Comments on: Observations From My First RWA

By: Daniela Pettiford

Daniela Pettiford — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:25:37 +0000

Thanks for the information.

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By: Sara Lindsey

Sara Lindsey — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:31:08 +0000

It was great to meet you, Lynn, and I have to agree with Jeannie (who made us all tear up with her GH acceptance speech) that RWA never ceases to be overwhelming. I hope to see you next year in Nashville!

By: Lynn Spencer

Lynn Spencer — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:13:39 +0000

@KristieJ – I know! Next year we’ll have to arrange a time to meet in advance. I’d love to meet you in person.

By: KristieJ

KristieJ — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:40:59 +0000

One of the things I missed out on most while I was there was getting a chance to meet up with you and Sandy. We were probably like ships that passed in the night

By: LeeB.

LeeB. — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:27:50 +0000

Lynn: Lovely report! Wish I could have gone, but as Katie Mack mentioned, hopefully I can go to one on the West Coast one of these years.

By: Lynn Spencer

Lynn Spencer — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:53:35 +0000

@Katie Mack – Interested you’d mention the market saturation. At the St. Martin’s spotlight, it was mentioned specifically as one of the editors gave a diagram of a trend spiral. The editors there said that they’re looking for good books and not necessarily striving only to follow a trend.
That being said, I do think there’s still a lot of audience out there for paranormals, especially since it seems like a lot of folks are branching out from the vampire/werewolf series. I heard some intruguing – and very new – worldbuilding ideas at RWA.

By: Jeannie Lin

Jeannie Lin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:43:59 +0000

This was my fourth RWA conference and I can never take it all in! Thanks so much for the mention and for the publishing recap.

-Jeannie Lin

By: AAR Heather

AAR Heather — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:42:23 +0000

I enjoyed the coverage this year and it seems like you guys had a great experience. I really hope to go next year, but who knows. I’m glad to hear that publishers were willing to take the time to listen to readers.

By: Katie Mack

Katie Mack — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:42:45 +0000

I’m loving hearing all the feedback from RWA this year. I’m totally not surprised that YA is big given the phenomenon that is Twilight. I’m a bit surprised to see that publishers are looking for even more paranormal authors given that there are so many out there right now. At what point do we reach market saturation with a particular sub-genre, and what will the impact be on those authors?

I was so jealous of everyone who got to attend the conference this year. I’m adding “Go to RWA conference” to my list of things to do before I die. Hopefully I’ll get to go next year, but if not maybe I can make it to the next one on the West Coast.