Comments on: Some Guideposts for Switching Genres

By: raynayday

raynayday — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:17:54 +0000

For many years I was known as a romance writer, contemporary romance mostly, I still am to a certain extent. Slowly that became high fantasy with a romantic base, then historical romance (always loved history) then Historical fiction. A few other things and now I am best known as a "Horror" writer. Who knew?
Transitions for a writer are good for the soul in my opinion. You go with it Eldred. The very best of luck to you.

By: Barb DeLong

Barb DeLong — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 17:16:58 +0000

I started out writing contemporary romance but always had a love for the magical. The story I just finished is my second attempt at a full-length paranormal romance, so the romance part is familiar writing for me. Read, read, read in the genre is the key. And wow! All those subgenres of fantasy. I'm checking that out to drill down and see what the heck I just wrote.

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:56:16 +0000

In reply to amreade. I really love Kristen Lamb's advice that the author is the brand. If the readers like your writing and your voice, they will follow you most of the time. That being said, I think the two genres that require a complete delineation - pen name, platform, branding - are authors who write both inspiration and erotica. Or school teachers who write erotic novels. It is just two difficult to try to mix any of those, but everything else is fair game. :-)

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:52:26 +0000

In reply to dholcomb1. I straddle the romance/women's fiction line, Denise. I love those stories!

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:51:47 +0000

In reply to profparks. Ha! Witty, Prof Parks.

By: dholcomb1

dholcomb1 — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:04:00 +0000

I mostly write in one genre, romance, but I have written in women's fiction.

denise

By: Eldred Bird

Eldred Bird — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:37:37 +0000

In reply to JL Nich Author SFF. I have a lot of respect for any writer who can jump between genres. I hope I'm able to develop the skill. My goal is similar to yours--I just want to write, not get famous. If I sell a few books along the way, so much the better, but my goal is just to keep writing and keep learning.

By: JL Nich Author SFF

JL Nich Author SFF — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:11:32 +0000

I write both romance and science fiction fantasy. i have 2 pen names and two twitter and two FB, etc etc additionally I have to websites but they are pretty static. I blog on one but its only 2 blogs a month. This does create more work, but there are ways to minimize the Social Media aspect and maximize the publishing portion. I say this with a grain of salt because I'm in query now not published yet. However, my focus is to be a novelist, not a writer mogul. I merely enjoy my romantic LGBT stories and want to share them. But I'm a hardcore SFF writer with publishing goals to attain.

JL Nicky, Romance Author
JL Nich, SFF Author

By: Eldred Bird

Eldred Bird — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:27:21 +0000

In reply to profparks. Not exactly. It's mush easier go back to the old genre if you change your mind. ;)

By: Eldred Bird

Eldred Bird — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:36:41 +0000

In reply to amreade. We'll have to see about the pen name thing. It's a bit of a double edged sword. Writing a new genre under a different name does separate it from my usual genre, but on the other hand it also means having to build recognition for the new name. Seeing as how this book is aimed at a different target audience, I'm not sure how my current readers will feel about it. I'll have to give this some serious thought. Thanks!