Writing Excuses31 Joulu 2012

Writing Excuses 7.54: Four Ways the Industry is Changing

And now, for the very last episode of Season 7, we shall chance taking a look forward. Is this prognostication, or reckless abandon? Neither! We get asked a lot about how the industry is changing, and how we're adjusting to what we see happening. This isn't us predicting the future: this is us interpreting what we're seeing, and then describing how we plan to react.

* Mary suggests that we're seeing a swing from Fantasy to Science Fiction as the dominant speculative genre, and but she doesn't plan to start writing nothing but sci-fi as a result.
* Dan calls out a trend towards supplemental materials -- shorts that tie in to flagship novels. He's already taking part in this, and plans to keep doing it.
* Howard hits the hot-button of "e-publishing," and calls it "shortening the value chain." He's been making a living with it since it was basically brand-new, but he plans to continue to exploit the disruptions it creates -- sometimes by lengthening the value chain.
* Brandon sees increasing pressures for authors to promote themselves, (largely the result of exceptional cases of authors with good platforms), but suggests that the time can still be better spent writing more books.

And that's it for us until 2013! We'll be back next year with Season 8, and you'll only have to wait a week for it to start airing. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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