Write Like Stephen King...
...but make sure you market to that demographic, too.
Let me be frank for a moment. After writing and Indie publishing Blood Roses, Morning Stars, and On The Bridge: The Complete Gretchen Thyrd Novella, I have developed a genre reputation for writing teen-girl-centric Young Adult fiction. And there's nothing wrong with that. I'm proud of those books and their messages.
However, I have other ideas and other characters in my mind, and for NaNoWriMo, I sat down to write a different genre of book...an adult book with horror elements. Indeed, it was an homage to Stephen King from the get-go and I thought of it as a book that would appeal to men more than my earlier offerings. I still think that, although few men have read it...that I'm aware of anyway.
The fact is that mechanically and plotwise, this is the best book I've written to date, and yet it bears the lowest aggregate rating on Goodreads and Amazon. Why? Genre, I suspect.
The Alewife: Curse of Obsession is a mystery-thriller-horror novel. Here there be monsters. So if monsters (or sex) aren't your thing, please steer clear and go read Blood Roses.
Cheers!
Let me be frank for a moment. After writing and Indie publishing Blood Roses, Morning Stars, and On The Bridge: The Complete Gretchen Thyrd Novella, I have developed a genre reputation for writing teen-girl-centric Young Adult fiction. And there's nothing wrong with that. I'm proud of those books and their messages.
However, I have other ideas and other characters in my mind, and for NaNoWriMo, I sat down to write a different genre of book...an adult book with horror elements. Indeed, it was an homage to Stephen King from the get-go and I thought of it as a book that would appeal to men more than my earlier offerings. I still think that, although few men have read it...that I'm aware of anyway.
The fact is that mechanically and plotwise, this is the best book I've written to date, and yet it bears the lowest aggregate rating on Goodreads and Amazon. Why? Genre, I suspect.
The Alewife: Curse of Obsession is a mystery-thriller-horror novel. Here there be monsters. So if monsters (or sex) aren't your thing, please steer clear and go read Blood Roses.
Cheers!
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