📣 David G. Brown—Senior editor at the Darling Axe, a novel development and editing service, & an award-winning short-fiction writer—posted one of the better articles I've seen on the issue of comp titles.

TITLE: Don't Stress Over Comp Titles

Pull quote: "Can the comp titles you choose for your query letter make or break your submission? Yes, but it’s unlikely to happen if everything else in your query is doing its job."

https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/comp-title-stress

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Writing Cross-Genre Fiction and Battling the Book Marketing Comp Title

Author Michael Kaufman discusses both the pros and cons of writing cross-genre fiction and how to navigate the murky waters of marketing cross-genre...
https://www.writersdigest.com/be-inspired/writing-cross-genre-fiction-and-battling-the-book-marketing-comp-title

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