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    July 2016
    Have you heard this one? A witch and a vampire walk into a bar and have a drink. They fall in love, but are forbidden to have a relationship. A conflict ensues and they spend the next three books trying to overcome prejudice, political malice, and...
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  • September 2014
    Thanks for your post. I agree - horror is something more scary - vampires are almost their own genre :)  
  • September 2014
    Well-thought out post, Evette, and consistently on point. For my first novel, The Sandoval Sisters' Secret of Old Blood, I struggled between Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance and Women's Fiction. Can't tell you how many times...
  • September 2014
    Excellent post! And 'it depends' is spot on. It seems that genres do still matter in today's world, if only to categorize. I choose to write children's stories however, I hadn't given a thought to my grown up stories being of any particular genre...
  • September 2014
    I love the Woman King cover Evette! And Eden Lepucki -- we share an agent and it has been such a thrill to see her book get so much attention, even if it is in the shadow of the Hachette battle. This genre question is a vexed one, it can be such a...
  • September 2014
    Excellent post, Evette! The mixing of genres, to me, is similar to the "mashups" that are more popular than ever -- in music, on the Web, all around us. I've been a long-time reader of the annual "Best American Short Stories" series.  This year I...
  • September 2014
    I'm so glad to connect with all of you about genre writing! I'll be looking out for your next blog posts.  Have a nice weekend. - Evette 

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