Writing What You ReadMy office assistant, Isabel. At least she’s not on the keyboard, right? The other day, I saw this tweet: D’ya think it’s poss to write a YA zombie book without ever having read ANY zombie books at all, like ever? Recommendations please folks? This isn’t anyone I follow or who follows me – I saw it because someone I follow… What to Do When Your Books Aren’t AnythingI’m over at the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal blog today, talking about being a cross-genre write – and why my agent said my books aren’t anything. Defending Genre (Again)Who would not be seduced by this face, I ask you? It seems the debate on “real literature” and “serious reading” will continue to roll on. It’s occurring on so many levels, with so many lines being arbitrarily drawn. There’s the Literary camp, of course, who accepts only a few authors into their lofty ranks. I really like this summation… Why Choose Genre?Hi folks. Robot Jeffe here. Yes, that’s totally what I look like. Hopefully I look tanned and rested – but I’m still winging back from the Caribbean today. But, thanks to interwebs magic, you can visit me over at Word Whores for my Sunday sermon on why I write genre. Short answer? Because I love it. Can I get an… Deciding on GenreThe conversation prompted by yesterday’s post on writing in multiple genres, both on the blog and elsewhere (sorry, some people ping me in other venues, rather than commenting – it’s all good to me), has gotten me thinking about genre. First of all, someone pointed out to me that Kris Rusch posted on a very similar theme yesterday, which is… |
I was doing the “Jeffe Kennedy writing as Jennifer Paris” thing, but Angela James, the executive editor at Carina Press, said no, no, no. Since I really don’t want to “flesh out” Jennifer Paris and tweet or blog as her (she was only a cardboard cut-out anyway), I decided to retire her. However, I have one book “Petals and Thorns” that is by Jennifer Paris. |
