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Originally Posted by Blossom
So I just read on Facebook an author who's editor told her not to write romantic suspense as it was no longer popular. I have not been keeping up with this year's releases. Do you agree with her? I say I hope not it has always been my favorite genre.
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I say it no longer being popular is BS. I'd really be surprised if it's not top three sections of the genre. It is however one of the more crowded areas of the genre as of late with some pretty popular self-pub authors on top of the indie & trad pubbed titles which may be what the editor was really talking about. Perhaps encouraging the author to try some of the less populated sub-genre's? Publishers are always trying to predict the next big area of any genre, such as the rise of NA's popularity, so that they've got titles in their catalog when it "takes off". Maybe RS isn't as popular at that particular publisher or something?