I am reviewing, yet again, and revising the send out package for a first novel while drafting a second novel
It's this business of classifying the novel. The thing I've written isn't a particular genre. I think of it as general fiction, or as psychological suspense or mystery, with elements of crime and the supernatural. I wonder what is the understanding in this company of LIT LITE or commercial-literary fiction?
This is the question: Is calling an MSS 'general fiction' a cop-0ut, or an error in making a pitch to agents, do we think?
Can anyone here suggest any recent novel titles they would describe as 'LIT LITE'
Before I tear some hair out. Probably my own.
@AgentPete?
Meanwhile, there's this on the subject:
It's this business of classifying the novel. The thing I've written isn't a particular genre. I think of it as general fiction, or as psychological suspense or mystery, with elements of crime and the supernatural. I wonder what is the understanding in this company of LIT LITE or commercial-literary fiction?
This is the question: Is calling an MSS 'general fiction' a cop-0ut, or an error in making a pitch to agents, do we think?
Can anyone here suggest any recent novel titles they would describe as 'LIT LITE'
Before I tear some hair out. Probably my own.
@AgentPete?
Meanwhile, there's this on the subject:
Last edited:
