How to Love Writing What You Can Sell: Episode 308 with Seressia Glass

Urban fantasy. Paranormal romance. Historicals. Plus the occasional billionaire, and now a rom-com, complete with a cute graphic cover that tells you exactly who you&#8217;ll be rooting for and what to expect. What do all of these things have in common, besides being written by todays&#8217; guest, Seressia Glass?<br/><br/>Two things. First, they&#8217;re all&#8212;as she says on her <a href="https://seressiaglass.com/">website</a>&#8212; tales of overcoming the odds to achieve love and acceptance&#8211;universal desires for everyone no matter who or what they are.<br/><br/>Second? They&#8217;re all books readers want. Books, in other words, that will sell.<br/><br/>I heard Seressia say briefly on another podcast that she and her agent had strategized about exactly that. On the pod, we dive more deeply into the balance between writing what you love, and writing what people will read. We also talk about super-agent <a href="https://www.thebentagency.com/jenny-bent">Jenny Bent</a> (travel back in time to listen to her on <a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/24-askanagent-a-sit-down-with-jenny-f4d?s=w">Episode 24</a> of the pod), <a href="https://marlonjameswriter.com/">Marlon James</a>, the brilliance of <a href="https://twitter.com/seressia/status/1470853277818490882">Seressia&#8217;s pinned tweet</a> and more.<br/><br/>Links from the Pod: <br/><br/><a href="https://7figurefiction.com/">7 Figure Fiction</a><br/><br/><a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/butter-up-your-writing-episode-294?s=w">The &#8220;butter&#8221; episode with Theodora Taylor</a><br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Seressia: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780063002845">Island Queen</a>, Vanessa Riley<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781538716670">The Dating Playbook</a>, Farrah Rochon<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780593101964">The Sweetest Remedy</a>, Jane Igharo (also mentioned <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781646220830">Sankofa</a> by Chibundu Onuzo)<br/><br/>Jess: <a href="https://bookshop