Yet another oldy but goody from yours truly 😉
When writing your latest story, have you even considered that you may be subconsciously writing with a specific geographical reading public in mind, or has the idea never occurred to you?
Quite a while back before I went independent, I was involved in a discussion on this very subject with my former editor, long before we fell out and parted company. In particular we were talking about one specific book written by an American in the same writing stable as myself at the time. It involved its main character living in nineteen fifties America with a sci-fi element thrown in for good measure.
I put forward the argument that while I could see it doing very well within the borders of the US, whether its success there meant it would appeal to the world at large was highly debatable. Undoubtedly it would sell a few copies in Australia. It may…
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