I ALMOST missed this post because Batman and I were house sitting this weekend and it totally threw off my writing schedule and then the first of the month snuck up on me, so I thought seriously about skipping this until I realized what post this was so here I am 😊
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Optional question for Insecure Writers Support Group:
Of all the genres you read and write, which is your favorite to write in, and why?
That’s a toughie. All my genres have a subcategory of romance, so I guess that’s the obvious answer. Believe me, I love love LOVE writing romance because it gives me all the feels, and it’s pretty frigging cool coming up with something you hope others will get the feels from too. So, I’ll go ahead and answer the question now: Romance.
That being said, I need to shout-out to writing military strategies. Is that a genre? Or what genre would that fall under? I honestly couldn’t tell you, but in addition to romance, I love love LOVE writing Sampson/the gang’s conversations with foreign leaders in regards to their common enemy (Arizal Wars). I never thought I’d enjoy pairing up an ex guard, a chancellor, a princess, a tribal leader, two lieutenants and a handful of helpful humans to discuss plans for domestic and foreign invasions—but I do! More than I thought I would. 😊 And what’s more, I love when they disagree on how things should be handled. I’m rooting for everyone, because everyone has a valid point, but they each want things to play out differently and the drama is AMAZING. I’m not sure why I’m so drawn to it, but there you go, my honorable mention in genre categories, and I don’t even know what it is.
Since I write fantasy and science fiction (again, with a subplot of romance) there tends to be a lot of corrupt leadership in my stories. Am I writing pieces that echo something about the nature of our county in this day and age? Not even close. I have an imagination, and I dream up all sorts of worlds. Also, if everyone agreed and everything was wonderful and happy, there wouldn’t be a story. Shit needs to go down. People need to scramble to figure out what to do. Enter: Me.
To recap:
- Romance, because of “all the feels”
2. Military Strategies (genre?) because I might’ve been Patton in a previous life. We’ll never know.
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You certainly know how to amp up the feels (and the drama)! I think you do pretty well at it. 🙂
Thanks, lady!
Maybe you’ve already done this, but obviously what you need to write is romantic military fiction. Can you picture the president and his general, heatedly arguing about war strategies while their fiery passion grows between them? Or nobles on opposites sides of a war, drawn together by love and lust be forced to be enemies by duty?
I’m getting hot just thinking about it.
I think this is something that YOU should write 😉
Feels are good! Romance is not my strong suit in writing but I’m working on it ’cause I like it in stories.
Keep working at it! If you enjoy it, and you enjoy what you’re writing, the reader will enjoy it too!
I love your answer(s)! I’m pretty sure Military Drama is a thing, so there you go 😉 Frankly, I just love your books no matter what they are!
AWWW You are TOO sweet, girl! That makes my day 🙂
Shit needs to go down – funny!
If what you described was a movie it would be a mix of war and drama. Is that a book genre?
Romance IS the best and it’s woven into so many genres that would be so much less fun to read without it. I know military SF is a thing, but I’ve never heard of military strategy as a genre but why not? =D If romance is woven into so many genres, so is military. Make love AND war in fiction! Could be a fun imaginary protest sign. Maybe.