Tag: genre writing

• A Meeting with a Beta Reader and More Genre Issues

  I had a wonderful opportunity yesterday to sit down and discuss my new, unreleased novel with one of my beta readers yesterday. He provided some terrific insight in regards to characterization and novel pacing. He even shared with me that he felt that the novel didn’t feel like a novel in some regards. He kept…

  sassevn

  February 3, 2017

  Uncategorized

  beta readers, genre writing, novel genres, novel writing

• Are you following the crowd (through the red light)?

  I pulled up to a red light on my motorbike and sat beside several other motorbikes at the front of a long line of cars. One of the other bikes, which is often the case, took off through the red light, anticipating that the light was about to change green. Another motorbike followed suit, then…

  sassevn

  January 4, 2015

  Indie Author, Life

  being original, following passion, following the crowd, genre writing, original writing, peer pressure, writing

• Are you telling the story you want to tell?

  If you are telling the story you want to tell, congratulations. You must feel fulfilled as a writer. As I was compiling my most recent story, I got to the point where I realized I had told everything about this story I had wanted to tell. I would be proud to put my name at…

  sassevn

  December 10, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  genre writing, literary agents, story critique, storytelling, writing, writing process

• Be True to Yourself in Your Writing

  I was reading an article from a writing website which was talking about the habits of successful writers. On the whole, I agreed with many of their ideas and suggestions, but one of them led me to pause, and I couldn’t quite completely agree with them. What was it? Research the market and write in…

  sassevn

  July 28, 2014

  Indie Author

  genre writing, indie authors, writing, writing process

• I’m not a genre writer

  Genres are popular. I get it. Genres categorize novels so readers can browse through the books they are more likely to be interested in.  (Yes, that’s a preposition at the end of a sentence. It’s late, and I don’t feel like re-writing it. Plus, that’s what blogs are for.)  Back to genres. Many authors are…

  sassevn

  April 5, 2013

  Writing Process

  beauty rising, fiction, general fiction, genre writing, indie author, literary fiction, writing, writing categories

• Writing ideas from any place

  Have you ever been inspired by a squid? I’m not a fantasy or, really, any genre writer. My novels are realistic human dramas. Fantasy is fine if that is what you like, and I have another post on genre writing coming up, but I just don’t like breaking the laws of this universe in my…

  sassevn

  February 16, 2013

  Writing Process

  genre writing, play-writing, skits, writing ideas