Not exact matches
The titles, which are
debut authors» works spanning a variety
of genres, will be featured one at a time over the next few days.
Icelandic writer Yrsa Sigurdardottir (try saying that three times quickly), award - winning
author of five children's novels, makes her suspense
genre debut with the chilling Last Rituals.
Her
debut novel, THE SECRET LIFE
OF ANNA BLANC was a finalist in the Lefty Awards for Best Historical Mystery, The Colorado Author's League Award for Best Genre Fiction, the Macavity Sue Feder Award for Historical Mystery, and is the WINNER of the Mystery & Mayhem Award for Historical Mystery and the Colorado Gold for Best Myster
OF ANNA BLANC was a finalist in the Lefty Awards for Best Historical Mystery, The Colorado
Author's League Award for Best
Genre Fiction, the Macavity Sue Feder Award for Historical Mystery, and is the WINNER
of the Mystery & Mayhem Award for Historical Mystery and the Colorado Gold for Best Myster
of the Mystery & Mayhem Award for Historical Mystery and the Colorado Gold for Best Mystery.
It means what constitutes a successful publication will probably continue to change form forever, and trying to force a
debut author to replicate the success
of an
author in the same
genre from 10 years ago will be ultimately disappointing, possibly destructive, and a waste
of time, when what we need to be doing with them is playing on their strengths and our strengths and the reality
of the market.
5) THINK
OF BENDING THE RULES BEFORE BREAKING THEM: Knowing the rules before breaking them is also important, as going outside of genre - specific conventions and norms can be difficult for an author trying to make their major debu
OF BENDING THE RULES BEFORE BREAKING THEM: Knowing the rules before breaking them is also important, as going outside
of genre - specific conventions and norms can be difficult for an author trying to make their major debu
of genre - specific conventions and norms can be difficult for an
author trying to make their major
debut.
-- Being a leader / moderator
of a chat series on Twitter or FB related to your
genre, e.g., what if you held a series focused on
debut authors over the age
of XX in women's fiction?