Genres
SAPPHIRE BLUE and the challenge of a new genre
Some words * * * In instances such as this, with a book that is seriously the biggest mindfuck EVER, I struggle to even wrap my head around what I just got done reading…. * * * I have been rendered speechless many times after reading a book for a whole…
Read MoreHuffington Post article, on genres… and a new mailing list
HuffPo article In this week’s Huffington Post article I discuss genres, and why they aren’t doing me any favors. Every description of one of my novels eventually requires the use of the phrase mash-up. As in, “Immortal is a sci-fi contemporary fantasy adventure historical-fiction humorous first-person confessional mash-up.” This is mostly accurate, but makes people faint, so…
Read MoreRinging in the New Year
It has been quite a year I have a bad habit of focusing on things that haven’t happened yet rather than stepping back and looking behind me at what has been accomplished. This tunnel vision quality is sometimes very useful, such as when I’m writing a novel, but maybe less useful in other settings, such…
Read MoreOn genres
[Note: This article was originally posted as a guest blog at Indiependent Books. See it here. Comments welcome.] Anomaly I’d like to talk today about genres, but before I do that let me begin with one large caveat: I am very good at doing things the wrong way and getting away with it. For example,…
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