http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/01/26/more-on-co-authors/ Katharine Beutner's blog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:16:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/01/26/more-on-co-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-26667 Katharine Beutner Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:56:28 +0000 http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/?p=439#comment-26667 Yes, when I was teaching Women's Popular Genres in the fall, I showed my students <a href="http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0" rel="nofollow">Harlequin's page with descriptions of the conventions</a> for each of their romance categories. I find romance publishing so interesting! Yes, when I was teaching Women’s Popular Genres in the fall, I showed my students Harlequin’s page with descriptions of the conventions for each of their romance categories. I find romance publishing so interesting!

]]> http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/2010/01/26/more-on-co-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-26622 DarkHeart Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:29:24 +0000 http://blog.katharinebeutner.com/?p=439#comment-26622 I think most of us agree it's not an ideal to have a co-author and not acknowledge it, but it's understandable in some situations. You're right about genre fiction. A lot of terrific books come out of genres, and speculative elements have deep roots in Western literature(Greek drama, 19th century American literary romanticism, etc.). Still, I was looking at the site of a respected independent publisher that takes unsolicited submissions in romance, and they scored submissions against genre conventions. Another small publisher concerned with romance required happy endings for a book to be published. I think most of us agree it’s not an ideal to have a co-author and not acknowledge it, but it’s understandable in some situations. You’re right about genre fiction. A lot of terrific books come out of genres, and speculative elements have deep roots in Western literature(Greek drama, 19th century American literary romanticism, etc.). Still, I was looking at the site of a respected independent publisher that takes unsolicited submissions in romance, and they scored submissions against genre conventions. Another small publisher concerned with romance required happy endings for a book to be published.

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