Subject: When Romance meets the stars
When Romance meets the stars
April 28th, 2022 at 2:46 pm ESTHi Friend, At first sight, Romance and Science Fiction seem largely incompatible genres. And for the most part they are if you examine the reader demographics of the two categories. However, that does not prevent authors from blending the two and ea ...
Historical Fiction & Historical Mystery 2022
April 21st, 2022 at 8:15 pm ESTHi Friend, If you want to transport yourself and your readers to another time, why not try historical fiction? Given the never-ending news about ongoing crises and conflicts these days, it makes perfect sense to wish one was in a different era. OK, ...
Romance Genre Report 2022 Spring Edition
April 13th, 2022 at 7:09 pm ESTHi Friend, We just released the 2022 spring edition of our K-lytics Romance market seminar. The report provides a complete overview of all categories available in the uncontested #1 market on Kindle: ROMANCE! Good News! This February, the average s ...
Female Protagonist Mystery, Thriller, Suspense 2022
April 6th, 2022 at 7:15 pm ESTHi Friend, One of the leading U.K. newspapers reported that "Without women, the novel would die." And further, "Women are fiction's life support system – buying 80% of all novels." Unsurprisingly, this huge demand has also been increasingly met by ...
Women's Fiction with Magical Powers
March 22nd, 2022 at 10:00 pm ESTHi Friend, Let's talk about an emerging genre of its own: Paranormal Women's Fiction, It features powerful heroines kicking their midlife problems to hell with sass, magic, mystery, and adventure. Think of movies like The Witches of Eastwick or Prac ...
Must-see picture for romance authors
March 18th, 2022 at 5:34 pm ESTHi Friend, Readers' interest in a genre can change drastically over time. The shift does not happen overnight, but it can be drastic. The graph below shows the 10-year evolution of the worldwide search interest on Google for "paranormal romance boo ...
Must-see picture for romance authors
March 18th, 2022 at 5:20 pm ESTHi Friend, Readers' interest in a genre can change drastically over time. The shift does not happen overnight, but it can be drastic. The graph below shows the 10-year evolution of the worldwide search interest on Google for "paranormal romance boo ...
K-lytics Publishing Trends | March 2022
March 16th, 2022 at 2:21 pm ESTHi Friend, Welcome to this month's publishing trend review (free). The KDP February numbers will be in any minute, but were not available yet at the time of this writing. But already, based on the January numbers, this year looks like another double ...
The thriller writers' answer to small-town romance
March 11th, 2022 at 8:18 pm ESTHi Friend, Do you want to write for a high-performing thriller market niche that mirrors the success of what "small-town" is for romance? Get the insights in our latest genre report. Dark family secrets shattering the "perfect life in the perfect ho ...
Fantasy Romance 2022 - Fantastic!
March 3rd, 2022 at 12:13 pm ESTHi Friend, Do you want to find the perfect blend of fantasy and romance? Get the insights in our latest genre report. Fantasy sells like crazy. If you missed this week's viral example: Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter for four secret novels just rais ...