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I am excited to be here with you today to share with you a Guest Post from author, Karin Gillespie. Let's all give her a warm welcome!
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Talking About Novel Trends
By Karin Gillespie
1. Knit Lit is huge, i.e. novels about people who knit, but
I’ve never actually seen anyone read a knitting book, which leads me to wonder,
who is really reading these books. Homeschool moms? Nursing home residents?
State prisoners? And why is knitting so big in novels but not crotcheting? Or
needlework?
2. Young Adults novels are extremely popular, which means
the market is going to be glutted and suddenly YA will be dead and no editors
will be buying them. So what does that mean for young readers when there’s no
more YA? Will they go from “Good Night, Moon” straight to erotica. And what happens when all these young
adults grow up? Since there’s no more books about people in their early
twenties (chick lit) will they have no choice but to settle for knit lit? Will
knit lit one day rule the world?
3. Why do people want to read about romances with
supernatural creatures? I don’t get it. Especially the werewolf thing. It’s
like being secretly attracted to your dog.
4. Speaking of dogs, it seems like every talking dog novel
gets a six-figure advance. Same with dystopian novels. How about a talking dog
who predicts the coming dystopia? Would that land an author a twelve-figure
advance?
5. What’s up with bonnet rippers, i.e. Amish romances? Do
the Amish read them? If all books turn into e-books then what will the Amish
readers do?
6. Why isn’t there a genre for country music lovers? Seems
like an untapped market to me. Country music always tells a story so there’s
already a relationship to novels and it’d be a cinch to market. The titles
already crackle with drama: “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off; Mama Get a
Hammer (There’s a Fly on Papa’s Head),” “She Got the Ring and I got the Finger.”
7. Wives are the hot new thing in book titles: The Silent Wife, (as if), The Shoemaker’s Wife, The Reliable Wife, The Last Original Wife, The
Headmasters Wife and The Unwilling
Wife. (Sounds like last Saturday
night at my house.)
8. Husbands, by the way, are not completely left out. One of
my favorite books this year was The
Husband’s Secret. Here are some other husband titles: The Husband School (one hopes back rubs are part of the
curriculum) Rent a Husband and The Perfect Husband (a fantasy novel, of
course).
9. Almost everyone knows that Fifty Shades of Grey made
erotic romance lit even hotter, but did you also know it has paved the way for
a rash of billionaire books? There’s the Billionaire’s
Obsession, Forbidden Disclosure (A Billionaire in Disguise), Bedding the
Billionaire, The Billionaire’s Wife (two birds with one stone) The Billionaire’s Bride of Vengeance, the Billionaire’s Mistress and let’s not
forget The Billionaire’s Pregnant
Mistress. (Shrewd move, girlie.)
10. Many titles enjoy being a girl, particularly after the
success of Gone Girl. You have The Girl on the Train, Girl Missing,
Clever Girl, Mafia Girl and The Girl
Who Bit Back. (Maybe because she’s tired of being in so many novels?)
Finally, related to girl titles are girlfriend titles which
include Girlfriends Forever, Secret
Girlfriend, One Week Girlfriend and the oh-so-relatable book Life With a Fire-Breathing Girlfriend.
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Thanks Karin for coming by today!
Happy Reading!
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