Hi Suzanne,
Yes, I had tried to see it as a compliment myself, but had to ask myself what more could I offer than a “wonderful afternoon’s reading”; no matter what, this is a derivative work, and can never aspire to be more, by its very nature. So I wondered: if that wasn’t enough, what more could be expected? That was why I hoped to hear opinions on other works. But I like your idea of its being the early authors who reaped the greatest response.
As for the remark about editors preferring a woman’s point of view, given how many P&P adaptations from Darcy’s POV are available, I rather think the agent was being kind, and not telling me flat out that there is no market anymore for new works in that genre. Like you, I can only hope the agent is wrong.
Thanks,
Stan
Yes, I had tried to see it as a compliment myself, but had to ask myself what more could I offer than a “wonderful afternoon’s reading”; no matter what, this is a derivative work, and can never aspire to be more, by its very nature. So I wondered: if that wasn’t enough, what more could be expected? That was why I hoped to hear opinions on other works. But I like your idea of its being the early authors who reaped the greatest response.
As for the remark about editors preferring a woman’s point of view, given how many P&P adaptations from Darcy’s POV are available, I rather think the agent was being kind, and not telling me flat out that there is no market anymore for new works in that genre. Like you, I can only hope the agent is wrong.
Thanks,
Stan