{"id":5783,"date":"2022-09-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/?p=5783"},"modified":"2022-12-30T18:58:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T01:58:40","slug":"literary-genres-that-are-not-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2022\/09\/06\/literary-genres-that-are-not-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary genres that are not for me"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of my author bios reads something like, “Janet writes everything from romance to horror, because genres are suggestions, right?” In my rather brief writing “career,” I’ve written: romantic suspense with time travel (see what I mean about genres being suggestions?), a post-apocalyptic short story<\/a> (subscribe to my newsletter<\/a> for a free copy), romance, and suspense\/mystery\/thriller–and even a few poems and personal essays. So when I saw this month’s IWSG question, What genre would be the worst one for you to tackle and why?<\/strong>, I had to pause and think: Is there anything I absolutely wouldn’t write? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, there is. But before we get to that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy IWSG day! I participate in the monthly IWSG (a\/k\/a Insecure Writers Support Group) Blog Hop<\/a>, which happens on the first Wednesday of each month. We offer words of encouragement to our fellow writers and share our doubts, fears, struggles, and triumphs. Thanks so much to our wonderful co-hosts this month: Kim Lajevardi,<\/a> Cathrina Constantine,<\/a> Natalie Aguirre,<\/a> <\/strong>Olga Godim,<\/strong><\/a> Michelle Wallace,<\/a> <\/strong>and Louise – Fundy Blue<\/strong>!<\/a> Stop by their blogs and leave them some comment love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK, back to genres I wouldn’t write–or would struggle to write:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n