#but HR also seems to be kinda hard to market w indie because a lot of indie breakout successes

[mermaidsirennikita]

If in a plot twist Bton is actually poisoning traditionally published historical romance versus invigorating it lmao....................... Just my fucking luck.

#romance novel blogging #as someone who wants to be published... ideally in HR #it's been pretty concerning to see authors discuss how difficult it is rn in the subgenre #and how much of that is potentially linked with this desire to chase a bton audience #which is kinda antithetical to like... adventurous historical romance #and the vast majority of bton viewers only read quinn's books iF THAT #they don't care about the subgenre #which is fine lmao they don't have to but only publishing books that you can comp to bton #OR publishing books that aren't like bton but marketing them to that audience vs an audience that would enjoy them #is probably really negatively impacting growth atm and it bums me out #more as a writer than a reader #lol i also feel like there's this cyclical issue w new authors #where many who have bold new ideas are having a hard time getting their work out there so the subgenre stagnates #and in turn a lot of newer HR readers only wanna read super established well known authors #it feeds itself because like there seems to be a disinterest in exploration #and just the same few authors constantly recommended #but also... it's really hard to find new exciting different authors #and a lot of new authors especially in trad are mimicking quinn #which i get but i don't think it's working for anyone #idk i try not to panic over it bc let's be real indie/self publishing is probs gonna be the way for.... #many romance writers in the future not just HR #but HR also seems to be kinda hard to market w indie because a lot of indie breakout successes #are successful bc of how WILD everyone thinks they are and HR has this decades-long rep of being v conventional #i mean the one good thing is that this shit always cycles in and out w subgenre popularity #nothing stays on top forever and things get rediscovered #but lol i wanna make money off this someday so. #....... sigh #maybe i'll pivot to PNR just in time for that to make a comeback lmao