Capitalizing on Trends While Staying True to Genre Expectations with Lynn Morrison and Anne Radcliffe
Description
Episode 240 / In 2024, Lynn Morrison and Anne Radcliffe paired their love of regency romances like Bridgerton with their bad habit of killing people in their books to create a new series that they rapid-released, the Crown Jewels Regency Mystery Series.
Topics:
- Why brutal honesty is critical for collaboration
- How to spot trends
- Tips on how to incorporate trends into a genre and still meet reader expectations around tropes
- How Lynn and Anne leveraged interest around Bridgerton to market the new series
- Using beta readers to verify the book was on target
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