So I got to thinking about the wisdom of keeping up with one's genre, knowing what is currently selling like hotcakes, trends, etc. How valuable is this advice? Given the best of all possible situations, I indentify the trends of my genre, write my bestseller in a few months, immediately get an agent, it immediately gets snapped up at an auction, etc. It will be two years from now before the published book is actually in a bookstore. And in that two years the trend could die out ...
So, what I am wondering is how much attention should one pay to what is going on right now?
So, what I am wondering is how much attention should one pay to what is going on right now?