Comments on: Give Up! Why Your Genre is Probably Stupid https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:53:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Sallie https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116619 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:53:07 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116619 Hi, I’m actually one of the authors you “insulted” but I’m not taking it personally. I don’t fit into the category of “published author” no I write fan fiction based on a western(gasp!) that aired on tv 60 years ago called Laramie. I invent scenarios and other characters and try and make the “established” make that brilliantly acted characters 3D. It’s hard work. It’s time consuming but it’s what I do. I won’t get paid for it, but that’s not why I write. I write because I must. Do people read my stuff? Yes. Do a lot of people comment, no. But they read it. I went to college to get a degree in education because my folks said there was no profit in writing! Imagine that! Anyhow, I’ve been reading your blog for years now and admire your honesty and tenacity. Keep up the good work. We all need it.

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116473 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:39:54 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116473 In reply to Pamela C Reese.

Search for it in the search bar. I know I have written posts on this. I will do another one coming up. How about that? I am so HAPPY to meet you TOO! I hope this blog blesses you.

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116472 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:37:50 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116472 In reply to Brian Dale Pope.

Yes, but as the times change, your book could be removed. “Gone with the Wind” is a good example. And that leaves out quite a few authors who were never considered classics but were household names (Danielle Steele). Just saying that is a SERIOUSLY high bar. Anything less isn’t “real”?

]]> By: Brian Dale Pope https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116469 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:17:35 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116469 I tend to think that the REAL writers are the ones who have written works that are considered classics. And that thinking may be right or wrong or both.

]]> By: Pamela C Reese https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116468 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 02:37:07 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116468 I am so glad I found this post! I know and love your books, but never saw your blog! Where have you been all my writing life? LOL. It was a fun, if painfully truthful, article and I look forward to more. As I just finished my 8th or possibly 10th novel (who keeps track anyway, there is always another book waiting to be written) and am currently spending my duly earned time in the level of hell called a synopsis (if you actually have found a way to enjoy those, please let me know how) I am so relieved to have come across your lovely blog tonight. As soon as I have a blog of my own (or find that old one … I think I lost it a couple of computers ago) I shall certainly be linking yours. Thanks again. Pamela

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116465 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:15:49 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116465 In reply to Alastair Rosie.

AMEN!

]]> By: notewords https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116464 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 09:07:49 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116464 Love this post. Always do! 😉

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116462 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:20:47 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116462 In reply to Jodi Lea Stewart.

Actually I DID. “Pillars of the Earth” (which I LOVED, for the record). I am so PROUD of you. I know you were probably one of my fire actual fans and it has been such a joy to see you grow and evolve and just KEEP GOING all these years. It has been a wild ride, hasn’t it?

]]> By: Jodi Lea Stewart https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116461 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:42:54 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116461 Loved this, Kristen! I remember when I was first starting out and took your blogging course *hmm… about 2011, I think*. My first novel had just been published, a contemporary YA multicultural novel that eventually turned into a trilogy, I win a lot of awards for those books, republished them last year with a new publisher, but in 2014, the historical fiction bug bit hard, and I succumbed. Just launched my fourth historical fiction novel and have another one gelling inside my gray matter. The transition from one genre to the next was painless because the new one excited me so much (like a new love interest might in the Hallmark movies?). Anyway, I want to ask you why you didn’t insult the historical fiction genre in your blog. I was craving it! Maybe next time?

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/05/give-up-why-your-genre-is-probably-stupid/#comment-116460 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:40:32 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=31126#comment-116460 In reply to Colleen Jones.

Thanks for the heads up. NO IDEA why it is being a pain. I “fixed” it. Here is the LINK

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