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Mythic Fiction
Free Today on Amazon Moving on to one of my favorite subgenres, mythic fiction. This type of fiction retells or uses elements from fairy tales, folklore and mythology. Since all the cultures of the...
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Punk Subgenres
The “sub” stands for “subversive” in the case of the punk subgenres. These are the rebels of literature, for readers who like their fiction full of street smarts and grit. Though the settings are often...
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Alternate History
Alternate history is a genre encompassed in two little words: what if. What if the Confederacy won the Civil War? What if the Roman Empire never fell? What if the Chinese colonized America? What if the...
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Young Adult
I’m back home and eager to continue my series of blog posts about genre. It seems natural to jump back in with one of the hottest genres around, Young Adult or YA. Wild, impulsive behavior, hormones...
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Middle Grade Fiction
After my last post on Young Adult (YA) fiction, I decided Middle Grade (MG) should come next in my series of genre articles. I’ll start by posing a common question, what is the difference between...
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Sword and Sorcery
Sword and Sorcery is a genre of action, adventure and magic. Readers expect heroes and villains who can accomplish feats of amazing physical and supernatural abilities. For a novel to be considered...
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Fan Fiction
Fan fiction could be considered the redheaded stepchild of literature. The genre has often been sneered at, considered the work of amateur writers without the skill or imagination to create their own...
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Sherlockian
Sherlockian, also known as Sherlockiana and Doyle Pastiche, is a genre of derivative fiction based on the Sherlock Holmes novels and stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is a wildly popular...
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Derivative Fiction and Media Tie-ins
I wrote an earlier post about how fan fiction can’t get respect. However, this is only true of so-called amateur fiction written by unpublished writers. Once the work is professionally published, it...
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Inspiration and Original Ideas
While I was researching my posts on fan fiction and derivative fiction, I came across two schools of thought. People writing fan and derivative fiction do so because they have no original ideas. People...
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