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If you write something "lightweight," and then something "heavy" or "serious" afterwards, the readers of your "light" book might give the "serious" one a try sooner than someone who never heard of ...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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2019-12-13T12:00:04Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T02:07:31Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/4722 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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If you write something "lightweight," and then something "heavy" or "serious" afterwards, the readers of your "light" book might give the "serious" one a try sooner than someone who never heard of you, because they like your previous work. So you're establishing a built-in audience. Can't see a downside there. As far as the critics, it's their job to _read_ the books to review them. If the reviewer can't be arsed to get past your name on the cover because your previous book was _Burning But Age-Appropriately Chaste Desire in the Desert,_ the reviewer should be fired for refusal to work. Write what you want to write. If it's good, word will get out. Don't worry about being pigeonholed.
#1: Imported from external source
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2011-12-31T01:10:21Z (almost 13 years ago)
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