Bisky's Twitterling's Scribbles! discussion

Hmm, you raise a very good point there. It is set in a city, but is third person, and is written in present tense. And has a male protagonist. But doesn't have a happy ending. I'm not sure it ever will!

Hey there! My name is Denise and I am putting the finishing touches on a YA / NA novel called 'Inheritance'. I plan to self publish this year. So stressful! I love Urban Fantasy. Great to have a group here of people going through the same things. :)

@Neil From everything you've said, I still believe you have an Urban Fantasy novel. The tense doesn't matter (at least it shouldn't). It's a choice the writer makes and as far as the third person pov, they do say USUALLY has first pov, they don't say they never have.

You mention male protagonist... it is to tease me? I keep telling people left and right that I prefer books with a male protagonist. :P (Dresden is a male btw, in case you don't know.)

Hello and welcome to the group Denise!
Good luck with your book. You're right, it is stressful to put our work out there, but it's also rewarding. :)

Welcome aboard Denise :3 good luck with publishing :3

Neil, I would love to read a Paranormal Thriller! To me, that sounds much more exciting!
Suzanne, The first thing I always get asked about is my genre and I never have an answer. Hopefully, Man of the House, is different enough to make a good impression. I've had several requests for partial and full manuscripts. I get good feedback for the writing, but most say they don't know how to market it.

Tammy, without giving us too much about the book, what does it talk about? Maybe we could help find the genre. Your problem might explain why although there are so many different genre, so many books are still only classified as Fiction...

G.G., It's the story of a 12 year old Muslim boy who becomes the head of the household (a role he has mixed feelings about) after his father is killed during the 1st days of the Bosnian War. He has to take care of his mother,6 year old sister, and a baby. When their village is overrun by Serbian soldiers and their home is burned to the ground, Alaga (the boy) meets with Sgt. Ray Burton (an American NATO soldier)& what remains of his ambushed patrol. Burton offers to take Alaga and family to safety or to try to. Burton comes to care for Alaga and his little sister, but has a dark secret that prevents him from caring too much.

Wow! A story about courage and the side effect that war has on its victims. I can see where this can be hard to classify. How about Realistic Fiction?

When I first learned about urban fantasy I heard that Dresden was one of the only (or maybe only decent) male protagonist in that genre. I'm hoping mine is as good as, but having been so mired in creating the character and secondary's over so many years it's difficult to take an outsiders view, especially when you know what's coming but the reader doesn't!

Sorry if I'm slowly hijacking the introductions thread - a warm welcome to all the other newbies too!

There are a few others too Neil. They are just not as popular. Anton Strouthas a good series too in the same genre but instead of the protagonist being a mage (Dresden) his has the power of psychometry.

As for the difficulties of separating ourselves from our characters for an unbiased view, you are asking for the impossible. We live with them in our heads for so long, how can we not love them? :)

Lol @ hijacking. Can't hijack by yourself. The fault goes to whoever is asking you questions. It would be rude not to answer now, wouldn't it? :P

G.G., Is Realistic Fiction a genre? Does anyone know where there is a comprehensive list of genres with a definition of each? I write so much different stuff, having a list might be useful.

Feel free to make threads on defining genres btw guys :p

But its no problem carry on carry on :3 *fans conversation*

@Tammy I did a search for kicks List of genres in literature and that is what it gave me:

Genres

Now all the genres are not listed there but this is what they say about it Realistic fiction – story that is true to life

Maybe it could also fit into Tragedy?

I read a blog by an agent once where she said that genre is something the publishers decide on in the end. They know which shelves they want to shelve your book on, so not to worry about it. Unfortunately this only helps those who are going the traditional publishing route.

This is all great information to know. Thanks for all the help. I'll keep everyone posted on how the querying goes. Why haven't I been on the boards before now?

Hi everyone I"m Tiffany I just started writing this past summer. finished a small book which could be considered a novella I guess? It's still in the stages of editing but I really want to selfpub soon. My genre is NA/romance...

Welcome! :D

Hello and welcome to the group Tiffany! And good luck with your novella ;)

@G.G - here's something I thought you'd find amusing. I've just popped into the only bookshop in Oxford that stocks my book to find it right next to the Dresden series. Now that's purely down to our surnames (Bursnoll/Butcher) but I thought it amusing nonetheless!

Hi Karyn
1987? that's not old! I was born in 1979 and I don't feel old mind you my family says I never grew up and I have to agree, ah well aparently I'm over the hill and rolled down the other side without noticing never mind :D

Hello! I'm Stephen. I'm new to writing (well I'm back to writing after over 10 years away). I write horror and dark fantasy short stories, but now I am trying out urban fantasy too.

Hi Stephan that sounds like you'll be kept very busy. Nice to meet you and look forward to hearing more about your writing :D

@Neil That's too funny. What a coincidence! Whether it's for style or name, you couldn't be at a better place to get noticed. :)

Welcome Stephen and Tiffany!

Hello Stephen and welcome to the group! Writing is like riding a bicycle, you never forget how. :P

You are writing in 3 genres I love cool!

Hi Stephen! Welcome back to the writing bandwagon. I'm sure you'll find you're glad you jumped on ;) Those are all good genres. Keep up the good work ^^

Hi tiffany :] welcome to the group. Good luck with self publishing :3

I love me some urban fan :3 welcome aboard stephen

Hi Tiffany and congratulations on finishing your first book :D

G.G. wrote: "Hello and welcome to the group Tiffany! And good luck with your novella ;)"
Thank you!

Bisky wrote: "Hi tiffany :] welcome to the group. Good luck with self publishing :3

I love me some urban fan :3 welcome aboard stephen"

Thank you!!!!!

April wrote: "Hi Tiffany and congratulations on finishing your first book :D"

Thank you!!!!

Neil wrote: "Welcome Stephen and Tiffany!"
Thanks!!!! It's nice to meet so many new people/authors/writers

your more than welcome Tiffany have a wonderful day and I look forward to hearing more about it. let us know when you publish it :D

Hey everybody. I'm Agustin and I write speculative fiction. I tend to lean toward science fiction but I'm trying to branch out into horror and fantasy as well.

Welcome Agustin! Sounds great :D

Thanks for all the welcomes! I think I'm going to really enjoy this group.

Welcome Agustin! I"m new too.. Sounds like you have a very dark imagination.. Looking forward to seeing some of our blurbs and such..

Hi Agustin sounds interesting looking forward to how you meld them

Welcome Agustin. I'm of a similar mindset/writing so I'm sure we'll get along!

Thanks everyone looking forward to getting to know you. Everyone on the group seems really friendly. Neil I'm excited to read some of your stuff man.

Likewise Agustin!

Hello Agustin and welcome to our group.

I thought I had greeted you but I must have shut the browser instead of hitting enter...

Looking forward to learn to know you better. :) (Love scifi, horror and fantasy!) :)

Welcome Lynn! Congrats on your first self-published novel :D

Welcome Lynn and congratulations!

Hello Lynn, congrats on your book :3 welcome aboard

Hello Lynn, welcome to the group and congratulations!

Hi Lynn nice to meet you too and congratulations on your novel :D

Hi everyone. I don't know why it took me so long to write an introduction. My names is Jessica and boy do I have a lot of projects. Currently, I have several pieces floating out there looking for traditional publication. When it comes back that I have been rejected (or not), I will be self publishing my first chapbook of poems (summer probably).

Then I have a literary fiction novel, a YA werewolf novel and an adult horror vampire novel. All in the works. Currently the literary fiction novel is the longest and will most likely be typed in the most. But I can't promise where inspiration will strike most.

Gawd, I need focus. :P