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What do you think of the prediction that Contemp is the new Literary Black?
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Jacqueline
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Mar 31, 2013 07:44AM
So, the big buzz at the Bologna Book Fair this year is that editors are looking for good solid Contemp tales again...what does everyone think about this pendulum swing?
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LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Curious to see if it will really come to pass.
Maybe a better question is whether "editors" are still influential enough to affect the market. So many people are self-publishing now, I wonder who really decides what's trending and what's not. Anyone have thoughts on this?
When mining (blush) for new Goodreads friends through current friends, I look for those who read contemporary fiction. I still find more who read speculative/sci-fi/fantasy/dystopian combinations. Or strictly romance, which is contemporary, but wouldn't one tire of reading only romance? I'm open to friend requests from anyone in our group. :-)
Cynthia wrote: "When mining (blush) for new Goodreads friends through current friends, I look for those who read contemporary fiction. I still find more who read speculative/sci-fi/fantasy/dystopian combinations. ..."I'll send you a friend request. I'm on the hunt for more contemp/realistic writers, too. I don't mind a good fantasy, but I can't take a steady diet of it. Romance kind of bores me, so I'm not much use to romance writers.
Have you read anything by Rainbow Rowell? I'm not sure if her books qualify as romance, since they don't have shirtless men on the cover, but they're still absolutely wonderful. "Eleanor and Park" is YA, and "Attachments" is general fiction, and I would HIGHLY recommend both.
