Into an otherwise normally difficult market? Perhaps the perception is that because Harlequin is a romance publisher...
Luna = Romance Romance = dumber audience Dumber Audience = so easy to write anyone can do it Therefore...
Luna = easy to get published?
It's obviously not true, but I can't help but think that people that haven't researched their markets, read the books, etc, will have this skewed concept. Heck, if the majority of writers can't be trusted to do a proper submission, they certainly won't be bothering to realize WHY this assumption is so wrong.
As for myself, all my stories are a blend of fantasy and romance (I like to think equal parts of both). I tried to do 'pure romance' and found that I loathed that book. I had to force myself to finish it, and even looking at it a year later for revision, I still hate it. It's obvious to me (and would be to readers) that my passion was not in the book. I can read crappy Elfquest fanfiction that I wrote 10 years ago and the passion was there, and the story was entertaining, if not grammatically wondrous.
That being said, will the half-baked novels even get to the next round? I doubt it.
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Perhaps they consider it an 'easy in'
Date: 2004-08-17 04:26 pm (UTC)Luna = Romance
Romance = dumber audience
Dumber Audience = so easy to write anyone can do it
Therefore...
Luna = easy to get published?
It's obviously not true, but I can't help but think that people that haven't researched their markets, read the books, etc, will have this skewed concept. Heck, if the majority of writers can't be trusted to do a proper submission, they certainly won't be bothering to realize WHY this assumption is so wrong.
As for myself, all my stories are a blend of fantasy and romance (I like to think equal parts of both). I tried to do 'pure romance' and found that I loathed that book. I had to force myself to finish it, and even looking at it a year later for revision, I still hate it. It's obvious to me (and would be to readers) that my passion was not in the book. I can read crappy Elfquest fanfiction that I wrote 10 years ago and the passion was there, and the story was entertaining, if not grammatically wondrous.
That being said, will the half-baked novels even get to the next round? I doubt it.
Where am I going with this again?