tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post8213361347964940274..comments2024-03-19T05:54:50.765-04:00Comments on Pimp My Novel: Genre-Specific Sales, Part 7 of 8: Women's FictionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-25900673770410331332024-02-11T09:26:04.042-05:002024-02-11T09:26:04.042-05:00بعض الاستخدامات الشائعة لنقل الأثاث ب ونش رفع عفش ...<br />بعض الاستخدامات الشائعة لنقل الأثاث ب <a href="https://enjzny.com/moving-furniture-in-cairo1/" rel="nofollow">ونش رفع عفش</a> تشمل:<br /><br />رفع الأثاث للطوابق العليا:<br /><br />يُستخدم الونش لرفع الأثاث إلى الطوابق العليا في المباني التي قد تكون صعبة الوصول إليها بوسائل تقليدية.<br />تحميل وتفريغ الأثاث من الشاحنات:<br /><br />يُمكن استخدام الونش لتحميل وتفريغ الأثاث من وإلى الشاحنات بشكل فعال ودون الحاجة إلى رفع يدوي.CLADING2222https://www.blogger.com/profile/12736101882067160075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-66385221203119583992024-02-11T08:52:34.940-05:002024-02-11T08:52:34.940-05:00نقل عفش هو عملية نقل أثاث وأغراض المنزل من مكان إل...<a href="https://sultan-eg.com/moving-furniture-in-cairo/" rel="nofollow">نقل عفش</a> هو عملية نقل أثاث وأغراض المنزل من مكان إلى آخر. وفيما يلي بعض الأساسيات التي يجب مراعاتها أثناء نقل العفش:<br /><br />1- التخطيط المسبق: قم بتحديد المكان الجديد المناسب لك واحرص على قياس الأبواب والمداخل للتأكد من توافق الأثاث والعفش معها.<br /><br />2- التحضير المسبق: استعد صناديق الكرتون ومواد التغليف المناسبة مثل الفقاعات المطاطية والشرائط اللاصقة والأغطية الواقية والأضلاع الكرتونية.<br />CLADING2222https://www.blogger.com/profile/12736101882067160075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-78272365887047500162019-10-20T01:13:41.130-04:002019-10-20T01:13:41.130-04:00Looking forward to reading more. idnlive Great blo...Looking forward to reading more. <a href="http://www.rajakartu.org/judi-kartu/" rel="nofollow">idnlive</a> Great blog post.Thanks Again.jonethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911560923291919347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-16809302200209286902014-07-08T18:35:38.674-04:002014-07-08T18:35:38.674-04:00The short story is very “realistic”, bearing in mi...The short story is very “realistic”, bearing in mind Reddock camp in Gothic 3<br /><br /><a href="http://www.traveldeal88.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.traveldeal88.com</a> | <br><br /><a href="http://www.aigueperse63-spf.org" rel="nofollow">aigueperse63-spf.org</a> | <br><br /><a href="http://www.blog4carinsurance.com" rel="nofollow">blog4carinsurance</a> | <br><br /><a href="http://www.computer-forensic-analyst.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.computer-forensic-analyst.com</a> | <br><br /><a href="http://www.eggdonornetworkalliance.org" rel="nofollow">www.eggdonornetworkalliance.org</a> | <br><br /><a href="http://www.healthseum.com" rel="nofollow">healthseum.com</a> | <br><br /><a href="http://www.life-flexhome.org" rel="nofollow">life-flexhome</a> | <br><br /><a href="http://www.oregon-insurancelicense.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.oregon-insurancelicense.com</a> | <br><br /><a href="http://www.sinkorswimphiladelphia.com" rel="nofollow">www.sinkorswimphiladelphia.com</a> | <br><br /><a href="http://www.trianglehomestour.org" rel="nofollow">trianglehomestour.org</a> | <br><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13992107186749476807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-88339567745770646682009-08-22T18:29:08.177-04:002009-08-22T18:29:08.177-04:00I write romance and erotic romance. If you think r...I write romance and erotic romance. If you think romance writers have a hard time from critics, try writing erotic romance - other romance writers trash us, but the skills and the writing expertise required is the same.<br /><br />Anyway, not to flog a dead horse, I don't know one romance publisher that would even consent to look at a book with a rapist hero. They are all dead set against it. So is any other form of coercion.<br /><br />Romance definition - tricky, but it has to be about the romance, not about something else with a bit of romance thrown in. The story has to be about a developing romantic relationship, and has to have a happy ever after or a happy for now ending.<br />That's the genre definition, not the dictionary one, btw, the one generally accepted as a romance by the current publishing industry.lynneconnollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687025766573756077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-86370074863257436442009-08-20T09:18:15.103-04:002009-08-20T09:18:15.103-04:00Sierra, I've queried as both women's ficti...Sierra, I've queried as both women's fiction and chick lit, and the agents have been calling it chick lit. One rejection specifically said that she tried very hard to think of a way to "reframe" my novel as women's fiction instead, but couldn't do it.