The genre-blenders, the experimenters, the progressives, the shock-merchants – is there a place for them (or you, if you feel you fit one or more of those descriptions) in today’s fiction markets? The answer is likely to be yes, because publishers and literary agents are constantly telling authors they’d love to be offered (and become literary midwives to) the next big thing, whatever it might turn out to be. Of course, the challenge for industry professionals and authors alike is delivering this next big thing to readers who weren’t aware they needed it,
