As much as I raeg against the NYT book review et al and their disparagement of genre fiction, I don't think the answer is to imitate the style of literary fiction.
But it's like ... OK, so agents and editors and fans want the purplelyrical prose and quasi-literary style. When was the last time you read a much-re-tweeted review of a new space opera book? Or military sf? Or action? All I ever see buzz about in genre review sites is the Valente-esque stuff. Which makes me a sad panda, because, good lord, I'll never be able to sell my lowbrow space opera if the quasi-literary stuff is what people are buying now.
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Date: 2010-02-20 04:38 pm (UTC)From:But it's like ... OK, so agents and editors and fans want the
purplelyrical prose and quasi-literary style. When was the last time you read a much-re-tweeted review of a new space opera book? Or military sf? Or action? All I ever see buzz about in genre review sites is the Valente-esque stuff. Which makes me a sad panda, because, good lord, I'll never be able to sell my lowbrow space opera if the quasi-literary stuff is what people are buying now.