If You’re Always Looking Over Your Shoulder…

I keep abreast of the competition
in the romance market,
noting changing reader tastes
and trends,
but I don’t write
with this competition in mind.
Why?
Because they’re already owning their space.

Ian Schrager*,
founder of Studio 54,
shares

“I’m curious what’s going on
in the market,
but at the end of the day,
I’m marching to my own drumbeat.
If you’re always looking over your shoulder,
you never get peace,
because there’s always somebody there.
I’ve learned a long time ago
not to do that.”

Be aware of your competition.
Don’t try to BE your competition.

*January 2015
American Way