folks at the podcast Writing Excuses have an interestingly opposite view on selling genre-blenders: Don't invite one group to a party.<br /><br />Have a novel about lawyers in space? Sell it as fun space opera and SF readers will come for the characters and have a good time, bolstered by the interest of a new angle. Sell it as Grisham meets Heinlein, and no one will buy it. Readers of SF and legal thrillers alike will decide it is not their genre.<br /><br />Of course, that all only counts for courting self-identified genre readers themselves.Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.com