Comments on: Let’s Read! http://sueharrison.com/2010/04/lets-read/ The Official Website and Blog of Author Sue Harrison Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: suehar http://sueharrison.com/2010/04/lets-read/comment-page-1/#comment-112 suehar Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:52:13 +0000 http://sueharrison.com/?p=257#comment-112 From your keyboard to my publisher's ears! From your keyboard to my publisher’s ears!

]]> By: Dobie Close http://sueharrison.com/2010/04/lets-read/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Dobie Close Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:34:15 +0000 http://sueharrison.com/?p=257#comment-110 I wish I were a publisher. I would KILL (or at least beg) for a new Sue Harrison prehistoric! I wish I were a publisher. I would KILL (or at least beg) for a new Sue Harrison prehistoric!

]]> By: suehar http://sueharrison.com/2010/04/lets-read/comment-page-1/#comment-109 suehar Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:41:15 +0000 http://sueharrison.com/?p=257#comment-109 Those are all "new" books to me. Thanks for letting us know about them, Dobie! The unfortunate reason that very few people are writing prehistorics anymore is that the market is very poor. I do miss writing about that period of time, but unless I have a publisher beg me for another manuscript set in prehistoric times (and by the way I have a couple of first drafts written), I have to bend with the marketplace. I've noticed that reading trends are often dictated by what is happening in our world politically and economically. We are currently in an economic downturn and the romance market seems particularly strong, just as it was in the 1930s. I have noticed one trend that has continued for more than 70 years worth of bestsellers, and that is that readers are interested in novels that take them to new places and cultures. We surely have seen this in books like Pearl S. Buck's THE GOOD EARTH and GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell, also recent books like THE KITE RUNNER and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Those are all “new” books to me. Thanks for letting us know about them, Dobie!

The unfortunate reason that very few people are writing prehistorics anymore is that the market is very poor. I do miss writing about that period of time, but unless I have a publisher beg me for another manuscript set in prehistoric times (and by the way I have a couple of first drafts written), I have to bend with the marketplace.

I’ve noticed that reading trends are often dictated by what is happening in our world politically and economically. We are currently in an economic downturn and the romance market seems particularly strong, just as it was in the 1930s.

I have noticed one trend that has continued for more than 70 years worth of bestsellers, and that is that readers are interested in novels that take them to new places and cultures. We surely have seen this in books like Pearl S. Buck’s THE GOOD EARTH and GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell, also recent books like THE KITE RUNNER and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS.

]]> By: Dobie Close http://sueharrison.com/2010/04/lets-read/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Dobie Close Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:25:32 +0000 http://sueharrison.com/?p=257#comment-107 Hi Sue, Right now I'm reading THE LITTLE STRANGER by Sarah Waters. It's a pretty good mystery/ghost story. I'm about 3/4 of the way through and I don't really know the answers yet. Every chapter is a bit of a surprise. I've got THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield up next, and THE SPELLMAN FILES by Lisa Lutz waiting in the wings. Is anyone writing any pre-historic fiction anymore? I've read everything in that genre that I can find out there. I'm having withdrawals! Do you miss the pre-historic fiction? Do you think you'll ever write another? Thanks, Dobie Hi Sue,
Right now I’m reading THE LITTLE STRANGER by Sarah Waters.
It’s a pretty good mystery/ghost story. I’m about 3/4 of the way through and I don’t really know the answers yet. Every chapter is a bit of a surprise.
I’ve got THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield up next, and THE SPELLMAN FILES by Lisa Lutz waiting in the wings.
Is anyone writing any pre-historic fiction anymore? I’ve read everything in that genre that I can find out there. I’m having withdrawals!
Do you miss the pre-historic fiction? Do you think you’ll ever write another?
Thanks,
Dobie

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