tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134048480702711100.post7986720086168894490..comments2024-02-27T09:51:04.993+00:00Comments on Bookaholic: Genre Fan or Genre HopperWendy H. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134048480702711100.post-77484195073596838992015-02-23T13:34:55.851+00:002015-02-23T13:34:55.851+00:00I think you are right there Fran. Genre's mean...I think you are right there Fran. Genre's mean it fits on the correct shelf and is therefore displayed and sold more easily. I agree we can often be pleasantly surprised when we move out of our comfort zone and try something new. For me Captain Correli's Mandolin is a perfect example. I loved that book but it is not a genre I would ordinarily pick up.Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134048480702711100.post-46550177073239628562015-02-20T22:41:08.040+00:002015-02-20T22:41:08.040+00:00I think publishers and marketers worry a lot more ...I think publishers and marketers worry a lot more about categorising books than readers do. I've often been pleasantly surprised when, having been driven by lack of choice or because my book group wants to do it, I read a labelled genre I would never choose myself. That's because I've enjoyed the aspects in it that have very little/nothing to do with the genre e.g. psychological depth/intrigue in science fiction or comedy/satire in crime Fran Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497526684591168192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134048480702711100.post-72876483028642981762015-02-19T10:01:20.325+00:002015-02-19T10:01:20.325+00:00Fran, it seems to me that you are an expert at ble...Fran, it seems to me that you are an expert at blending genres. As a writer it makes me wonder if this limits our reader base our whether it works in our favour. What is your experience? I would be interested to know.Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134048480702711100.post-32934588972953011412015-02-18T23:09:13.448+00:002015-02-18T23:09:13.448+00:00I HATE genre straitjackets. I write first and then...I HATE genre straitjackets. I write first and then consider what genre it fits. Ideas for stories/novels come to me from different triggers/sources and I run with them, Currently writing a sort-of-supernatural/psychological thriller set in Isle of Mull in 1920's. Will that be historical fiction? Or ghost story/fantasy? Or a psychological thriller? There is a dysfunctional family at the heart of it so it might be Family Life/Women's Interest. There's a bit of love interest, so it might be Romance . . . see what I mean?Fran Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497526684591168192noreply@blogger.com