<br /><br />I have a 20-something unmarried urban female as my protagonist, with a first-person P.O.V. and a confidential and somewhat humorous "voice." This <i>defines</i> chick lit. All I can do is call it "smart" chick lit to try to show that it's NOT ABOUT SHOPPING, and hope that when it gets published, it doesn't have a pink cover.CKHBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741681893677604323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-3571288440439322302009-08-20T07:48:14.940-04:002009-08-20T07:48:14.940-04:00Thanks Eric, I'll do that.Thanks Eric, I'll do that.Terry Stonecrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726985400500572770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-41570305930647747352009-08-20T04:05:44.569-04:002009-08-20T04:05:44.569-04:00Eric - Well, this gives me hope. After Nathan Bran...Eric - Well, this gives me hope. After Nathan Bransford's recent <a href="http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2009/08/you-tell-me-what-genre-is-your-work-in.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> about modern genres, I was beginning to feel that instead of calling my debut novel "literary" or "mainstream" (which Nathan doesn't believe is even a legit genre), I'd be better off calling my book "women's fiction" - even though, as with Meg, it bothers me that such a category exists. It just seems so broad and so limiting at the same time - if that makes any sense. But I'm afraid that "literary" has become a dirty word, as of late.Laura Martonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131901155051433491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-3967216806527392552009-08-19T23:27:46.330-04:002009-08-19T23:27:46.330-04:00Thank you for this post and congrats on the nomina...Thank you for this post and congrats on the nomination. I will most certainly be voting! <br /><br />As for breaking down the difference between women's fiction and chick lit, you have confirmed what I had been hoping - since my protagonist is a 30 year old married female, that definitely puts me in the women's fiction category!Jessica L. Brooks (coffeelvnmom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17524862571932528710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-63381460075787981472009-08-19T21:21:23.737-04:002009-08-19T21:21:23.737-04:00Terry:
Yes. Google "lad lit" or "m...Terry:<br /><br />Yes. Google "lad lit" or "male ennui" (a term either coined or popularized by Nathan Bransford). Neither sell well.<br /><br />Meg:<br /><br />I agree with you in spirit, but women's fiction & chick lit are widely accepted categories in the industry; that is, consumers make the distinction(s) between these genres and others and choose to buy them. If consumers didn't do this, the genre wouldn't exist (except perhaps in academia, where pretty much everything is fair play).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14083923167072216074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-86879863914401898842009-08-19T19:04:48.156-04:002009-08-19T19:04:48.156-04:00Love this blog! My cozy mysteries cross into women...Love this blog! My cozy mysteries cross into women's fiction. Is that true of most cozies?Debra Lynn Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238268767406623274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-33294887267673874712009-08-19T18:35:38.482-04:002009-08-19T18:35:38.482-04:00so often, I love reading your blog ... but on this...so often, I love reading your blog ... but on this one I have to disagree.<br />as a visual artist & writer in my late 30s who happens to be female, I hate the concept of "women's fiction" as much as I hate the concept of "women's magazines." <br />Like many women I know, I read widely in all subject matters (from science to science fiction to classic UK-philic novels to Chaucer to McSweeny's to architecture magazines to feminist punk diatribes to nonfiction histories to michel houelbeque to twyla tharp to ...) and I don't appreciate being marketed to as anything other than an intelligent reader... <br />i say market to me by the subject matter (which VERY occasionally might be women-centric if it's women's health or some such) - if i love frank gehry, i'll want a book that involves discussion of or gossip about him; if i'm curious about the whole julia child re-phenom, i'll read about that. <br />in other words, give me a thoughtful & useful pathway into the book's subject/style/format. calling something "women's literature" is lazy, broad, vague and useless as a category or tag.megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-51012538396925403632009-08-19T17:58:24.768-04:002009-08-19T17:58:24.768-04:00Good information.Good information.Lydia Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328254761920829040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-89890721886250288402009-08-19T14:58:14.796-04:002009-08-19T14:58:14.796-04:00So most erotica fell under women's fiction. Hm...So most erotica fell under women's fiction. Hmm. That rather threw me.