According to my agent, publishers don’t want ‘demon’ books any more. Does that mean that publishers will throw out any book with demons in it without further examination. I’ve had two rejections already that suggest that this is the case.  But anyone who says that they don’t want another demon book is making a huge assumption. They’re assuming that all demon books are essentially the same. It will be sad if publishers reject Lethal Inheritance simply because the bad guys are demons, (though, at least it would mean that it’s not because the book isn’t any good). It isn’t just another book about demons, nevertheless, as soon as someone sees the word ‘demon’ in the blurb, they’ll probably stick it in the box labeled ‘demon book.’ Sigh! It’s a reasonable thing to do if you have only one cultural / philosophical perspective. If you only know demons as denizens of Hell in a world defined by western stories populated with angels, God and the devil, then you’ll have an understandable … [Read more...]