I don’t think that I write what I read. I LOVE to read
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mysteries, Spy Thrillers, Romance, women’s fiction, historical
fiction, and some non-fiction, like true stories about amazing people or biographies/memoirs. I tend to read a lot. I like to read authors I'm familiar with, but also new ones, to help with honing my own craft at times. I've read a few written by folks participating in the A to Z. I have found more than a few Indy-published authors that I really like and I buy their books whenever they come out.
But I don’t write , strictly speaking, in any one
genre. I guess you could say I mix it all up. The first novel I published was a
mystery/women’s fiction/ghost story (which nowadays is called Paranormal). When
someone asks, I say mystery. It’s easier. But the genre boundaries are
spreading across lines, crossing into one another. I wonder how this is affecting
the market, and my chances for sales.
Are you someone who writes to a market? Are you someone who
writes whatever you feel like writing? Are you someone who writes in one genre?
We all write for different reasons and I think those reasons have a lot to do
with what we write.
I write fiction in
whatever form it comes to me because it’s the only way to get the stories (those voices!) out
of my head. And, I don’t want to do
anything else. When I write, not only does it (almost always) make me a better,
happier person to live with, but I, crazy fool that I am, realize that I want
to be read. I want other folks to read my work and tell me what they think. I
don’t like it when they don’t like what I’ve written, but hey, I’ll take the
bad with the good. Hopefully it makes me a better writer. It also helps me to
keep my personal introspections more positive. Writing makes me more apt to
listen to my positive blah blah instead of the negative. The negative is always
worse when I’m not writing. I get mad at my husband (poor guy) when I don’t
write and usually don’t realize I’m taking out my frustration on him until I’ve
opened mouth and crammed the proverbial foot inside.
So, after that little “walkabout” in my head, do you
write what you read?
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