Genre

Mar. 17th, 2006 01:59 pm
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Genre as a marketing category!
Publishers and editors do not think about genre the same way authors do. Here's an explanation.



... Now I write an ode to spinach:
spinach,
you
are green
and
i wish i had more
of you than
what I ate
(yum yum yum)
at five in the morning,
dawn
creeping
up
you are
(my sunshine and)
the perfect delivery method
for salt and
garlic.

Hunter's Moon

Date: 2006-03-17 07:32 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Let's use Hunter's Moon as an example. This is a book by Cathy Clamp and C. T. Adams. When it was sent to me by the agent, she did not say, "This is an SF novel" or "This is a shapeshifter novel" -- she said that this was a novel sent to her by another one of her clients who just happened to be Laurell K. Hamilton. Laurell had loved the book.

When I read it, I loved it too. It's the story of a man named Tony who is a Mafia assassin. He's been turned into a werewolf. He's lost track of the days. It's the full moon. There's a woman, there's a lot of money, and there's a lot of gunfire.


I have to disagree with you on this. I read "Hunter's Moon" and would only give it a C or average score. The main reason is that it was way too schizo for me. It's all over the place. First, it's about a woman who wants to be assasinated. Then, there's a romance. Then, the Mob gets involved. And oh yeah, the hero's a werewolf too. It's a mish-mash of everything.

I love books that mix genres (Jim Butcher's "Harry Dresden" series is a great example). But I thought "Hunter's Moon" was trying to be everything to everybody. One of the subplots needed to be taken out.

Re: Hunter's Moon

Date: 2006-03-17 07:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alg.livejournal.com
I did say that publishing is a subjective industry, didn't I?

This is a perfect example of that.

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