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- TangledinText
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Subject to Read and Write?
Do you have a separate genre that you prefer reviewing? Do you have something specific you enjoy including in the reviews, like romance reviews I rate the men on boyfriend material.
Lastly, if you could write a book what genre would it be. If I wasn't a Type A, crazy perfectionist and could get a little creative I would love to write a New Adult romance because I don't have the experience or imagination to write an adult romance
Since I am not very creative I have actually started a few paragraphs into a type of depression autobiography. What are you writing about?
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- moderntimes
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And therefore I am writing a series of modern American PI novels and recently signed a 3-book contract with a conventional publisher who will be publishing all 3 novels in both trade paperback and e-book. I'm now working on the 4th novel in the series.
I've also written magazine articles, short stories, and essays, some of which have been purchased and published.
So I guess "published" is my reply.
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You know, there is something that I enjoy including in reviews: atmosphere! So many reviewers overlook it, but I like to include it. Where did the book take you? Was it a wonderful place where you wanted to stay? Did the imagery transport you to another world?
Another thing I like to include in a review is writing ability. I've encountered a large number of officially-published YA books that are terribly written, and I think that if you're officially published and therefore have a huge staff of editors at your disposal, there's just no good excuse. It bugs me a lot.
Good question!
My books are about 'tweeners (12- and 13-year olds), but I still haven't figured out what genre they are!!
For new books, I'm considering YA whodunit, or romance, or adult general fiction, or psychological thriller, but I haven't started a new project yet, and I'm not committed to anything new at this time.
I'm not type-A either, I don't think... hold on, that's interesting, I'm going to look it up real fast. Wow, that's weird. I took a quick quiz and I was right down the middle. I answered half-and-half.
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No I have not started writing yet and hope to start someday.
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I love to read any kind of romance, but over all I enjoy most all genres. I typically fall into the paranormal when it comes to writing though!
- moderntimes
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Let me make a recommendation. If you tell yourself that you "hope" to start writing some day, it will likely never occur.pratap_km wrote:It actually depends in my case. Though I like to read everything under the sun (apart from probably romantic novels like Mills and Boons) but it is the mood of the week that decides it. My preference though is classic literature, historical fiction, adventure and crime novel. Lately I have developed a test for Autobiographies as well.
No I have not started writing yet and hope to start someday.
What you should instead tell yourself is "I AM a writer!" and this will help you actually start. Hoping to someday start drains energies. Actually believing that you're writing -- even if it's a rough draft or outline of a book -- that will push you forward.
And Trisha, keep plugging away on that rough draft and hone and fine tune it and make it the best you can. I'm now at work on my 4th novel and I try to do a little each day, even it it's reviewing and revising an earlier chapter. Right now I've also got 3 novels being professionally published (not self published) and this is so much fun! Don't give up -- keep working!
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This mean plenty of evenings burning the midnight oil and not doing much else during the more intense times, but eventually they were finished, and were eventually SOLD. So yeah, it takes a real push and strong effort, but it can be done.
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- H0LD0Nthere
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Boy parents unite!
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