Well, the way things are going in the m/m romance genre, it looks like writers who take their time writing, and don't self-publish, will be lucky to put out one story a year. And that goes for shorter works as well as novels.
My 45k-word contemporary novella, A Hole in God's Pocket, has been contracted by Dreamspinner and is scheduled for release in the spring of 2012.
My current WIP, the latest addition to the Jackson Spey / Adin Swift saga, will either be a three-part novel or a mini-serial of three novellas. If I go the latter route, my vision is to have the three installments released in fairly rapid succession -- say, a month or two apart -- because I know how frustrating it is for readers to deal with cliffhangers.
The business is changing, that's for sure. Authors will have to place (or produce) their work accordingly.
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Congrats on the acceptance!
Thanks, Chris. But I'd be lying if I said the time frame doesn't trouble me. Six or seven months between releases in this genre is like six or seven years. Especially when so many other writers are pumping out a book every month or two.
Eh, Jordan Castillo Price is on a similar timetable - there's room for variety. :)
K.Z. I wouldn't worry about the timeline. I always buy your books, regardless of the time between release dates, so I'm sure other readers feel the same way.
Hi, Stephani, and thank you for the encouraging words!
Seeing how difficult it's becoming to sustain readers' (and reviewers') interest, given the increased number of offerings in the genre, I guess I'm getting skittish. I hope it's an overreaction, but . . . we'll see.
At least I'll have time to be productive while people are forgetting about me. ;-)
I prefer it when people take their time to write something really good instead of mass producing crap. Your readers will still be there whenever u publish. :)
I sure hope so, Erika!
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