<br /><br />Eric, Is there such a thing as men's fiction? <br /><br />I know of this used book store where the owner, a woman, clumps all men's fiction under, "Adventure." And all women's fiction under, "Romance," even hard core feminist stuff. So funny.<br /><br />Good post as always and congratulations. Don't forget to remind us to vote.Terry Stonecrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726985400500572770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-71490272416226830042009-08-19T14:55:00.738-04:002009-08-19T14:55:00.738-04:00Is there a double (triple?) standard in here somew...Is there a double (triple?) standard in here somewhere? Women's fiction and chick lit get their own terms, but men's fiction and guy lit seem nonexistent, at least insofar as they haven't entered the lexicon.<br /><br />Also, I wonder how long it will take before musical fiction is big enough to talk about its sales... Can you search for "musical fiction" on Amazon?Coral Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253657911466196414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-14993797304568894632009-08-19T14:21:19.196-04:002009-08-19T14:21:19.196-04:00Eric, thanks for another insightful post. This ser...Eric, thanks for another insightful post. This series is really helpful. <br /><br />Sierra, I think you're right on the money. I write women's fiction myself and from what I've read, people are still reading and buying chick lit, but not as many agents or publishers want to use that term anymore.Lisa Katzenbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541571187216239983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-9160079014401397902009-08-19T13:31:21.862-04:002009-08-19T13:31:21.862-04:00CKHB I should have said this before but I wonder h...CKHB I should have said this before but I wonder how much naming chick lit as your genre makes a difference over saying women's fiction in a query?Sierra Godfreyhttp://sierragodfrey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-51065040349826948212009-08-19T11:55:01.229-04:002009-08-19T11:55:01.229-04:00I just love your blog, and the nomination is well ...I just love your blog, and the nomination is well deserved! I've really appeciated all the info! And YAY for historical romance (my preferred writing style), though mine is gothic, but without paranormal elements. Perhaps I need to add a ghost...Kat Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115380745293826767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-19960306560384474572009-08-19T11:30:16.603-04:002009-08-19T11:30:16.603-04:00How are memoirs doing these day? I know they were ...How are memoirs doing these day? I know they were hot a while back. I'm starting mine this year. Working title: Memoirs of a Failed Orthopedic Surgery ResidentCara Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521345373886411082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-75168064202334530272009-08-19T11:24:04.145-04:002009-08-19T11:24:04.145-04:00Thank you for this! I have a "smart chick li...Thank you for this! I have a "smart chick lit" project in the query stage right now, and I have gotten feedback from many agents that chick lit isn't selling right now... or maybe it's selling, but that the publishing houses aren't looking for any more. Still, I have hope.<br /><br />I've done a small series of rants on <a href="http://heimbinasfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/Chick%20Lit" rel="nofollow">chick lit's bad reputation</a> on my blog, and plan to talk more about it tomorrow, based in part on your post today. Thanks again!CKHBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741681893677604323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-35098119153076577852009-08-19T10:49:10.822-04:002009-08-19T10:49:10.822-04:00Hey, congrats on the nomination. I can't think...Hey, congrats on the nomination. I can't think of any blog more deserving than PMN. Hope it wins!Reeshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387498259078528854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-44846454283761511522009-08-19T10:46:32.742-04:002009-08-19T10:46:32.742-04:00Serious answer:
Yes.Serious answer:<br /><br />Yes.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14083923167072216074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-60055160155076947152009-08-19T10:34:00.992-04:002009-08-19T10:34:00.992-04:00Serious question:
Can a novel written by a man be...Serious question:<br /><br />Can a novel written by a man be classified as women's fiction?Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937127130315241114noreply@blogger.com