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Current read also has thoughts on genre as a label here Carole Johnstone talks about what it can mean

I tell people that I write gothic thrillers because thar's what my books are marketed as, and publishers don't want to spend money on promotion only for you to turn around and call it something completely different. But my novels are a lot of other things too: horror, crime, suspense, murder-mystery, spicy romance, and there is always a speculative element, be it super-natural, spiritual, fantasy, or futuristic. This is undoubtedly because at my heart I will always be a genre writer. And it's impossible to entirely leave behind what you are. What your themes are. Your strengths. Your passions. Which is probably what that FantasyCon writer meant all along. That no matter what type of book you want to write, no matter how carefully you plan to set out your stall, you will always end up being the writer that you are. But let me tell you, if my agent or editor were to turn around now and say, 'Will you write an xyz novel?' I would still most likely say yes. I'd just try to write it my way. Because, for me - and I can't see this ever changing - the act of writing, the privilege of being able to write tweighs any ideals
aug 31, 2025, 2:22 pm • 4 0

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