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Climate Fiction: The Time is Now

By Bailey Potter

February 10, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Climate Fiction: The Time is Now

Have you ever heard of climate fiction? How about eco-fiction or environmental fiction? There are many names for this trending genre and its popularity is only increasing. Essentially, this genre explores humanity’s influence on the environment. Oftentimes, science fiction and dystopian literature can also be considered cli-fi. It examines what could happen in our future regarding climate change, other man-made environmental issues, or it displays current ecological issues at a personal level.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: climate change, climate fiction, coronavirus, crisis, dystopian, eco-fiction, environment, escapism, fantasy, future, genre, publishing, realistic, science fiction, trend

Reaching Unconventional Contacts

By Bailey Potter

December 21, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Reaching Unconventional Contacts

When we developed the marketing plan for this book, we included unconventional contacts that were appropriate for its themes. These included adoption associations, libraries, book clubs, and summer camps, in addition to the typical contacts that a project team collects. Our question was this: How do we reach the unconventional ones?

Filed Under: Manager Monday, Start to Finish Tagged With: camp, campaign, contact list, Design, detectives, email, Finding the Vein, frontlist, genre, Jennifer Hanlon Wilde, library, lwp, Marketing, murder, mystery, PNW, police, Portland, postcard, process, publishing, sleuth, Social Media, start to finish, thriller, unconventional, versatile

The Mystery Behind the Mystery Genre

By Bailey Potter

October 12, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Mystery Behind the Mystery Genre

Like every kind of genre fiction, we knew that the mystery genre has a large audience, which would be great for Ooligan to break into. We just needed to get there. How? Well, that’s part of the mystery.

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: camp, cover art, Design, detectives, Finding the Vein, frontlist, genre, Jennifer Hanlon Wilde, library, lwp, Marketing, murder, mystery, PNW, police, Portland, process, publishing, start to finish, thriller

How Branding Allows YA Authors to Span Genres

By Callie Brown

April 22, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How Branding Allows YA Authors to Span Genres

At a time when YA is on the rise, we must ask this question: How do YA authors cater to their older audience?

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: audience, author, branding, eleanor & park, eleanor and park, Fangirl, genre, independent press, indie books, Rainbow Rowell, rowell, YA, young adult

Why Do Adults Read Young Adult Books?

By Monica Hay @monicathewriter

November 6, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Why Do Adults Read Young Adult Books?

Adult books are about learning to live in the world we have. YA books are about changing the world.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: adult books, adults reading YA, audience, BookTube, Christine Riccio, genre, Publisher's Weekly, publishing, teen, YA, ya books, young adult, young adult literature

Going All the Way: The Challenges of Editing Sex Scenes

By Olivia Rollins

September 30, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Going All the Way: The Challenges of Editing Sex Scenes

The Bad Sex in Fiction Award teaches us several things: first, many novels contain profoundly cringeworthy sex scenes; second, even great writers often flounder when they try to write about sex; and finally, there are plenty of editors who (perhaps begrudgingly, or perhaps because they too are at a loss for how to approach this subject) are letting these giggle-inducing scenes sneak through to publication. This state of affairs might lead us to wonder, Why is it so hard to write about sex? And, more importantly, what can editors do to help?

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: award, challenges, Editing, erotic, fiction, genre, Literary Review, literature, publishing, romance, sensitivity, sex, sex scenes, sexuality, tips

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