We all know there are exceptions, but I wouldn't count on being one. I recommend staying within (or close to) the recommended word count for your age category/genre unless you've received a lot of feedback verifying it needs every word (or doesn't need more if you're low). There a...
Step 1: Call Your YA Book the Correct GenreSome YA authors struggle to get offers because they don’t categorize their books correctly. For example, your book isn’t necessarily young adult just because it has a teen protagonist, doesn’t include graphic content, is shorter than other books...
The word genre comes from French, in which it means “kind” or “sort.” Originally, the word came from the Greek word γένος (génos) in which it has the same meaning. The Ancient Greeks created the definition of genre in order to classify their literature into the three categ...
I LOVE reading books that have strong female leads who are unapologetically themselves (Think Jude fromCruel Princeor Aelin fromThrone of Glass). As I started really diving into the fantasy genre, I realized a lot of the female leads still leaned heavily on their male counterparts – either to...
The second step on our checklist to help you find a literary agent is to be aware of the expectations for your book genre. For example, is your word count within the normal range for your type of book? Different genres have different requirements, and your word count is just the beginning...
Participants were told they were going to read a story of either low or high literary merit and then read one of two stories that were identical except for one genre-determining word. There were no differences between the science-fiction and narrative-realism versions of the story in literary ...
I wanted to make sure I was doing the sci-fi genre its due justice. I spent a month researching time travel—everything from devouring the internet to watching documentaries. And of course any book or film I could get my hands on that dealt with it. Eventually, I managed to craft my ...
Another site I found while studying the process through the first web site washttp://www.querytracker.net/, where I was able to search agents who represent the genre of book I’d written. I need to add here that when I wrote FIREFLIES, I had no idea how many genres there were. I ...
It was refreshing to see eight non-fiction pieces appear in this issue, though not surprising, as two of the advisory board members—Patrick Madden and Michael Martone—are accomplished practitioners of the genre. Several are worth specific mention: Susan Bryant’s “Madame X’s Soup Pot” is...
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