WriMo Ireland » other blogs http://writers.sharp-words.co.uk NaNoWriMo writers and others in Ireland Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:26:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Has fiction lost the plot? http://writers.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/01/has-fiction-lost-the-plot http://writers.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/01/has-fiction-lost-the-plot#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:54:26 +0000 farfalla http://writers.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/01/has-fiction-lost-the-plot There’s an interesting post on the Guardian today entitled How fiction lost the plot - ostensibly, it’s about the prejudice that may or may not exist in book awards. However, some of the comments form a discussion of what publishers may or may not look for – and mention the worry that it’s the marketing department that drives what a publisher decides to accept.

Worth a look, anyway.

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