Genre

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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

[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

Makes perfect sense and confirms some things that I had been wondering about - essentially, that it's not cut-and-dry. I especially appreciate your comment about the groups that have writers all writing the same thing - there's always a danger of homogenization, isn't there?

And, I like the idea of posing questions - I do this sometimes, but I think I'll make great use of them in future critiques.

Thanks again for taking time to help me out with this! I know that several members of my critique group have read your post with great interest and as a result, we've got some very healthy discussions going on, rather that squabbling. It's always great to get the insight of someone inside the biz...:)