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Napoleon Dynamite & One Direction
So I'm getting ready to release my second book ROUGE in a little more than a month, and I've been thinking about author branding and readers knowing what to expect from me.
The Truth About Faking is selling well, and a HUGE Thank You! To everyone who's bought a copy and taken the time to leave a review. I love hearing from readers, so if you liked it, shoot me a note (link)!
Anyway, ROUGE is not like TTAF.
TTAF is very classic young adult. It's sweet, relatively clean. There's romance, some humor, a little message tucked inside. You finish the book smiling and with a warm feeling inside. I love that book.
ROUGE is what you might call "edgy" or "mature" YA. It's not sweet. The main character's struggling to escape some pretty terrible things, she falls in love with someone who's impossible for her to be with, and then it just gets worse. It features more than one adult situation, and I'm not sure how readers will walk away.
And I love that book, too.
But it makes me worry about how shifting gears is going to impact my readership.
There's still a message tucked inside ROUGE. And I wrote it, so you'll still hear my voice. It's just my voice isn't telling you such a happy story this time.
It's a good story. At times, I wonder if it might be the best story I've written. (How can anyone ever know that?)
Will it hurt me that I've set readers up with TTAF to expect one thing, and then I'm going to give them something very different in ROUGE?
Luckeee!I was thinking about John Heder (a.k.a., Napoleon Dynamite). He did that movie, and then he did the movie Blades of Glory, and then he sort of disappeared. Maybe sometimes doing the same thing, only going in one direction, can hurt you.
But what hurts more?
I guess I'm going to find out.
Have any of my other writer-friends gone through this? What has your experience been like?
In the meantime, I'm formatting, preparing, working. Thinking about how blessed I am to have such great reader- and writer-friends.
Have a great week, guys~ <3
The Truth About Faking is selling well, and a HUGE Thank You! To everyone who's bought a copy and taken the time to leave a review. I love hearing from readers, so if you liked it, shoot me a note (link)!
Anyway, ROUGE is not like TTAF.
TTAF is very classic young adult. It's sweet, relatively clean. There's romance, some humor, a little message tucked inside. You finish the book smiling and with a warm feeling inside. I love that book.
ROUGE is what you might call "edgy" or "mature" YA. It's not sweet. The main character's struggling to escape some pretty terrible things, she falls in love with someone who's impossible for her to be with, and then it just gets worse. It features more than one adult situation, and I'm not sure how readers will walk away.
And I love that book, too.
But it makes me worry about how shifting gears is going to impact my readership.
There's still a message tucked inside ROUGE. And I wrote it, so you'll still hear my voice. It's just my voice isn't telling you such a happy story this time.
It's a good story. At times, I wonder if it might be the best story I've written. (How can anyone ever know that?)
Will it hurt me that I've set readers up with TTAF to expect one thing, and then I'm going to give them something very different in ROUGE?
Luckeee!I was thinking about John Heder (a.k.a., Napoleon Dynamite). He did that movie, and then he did the movie Blades of Glory, and then he sort of disappeared. Maybe sometimes doing the same thing, only going in one direction, can hurt you.But what hurts more?
I guess I'm going to find out.
Have any of my other writer-friends gone through this? What has your experience been like?
In the meantime, I'm formatting, preparing, working. Thinking about how blessed I am to have such great reader- and writer-friends.
Have a great week, guys~ <3
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Oct 16, 2012 04:55AM
Hmmm, if Rouge is about what I think it is, you should be ok. Hey, good luck! I'm root in' for ya!
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Kittie wrote: "Hmmm, if Rouge is about what I think it is, you should be ok. Hey, good luck! I'm root in' for ya!"You read an early draft, girl! Remember? Way back when. :o) <3
Ah shore do 'member, girl. Tole ya den you had a winner.
Kittie wrote: "Ah shore do 'member, girl. Tole ya den you had a winner."I believe you did! :D Thanks, Kit! <3
