Sentences with phrase «genre fiction because»

Not exact matches

For although Austen can be legitimately claimed as the formal forerunner of the vulgar romance fiction now clogging whole sections of the world's bookstores, her own novels far transcend the very genre she is supposed to have inaugurated ¯ and precisely because of the moral vision that came from her upbringing and which has now, it would seem, all but disappeared in the wake of Sitcom World.

Midnight Special works because Nichols casts a spell over us, the kind that's all too rare, especially in the science - fiction genre.

If «Superman» is low on this list, that has to be because most of our voters don't really view it as science fiction: sure, it kicks off with the destruction of an alien planet, but the superhero movie has now become its own genre, largely divorced from those that bore it.

As you may know from some other writings along the way, I've found this issue disturbing for some time, particularly because the digital dynamic seems to support some genre - fiction work more readily than it does literary fiction.

While there are a few exceptions (Stephen King can write whatever genre he wants and people buy it because he's Stephen King — he IS the brand), genre fiction readers want to read within a genre.

Crime fiction is an interesting genre to write in because it's very complicated.

I tend to keep with the above list, especially for science fiction and fantasy, because that is how print books in those genres (from trad publishers) open their books.

Jane Friedman, too (http://janefriedman.com/) has also suggested that in much genre fiction (Romance in particular), authors spend their energy being prolific — they assume that each subsequent book will be better than the last, because we improve with practice.

Because I don't know yet if my existing fans will enjoy my foray into a new genre (both science fiction and young adult) and I don't know if this work will attract new fans.

Because it's the same genre, there's really a difference... Margaret Atwood writes science fiction and so does Doris Lessing.

For most popular genre fiction, indie authors attempting to go this route will fail, because it's really difficult to create a cover so beautiful people want to lick it, unless you've been designing book covers for years (and even then!)

I chose German both because I believe it's the second - largest market after English for science fiction (my main genre), so I'd get maximum bang for my buck.

Because self - published authors keep 70 % of their total purchase price on Amazon compared to the 25 % that most traditionally published authors get from their publishers, indie authors are earning almost half the daily author revenue in the Mystery / Thriller, Science Fiction / Fantasy, and Romance genres.

If you're constantly changing fiction genres with each and every book you publish as an independent author starting out, you won't get the benefit of building that loyal readership that is willing to buy your books because they know what to expect.

Because the book combines both a fictional story and an environmental message, it is considered «environmental fiction» — a quirky genre that required a keen sense of what the market is and how that market could be accessed.

While The Forgetting Time doesn't fall into the genre of speculative fiction, some potential readers may view it that way because of the subject matter.

Self - published crap is overrunning and destroying the science fiction genre that I have enjoyed all of my life, all because if makes Amazon and others a quick, slimy buck.

The founder of AudioFile Robin Whitten elaborated on the most popular genres on the website «Mystery & Suspense gets the most attention, while Science Fiction and Fantasy are popular with a fairly distinct audience; we have a lot of listeners who like Young Adult titles, because of of very popular summer SYNC program.

Though when I tuned in, while the livestream was already in progress, I initially was confused, because instead of an awards ceremony, there was a bar diagram on the screen, breaking down genre fiction sales, while a voice detailed the market share of indie writers in the various SFF subgenres.

I can understand JC Hemphill's point, about this data being somewhate skewed in favor of indie publishing, because of the emphasis of the genre Mystery / thriller Science Fiction / Fantasy Romance, and of Amazon's ebook market.

This is a particular problem with genre fiction, which has a global appeal, as there are very good crime writers from Mexico, Peru and Argentina who will never be read outside their countries, just because they have never been read before by a larger Spanish publisher or public.

For example, this category would include Women's Fiction novels and other mainstream fiction that does not fit neatly into any other romance category because of their genre - specific content, but whose storyline would lack cohesion upon removal of the central rFiction novels and other mainstream fiction that does not fit neatly into any other romance category because of their genre - specific content, but whose storyline would lack cohesion upon removal of the central rfiction that does not fit neatly into any other romance category because of their genre - specific content, but whose storyline would lack cohesion upon removal of the central romance.

Former housing officer, Mel Sherratt spent 12 years trying to get her book published, but was repeatedly turned down for being «cross genre», because she mixed elements of women's fiction, crime and thriller writing.

Writing crime fiction can be more challenging than some genres, because you often have to carefully think through and develop a plot concerning the crime and the criminal before you're able to build a story around those elements.

It's not an Amazon algorithm thing per se, but it's often the newly, refreshed content that helps to spike visibility of the book because it looks new to readers, especially if your book is genre fiction.

But such authors will still suffer an intractable disadvantage vis á vis digital publishing — because, unlike genre fiction, they can't capitalize on a lengthy series of books to create a cascading income stream.

«Science - Fiction» is one of my favorite genres of all, because «in it, anything is possible.»

It was «twisted» because we had comedy writers, fiction, non-fiction and other genre writers all writing alternative history.

We also included speculative fiction for children because most of us started out loving these genres as kids.

So it's all science fiction and fantasy this week, because those are still my go - to genres.

I want to ask about your branding because a lot of people listening have nonfiction and fiction, and this is a big deal I think especially in the indie world where the ups and downs of both genres.

If commodity publishing is here to stay, I can only see its future in the realm of genre fiction, because this is the area where I see sufficient reader demand to drive the kind of volume that leads to a living wage.

I suppose this is because i read so much genre fiction and indie published fiction that tends to be written by females.

Because of this, I have been introduced to other genres that I would have never considered before (i.e. urban fantasy / paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, mystery / thriller).

There is no one cookie cutter approach, because the way that I'm going to approach something with a nonfiction author writing a business help book is going to be much different than the fiction author, or even the fiction author in one genre versus another or marketing a children's book — very challenging, because you're not exactly allowed to go out and collect email addresses of children.

But that worked because, as it turns out, she and I have the same taste in kids» books, (across genres as diverse as American historical fiction and horror) and she got to read books before she agreed to do the covers.

You wrote a book on how to write a breakout novel, and I think that's because a breakout novel — which let's call, here, first - class fiction — is the exception to a general rule of otherwise safe, largely mediocre «ocean of genre imitations if not amateurish writing.»

Sangeeta Mehta: Sales of self - published literary fiction are anemic compared to that of genre fiction, but is this a reflection of the industry as a whole — or because the success of literary writing depends on established, traditional systems that aren't accessible to self - published writers?

Howey believes self - published authors are succeeding because traditional publishers aren't meeting readers» demands for certain literary genres, particularly science fiction, romance and erotica.

One criticism that particularly interested me had to do with the intersection of fiction writing and judging, making the point, among others, that authors who write fiction know the lives of their characters intimately and in great detail because they plan them, and it is wrong — presumptuous — for a judge to give the impression by adopting a fiction genre style that he knows a litigant as thoroughly.