Comments on: Why Are Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Romance Books More Popular Than Literary Fiction? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/why-are-sci-fi-fantasy-romance-books-more-popular-than-literary-fiction-366/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carolyn Howard-Johnson http://www.blisstree.com/articles/why-are-sci-fi-fantasy-romance-books-more-popular-than-literary-fiction-366/comment-page-1/#comment-129392 Carolyn Howard-Johnson Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:55:15 +0000 http://www.onebooktwobook.com/?p=1132#comment-129392 Thank you, Mary Emma, for including this piece on OneBookTwoBook. I think I should have mentioned that parents probably need to be actively involved with their children's education and what they read. It's difficult these days with many holding down two (or more!) jobs. And for Alice (see above), I couldn't agree more. There will always be more people attracted to the middle ground. That is not to say that genre books can't be literary and that literary books can't be genre. I think it just behooves us as writers, as parents, and as a culture to reach a bit higher, to reach for the the premises and themes that help us grow emotionally and intellectually--at least some of the time. There is, of course, nothing wrong with pure entertainment. I just think we should, on occasion, want more for our children and ourselves. Best, Carolyn Howard-Johnson www.howtodoitfrugally.com www.carolynhoward-johnson.com Blogging at Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites, www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com Thank you, Mary Emma, for including this piece on OneBookTwoBook. I think I should have mentioned that parents probably need to be actively involved with their children’s education and what they read. It’s difficult these days with many holding down two (or more!) jobs.

And for Alice (see above), I couldn’t agree more. There will always be more people attracted to the middle ground. That is not to say that genre books can’t be literary and that literary books can’t be genre. I think it just behooves us as writers, as parents, and as a culture to reach a bit higher, to reach for the the premises and themes that help us grow emotionally and intellectually–at least some of the time. There is, of course, nothing wrong with pure entertainment. I just think we should, on occasion, want more for our children and ourselves.

Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com
http://www.carolynhoward-johnson.com
Blogging at Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites, http://www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com

]]> By: Alice Audrey http://www.blisstree.com/articles/why-are-sci-fi-fantasy-romance-books-more-popular-than-literary-fiction-366/comment-page-1/#comment-129377 Alice Audrey Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:42:22 +0000 http://www.onebooktwobook.com/?p=1132#comment-129377 As a Romance writer I'm not a bit surprised literary fiction doesn't have the same draw. Frankly, it never did. As a Romance writer I’m not a bit surprised literary fiction doesn’t have the same draw. Frankly, it never did.

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