At RT Houston I was told fantasy romance was dead. Yesterday, a friend of mine was told the same by an agent.

My only romance sales have been fantasy romance.

Chasing trends seems fruitless considering that by the time a manuscript is written to trend, shopped and sold, the trend will likely be yesterday’s news.

I’d much rather write what spirits me away from the everday tedium and worry about the business aspects of writing later.

Maybe I’m an idealist, but if I’m not in love with what I’m writing, I doubt anyone else will be, either.

Hope your conference was a wonderful one.

‘In Bed With A Stranger’ will release in June 2009….I love writing historicals…..

Mary Wine

Fortunately, I’ve never had difficulty finding great historicals to buy.

I have a Regency/Napoleonic “thing” but I’m thinking those westerns are looking mighty intriguing too…

See you soon, my firend.

Kate

Meet in the hotel bar for a drink (or two).

Is it true that there’s no market for Victorian pirate cross-dressing vampires?

See you in San Fran!

I keep hearing “vampires aren’t selling anymore.” (we’re all very paranoid about losing our vampires)

I don’t see that at all. The Twilight movie is coming out (unless it’s out already, I don’t always keep up with what’s at the box office.) I didn’t read Harry Potter until after the first movie, and after the movie, the sales climbed even higher. I know people who NEVER read romance, or about vampires, who have jumped on the Twilight bandwagon. For some it’s a fluke, but I think for many, they will be looking for more vampire romance. And it’s a YA, that both adults and YA readers are reading.

I think Twilight is going to bring in a lot more vampire readers and honestly I don’t think they are going to care what was on the shelf available 5 years ago, or how many times it’s been done, cause it’s new to THEM. Anyway sorry for that rant/ramble. I just think anyone who thinks vamps are about to die is smoking the wacky weed. Or not paying attention. Or really cynical, or a combo of the above.

As for historicals not selling, I just laugh. I buy more of those than any other kind of book, and I buy A LOT of books. Plus I know many, many readers who also buy lots of historicals, so that comment is rather amusing to me. And rather outdated – I’ve heard it for at least the last 3 years (rolling eyes).