I totally forgot to blog in April. I don't know why. I think I was just dealing with stuff. So here's April blog about genre.
What is your main genre? How has it evolved for you in the past few years and how do you think it will evolve further - both in your own writing style and in the publishing field overall? Is there any genre you think blends easily with your niche? Or maybe you write in one that hasn't really emerged yet.
The genre I find myself writing is in fanfiction. Actually, I haven't written that much fanfiction this year. I've got two main fanfictions in the works: a Fringe one and a Backstreet Boys one. Otherwise, I've been focusing mainly on Last WriYe'er Standing. (I'll save that for another post.) So as for fanfiction, it has evolved in the fact that what I'm writing has changed based on my life. I haven't written a lot of NEW BSB fanfiction mainly because there has been so much change in that fandom as in the way they present themselves. They're all married now. So gone are the days of writing that the main character would get involved with them. They've also started doing things like cruises and "reunion" tours. They've never really broken up, but they are getting together with other acts, like NKOTB and touring again. So as for me writing BSB fanfiction, it's kind of gone to finishing up stories that I thought were long dead. (That's the one I'm working on now.)
And writing in the Fringe universe, well, that's a new one. Sometimes I like to dabble in new fandoms. This is definitely a new fandom to dabble in. It was primarmily because of an idea I found on the NaNoWriMo boards and that's how I wound up writing in that fandom.
As for other genres I write, I primarily write realistic fiction. I've found I've gone more literary or even that New Adult genre when I write it. But I think that's just because I've found it easy. I really need to challenge myself more and write some sci-fi or something.
As for publishing, well, my fanfiction I definitely don't see being published. I'm okay with that. As for genre's that blend with my niche, well, I would say that for my BSB fanfiction, if I were to fictionalize them and not write about real people they would fall into the New Adult genre. The Fringe fanfic would fall into sci-fi. I've got a couple of other sci-fi stories in the works, but they haven't gone anywhere yet.
I don't know how much this post makes sense as my allergies are killing me today, even with medication!
