satire

New blog post by Laura Rikono Future Abstract: Crisp and Squish SATIRE ALERT: This Future Abstract is entirely fictional and should not be taken as actual scientific research. No plastic was consumed in the making of this piece. With injectable plastic-degrading enzymes having recently been...

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly. Juvenal

I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly. Peter Cook

I don't know what makes me feel worse: that such a poorly written novel became a global bestseller, or that the publishing industry (and our online world in general) is such an easy target for satire. Depressing to say the least. Now I see it's been optioned for TV: Lionsgate TV Options...

From a publisher / agent's perspective is satire considered a genre or a sub genre? For example, if Animal Farm were published today, how would publishers see it in the marketplace? Do books which aren't written to market, or that straddle genres face challenges being picked up?