tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post116310891763104077..comments2023-11-02T06:57:11.400-04:00Comments on BookEnds Literary Agency: Is My Agent Holding Me Back?BookEnds, A Literary Agencyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287278822065839469noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1165921596251959142006-12-12T06:06:00.000-05:002006-12-12T06:06:00.000-05:00clueless:I think Jolinn answered your question ver...clueless:<BR/><BR/>I think Jolinn answered your question very well. My first suggestion is that if you are choosing to write in any genre you need to let go of the belief that something is formulaic. In my opinion that's a narrow way of looking at things. It also implies that what you're going to be writing is easy and anyone can do it. As we all know, nothing about writing and getting published is easy. If you really want to learn about romantic suspense then you need to read it. Go to the romance section of the bookstore and pick up a variety of titles labeled romantic suspense. Read as much as you can.BookEnds, A Literary Agencyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287278822065839469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1165900857835624352006-12-12T00:20:00.000-05:002006-12-12T00:20:00.000-05:00I write romantic suspense, and I don't see anythin...I write romantic suspense, and I don't see anything formulaic about it. It's not like writing the A-team or anything, where you have the car turn over in the last five minutes and Mr. T say he pities the fool. Romantic suspense is a broad sub-genre. IMHO, right now it runs the gamut from Tara Janzen's Crazy rs/adventure stories to EC Sheedy's gothic WA state suspense's. Suzanne Brockmann, Linda Howard are all RS writers.<BR/><BR/>Even Ludlum was a romantic suspense writer. His Bourne series was strong suspense with romance elements (despite the movies). It's an umbrella label. An editor I once asked (I thought I was leaning to romantic adventure) said, "why define yourself so narrowly? You want to appeal to the broadest market."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1165880497418725872006-12-11T18:41:00.000-05:002006-12-11T18:41:00.000-05:00What's the big deal? I've written lots of novels,...What's the big deal? I've written lots of novels, but that doesn't mean I have to have them all published NOW! I'm perfectly happy to focus on publishing in one genre for a while. All those other stories can wait their turn. They're written. They're not going anywhere. The fun is in writing them. That's done. The agent's job is to sell and it's not a job I covet. ;)<BR/><BR/>Kimber An<BR/>starcaptainsdaughter.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1165865377807309892006-12-11T14:29:00.000-05:002006-12-11T14:29:00.000-05:00Can somebody point me to a true definition of roma...Can somebody point me to a true definition of romantic suspense? Is it a formulaic genre like romance? Or is any suspense story with a romantic element fair game? I can't seem to find a clear-cut answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1165854647054720702006-12-11T11:30:00.000-05:002006-12-11T11:30:00.000-05:00Or could an author not do what Nora Roberts did: w...Or could an author not do what Nora Roberts did: write one genre under one name and another genre under another pseudonym? (Nora Roberts/ J D Robb)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1165852091944702532006-12-11T10:48:00.000-05:002006-12-11T10:48:00.000-05:00How specific do you have to be to a genre/sub genr...How specific do you have to be to a genre/sub genre? For example, I write only YA fantasies, but within that I write historical fantasy, 'straight' (as in another world) fantasy, and contemporary fantasy. Is that still too varied, in your opinion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1165846820684357292006-12-11T09:20:00.000-05:002006-12-11T09:20:00.000-05:00I'm not lucky enough to have sold yet...came close...I'm not lucky enough to have sold yet...came close a couple of times, but so far, no go.<BR/><BR/>However, what is your advice about bringing back the first book (both books are romantic suspense) if I'm getting "good rejections" on the second, and it's been a couple of years since book #1 was out there? Since there has been good response to the writing but not the story, do you think bringing back the first to try sounds like a plan?<BR/><BR/>I'm working on the third, but I'd like to be certain my agent has exhausted all the possibilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1165846288316503502006-12-11T09:11:00.000-05:002006-12-11T09:11:00.000-05:00LOL...this post could have been written directly f...LOL...this post could have been written directly for me! I write "Uber-sexy erotic paranormals," but I also have this wonderful little romantic comedy I want to sell, and my agent is making me sit on it. The thing is, I've learned to trust her business sense completely. I may question and bug her about it, but when it comes right down to it, she's the one I've chosen to manage my career, and as an author who is most definitely NOT a businesswoman, I have to trust her knowledge of the industry. It's in my agent's best interest that I do well--if I don't make money, she doesn't make money--from me, at least! She's certainly not going to hinder my career by making poor choices.Kate Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05486916548114546095noreply@blogger.com