Showing posts with label writing to market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing to market. Show all posts

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Writing to Market: What Is It and Should You Try It?

By Marcy Kennedy, @MarcyKennedy 

Part of the Indie Author Series


For decades, traditional publishing wisdom has said don’t chase trends. It made sense. A book in traditional publishing usually takes two years or more from finished draft to for sale. By the time a traditionally published book hits the market, whatever trend the writer was chasing is long gone.

But, as indies, one of our major advantages is that we’re quick and agile. In many ways, we’re only limited by how fast we can write and find slots with our chosen editors and cover designers. Because of this, self-published authors have an option that traditionally published authors don’t. We can experiment with writing to market.