It seems like what I would have considered the standard companies who used to put out so many interesting books have given up.
I think they're out there, but I know what you mean -- the things that stand out for me right now are books like Laura Anne Gilman's Retrievers books, or DEAD WITCH WALKING. I also enjoy straight mysteries, and Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse books.
And NYC thinks those last ones are aberrations -- that no one wants to read about the center of the country. Ha!
The only problem with Luna is that I like some relationship stuff, but I don't like the obsessive-compulsive romance 51% of the book kind of story. And half the Luna books are the OC stuff, more traditional romance with fantasy trappings. The SF/F booksellers are very careful about Luna -- I know one bookseller, that if his partner (female) doesn't like the book, they won't carry it. She is not into traditional romance.
But we need to think good thoughts. My books are my gift to the world -- the gift back is people loving them, and someone paying me to write so it doesn't take so long between books! So -- toes crossed, as we need our hands to type...
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I think they're out there, but I know what you mean -- the things that stand out for me right now are books like Laura Anne Gilman's Retrievers books, or DEAD WITCH WALKING. I also enjoy straight mysteries, and Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse books.
And NYC thinks those last ones are aberrations -- that no one wants to read about the center of the country. Ha!
The only problem with Luna is that I like some relationship stuff, but I don't like the obsessive-compulsive romance 51% of the book kind of story. And half the Luna books are the OC stuff, more traditional romance with fantasy trappings. The SF/F booksellers are very careful about Luna -- I know one bookseller, that if his partner (female) doesn't like the book, they won't carry it. She is not into traditional romance.
But we need to think good thoughts. My books are my gift to the world -- the gift back is people loving them, and someone paying me to write so it doesn't take so long between books! So -- toes crossed, as we need our hands to type...