Genre Fiction

4 Thriller Scenarios That Should Be Banned

Brad Taylor | Posted 03.19.2012

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When I began writing military thrillers I was eager to use my past experiences to breathe some realism into a genre I felt was sorely in need of it. I quickly found out that it was a double-edged sword.

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Is Literary Fiction A Sham?

Madeleine Crum | Posted 01.12.2012

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Genre labels can kill books, and oversimplify narratives. If we aren't to group books into categories with such prejudiced or dismissible undertones, then how else can we label literature? Here are a few suggestions.

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Writer Wednesday: Is Writing Genre Fiction Really All That Easy?

Posted 01.02.2012

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From Writer's Relief staff: As a writer, you’ve probably met someone who says he/she is going write a book because “it looks easy” and “any...

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The Top 10 Experimental Genre Books You’ve Never Heard Of

The Top 10 Experimental Genre Books You’ve Never Heard Of | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Martian Sands, The Harlequin and the Train, House of Discarded Dreams, J. M. McDermott, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Noise, Genre Fiction, Experimental Genre Books, Books News

Usually, when people start hammering out on the blogosphere about experimental, weird, crazy science fiction and fantasy (or horror) we get the same n...

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What eBook Readers Are Devouring Lately

straight.com | Posted 09.07.2011

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Despite popularity and a passionate readership, genre fiction gets a bad rap. The guilty-pleasure, low-culture stigma of Harlequin romances and Dungeo...

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Breaking Genre Boundaries: Q & A With Deborah Cloyed, Debut Novelist

Nick Antosca | Posted 08.09.2011

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Deborah Cloyed's The Summer We Came to Life is a surprising and ambitious debut novel. I spoke to her recently about her inspirations for the novel, and how much of it is drawn from her own remarkable life.

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The Novelist Wars?

Matthew Pearl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Novelists, Jonathan Franzen, Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Books News

Most of us do not think we can compose a symphony or direct a film, but many of us feel there is a novel inside of us somewhere.

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Chick-Lit Author Takes On Critic Who Passes Herself Off As A Man

The Guardian | Michelle Gorman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hello, my name is Michele and I'm proud to be a chick-lit author. I write the kind of novel that gets spattered with margarita and suncream rather tha...

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Amish Romance Fiction: Why Is It On The Rise Again?

Bloomberg Businessweek | Spencer Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Legend has it that the first thing Gutenberg printed on his press was a beloved German poem. The second thing was an article on the death of publishin...

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100 Thriller Must Reads

William Dietrich | Posted 05.25.2011

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International Thriller Writers was formed to promote some respect for an adrenalin-tapping branch of literature. Their newest effort is the book, Thrillers: 100 Must Reads.

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Adam Langer, Author of "The Thieves of Manhattan": Exclusive Huffington Post Interview

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Thieves of Manhattan (Spiegel & Grau, July 13), a very funny satire on the publishing industry, is full of such insider references as an atwood (M...

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An Epic of Tang Dynasty China: "Under Heaven" by Guy Gavriel Kay

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Books, Fiction, Guy Gavriel Kay, Historical Fiction, Canada, China, Under Heaven, Genre Fiction, Novel, Fantasy, Book Publishing, Book Reviews, Magical Realism, Asia, Books News

The beginning of "Under Heaven," the latest offering by award-winning Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay, can be called deceptive: it is quiet, seen th...

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Neil Gaiman: Shouldn't Good Writing Tell A Story Too?

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neil Gaiman's zealous introduction to the new collection of short stories -- aptly titled Stories -- he has co-edited with the anthologist Al Sarranto...

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Why Are Book Titles So Boring?

The Guardian | Darragh McManus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Apparently book titles can't be copyrighted - I was going to call my first tome Confessions of an English Opium Eater, before my advisers counselled a...

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Say Hello to Carl Weissner

Jan Herman | Posted 11.17.2011

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The city was cast in a sinister sepia, as in a 1930s gangster movie. 'I should have killed myself when it still made sense,' he thought.

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