The first novel I ever wrote was technically, a paranormal thriller. At the time, I hadn’t a clue that that was what this was, but in retrospect I’ve come to realize that this would probably be the genre placed on the novel. Since then, I’ve written several fantasy novels (particularly Urban fantasy), a thriller or two, one commercial/literary fiction novel with a romantic tie-in, and a few more thrillers, YA novels with unspecific sub-genres and a brief attempt at historical fiction as well as numerous half attempts at a memoir.
I’ve never liked the idea of being stuck in one genre, I like to explore and I think that in the context of my novels, most of them have bits and pieces of several genres in them, it’s almost impossible to write an interesting story these days that doesn’t have elements of everything in them. I suppose if I had to chose, I would probably have to say thriller, because I really like to keep people on the edge of their seats. I love cliffhangers, and the question of what the hell is going to happen next? I guess you could say my novels are multiple genres with elements of thriller in them.
There are a lot of genres I’d still love to try out, I’m not fully done with my attempt at historical fiction, but I can’t really picture myself writing anything in Sci-Fi or even necessarily romance. Sure stories of mine have romantic elements, but I don’t really think I’d write anything full on romance novel. I also really don’t like the whole post-apocalyptic deal or zombie obsession that’s been popular as of late so I suspect those won’t be something I write about either (even if they aren’t necessarily in themselves genres), more themes.
What is a genre you prefer to write in? What is a genre you’d never touch?
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