Genre

What are genres?

• Genre Glossary - agent Jennifer Laughran
• Breaking Down Genres - author Janicy Hardy
• Where Does My Book Fit? - Hardy
• Genre Map - BookCountry
• Genre Fiction Rules - Writer's Relief
• Genrefluent - lists of kid's books by genre
• YA Genres 101 - Novel Novice
• Library Book Lists YA Index - by genre
• Understanding Children's Book Genres - Laura Backes

What is Young Adult? (And what is Middle Grade?)

• YA and MG are actually age groups, not genres. For more information, see our All About YA page. 

What is New Adult?

• Does New Adult Exist? - Dancing Through YA
• Putting the A in YA: Why new adult isn't marketable - agent Sarah LaPolla
• Writing What You Know: New adult lacks perspective - LaPolla
• New Adult, or, "There Be Rough Waters Ahead" - Shelvers Anonymous
• NA Alley (site) - Group blog of NA authors

What is magical realism?

• Magical Realism versus Paranormal Fantasy - author Nova Ren Suma
• Magic Realism: What it is and why it matters - author Peta Jinnath Andersen
• What is Magical Realism?

What is literary and/or commercial fiction?

• Literary versus Commercial Fiction
• Literary vs Commercial - agent Sarah LaPolla
• On Genre and Literary Fiction - author Anne Heron
• What Makes Literary Fiction Literary? - author/former agent Nathan Bransford

What is dystopian, apocalyptic, and/or post-apocalyptic?

• Defining: Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic - author Phoebe North
• Dystopian and The Apocalypse: What's the difference?
• The Problem With "Dystopian Romance" - author Phoebe North
• Is It Dystopia? (with chart) - Erin Bowman
• The Dystopian Timeline to The Hunger Games (infographic) - Goodreads

What is science fiction?

• Defining: Science Fiction - author Phoebe North
• Defining: Space Opera - author Phoebe North
• Young Adult Science Fiction: A reading guide - Tor
• Children's and YA science fiction novels - author Cynthia Leitich Smith

What is historical?

• The challenges of writing historical YA - author Dianne K. Salerni
• What makes historical YA stand out - agent Sarah LaPolla

What are some other genres? 

• Metafiction
• Psychodrama
• Fairy Tale Retellings
• Epistolary Novels
• YA Non-Fiction
• YA Graphic Novel
• Fantasy - author Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Gothic, horror, paranormal, and urban fantasy - Smith
• Writing mysteries - author Lisa and Laura Roecker
• Suspense - Smith
• Writing genre fiction - author Julia Karr
• Picaresque - author William Giraldi

Can I write more than one?

• Genre-Jumping: Because It's Not As Fun To Stick With One!
• Genre Hopping - agent Jessica Faust
• On writing adult and YA - author Melissa Marr

Which is the most popular? 

• YA Book Deals by the Numbers - author Kate Hart

What is "high concept"?

• Explanation of high concept - author Lori Wilde 
• Explanation of high concept - author/former agent Nathan Bransford
• Want To Get High Concept? - author Roni Loren
• What is High Concept? - screenwriter Alexandra Sokoloff

genres publishing road map writing tips Tuesday, January 01, 2008