About a year ago publishers were asking for books with an angel theme; fallen or otherwise. It’s no surprise really. A good fallen angel read can be just as smokey hot as any vampire with a heart-of-gold story.
Back in 2009 Publisher Weekly’s Karen Springen posted this article on “An Angelic Autum”- “Move over, Edward Cullen. Bad-boy angels are the new hotties. Like modern vampires, they can be gorgeous, immortal and otherworldly heartthrobs, unlike, say, zombies. “With all that rotting-off, they’re not very sexy,” said Justin Chanda, v-p and publisher of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, who calls angels “safe gothic” and “romantic.”
And now, publishers are already saying “Stop! No more angels.” But why? There aren’t floods of books gracing feathery wings the likes of the vampiric market, yet. Remember, the market runs slow. While the smaller publishing houses are turning out Angel books already, the larger houses are delayed by years sometimes. And many of them are working off of cut-backs, which makes them run slower.
So, if you’ve been working on an other worldly tale about angels, submit it now! It might look like the market is just heating up, but waiting in line are many halo-toting hero’s waiting to win our hearts.
Shelley Martin Fiction 