Wild, Wild Spider Web of Books

“Hey you! Are you a writer?”

 

“Yes, yes I am.”

 

“What type of books do you write . . . Adult, Adventure, Alternate History, Chapter Books, Chick Lit, Children, Comedy, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Cozy mystery, Crime, Cyberpunk, Detective, Diverse, Dystopian, Erotic Romance, Erotica, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Food, Friendship, Geeky, Ghost, Gothic, Graphic Novels, Heist, High Concept, High Stakes, Historical, Horror, Illustrator, Inspirational, Legal, LGBT, Literary, Magic, Magical Realism, Memoir, Military, Mystery, Myth, Noir, Nonfiction, Paranormal, Picture books, Regency, Retelling, Revolution, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Suspense, Sci-fi, Southern, Space Opera, Speculative Fiction, Sport, Steampunk, STEM, Superhero, Survival, Suspense, Thriller, Time Travel, True Crime, Upmarket, Urban, Urban Fantasy, Vampire, War, Western, Witch, Women, Women's fiction, YA, or bat-shit crazy stuff?  

 

Intimidating and Frightening, eh?  And people critique writers 

who use to many adverbs and adjectives.

 

                                                   Albert, that's bat-shit crazy

Simply saying you write horror is not enough anymore. You must say your book is horror with strong female characters, some mystery, fantasy, magic, and friendship. Oh, and a lot of romance with vampires.

Those appendages, attachments, accessories, and extras have to be included, because agents ask for specifics. 

I am patiently waiting for an agent to ask for strong female characters/ action adventure/ coming of age/ magic/ diverse/ mystery/ fantastical and philosophical fiction set in a fantasy world. And when they do, I’ll be ready!

 

I applaud the librarians who can categorize books in today’s world of crazy compartmentalizing and any librarian who can find a Romance/ comedy/ diverse/ vampire/ time travel book when asked is amazing. You got to bring your ‘A’ at all times as a librarian nowadays.

I blame fast food joints, because they started it by saying you can have a burger any way you want it. Pickles no onions. Tomatoes no lettuce. Tomatoes, pickles, no ketchup.  Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

 

The world is moving to fast for me. I am a dinosaur waiting for the asteroid.

 

“Burger, fries, and a medium coke, please.”

“How do you want your burger, sir?”

“Cooked.”    

 

Librarians are the gate keepers of knowledge, treat them with respect.

 

j/k