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September 7 question – What genre would be the worst one for you to tackle and why?

Ooooo…..There’s a list.

Hot and graphic romance. I know how sex works, I have experienced various positions and methods of foreplay, and I have an imagination enough to figure out the stuff I don’t know firsthand without reading an IKEA manual for how to do it. That, and I like plot more than I like an entire chapter on spanking.

Non-fiction History. When writing these things, you have to draw a line somewhere otherwise your reader will get lost and wonder what the hell you are talking about 3 chapters in. I tend to want ALL THE INFORMATION FROM ALL THE SOURCES and then I get excited and try disseminating all of it at somebody. Their eyes usually get gradually wider with a growing expression of panic as they try to slowly back out of the room to make their escape from me.

Mostly Accurate Historic Fiction. Because of the Non-fiction reasons above. And because a sudden left turn that involves aliens or magic or something-not-generally-possible-but-is-a-legit-part-of-that-storytelling-universe amuses me greatly. (C’mon. A Western Romance/Who-Dunnit with G’darg from Planet 9 as a major protagonist–you know you want to read it.)

Science Fiction. Too much thinky. I don’t care if my explanation for how my technology works defies the laws of physics – my tech moves at the speed of plot, and that’s that.

There are probably others that I haven’t thought of, but I’m tired and have to pretend like I’m an adult right now.

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