Genre

[alg]

Genre as a marketing category!
Publishers and editors do not think about genre the same way authors do. Here's an explanation.



... Now I write an ode to spinach:

spinach,
you
are green
and
i wish i had more
of you than
what I ate
(yum yum yum)
at five in the morning,
dawn
creeping
up
you are
(my sunshine and)
the perfect delivery method
for salt and
garlic.

Comments

[kate_nepveu]

When I read Point of Honour by Madeleine Robins, I am reading a mystery novel; others are reading a novel of alternate history about a woman P.I.

And you are all reading an absolutely kick-ass book. (With a kick-ass sequel that should not be read first, because it will spoil the first one!)

I keep trying to review it and flailing because I feel like I can't do it justice. Nevertheless: kick-ass novel that is *truly* Austen-meets-noir, with all the implications thereof there on the page.

[alg.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, yes, I know all about it! pnh edited the first one, and I edited the second. *cuddles madrobins* They really are terrific books -- I am so glad you enjoyed them!

[kate_nepveu]

Yup--I know you know, but I just want everyone else to know too. =>

[hamadryad11.livejournal.com]

kick-ass novel that is *truly* Austen-meets-noir, with all the implications thereof there on the page.

Oh, that sounds so good. I'm going to have to look for them.

[kate_nepveu]

I hope you like it! It's third-person, which isn't to some people's tastes in noir, just fyi.

[hamadryad11.livejournal.com]

In general I tend to prefer third-person, so I'm sure I'll be fine with it. Thanks for the rec. I'm looking forward to reading something new.