This is a new genre for you. You’ve probably read books in that genre but had never written any stories in that genre. What genre would that be for you?
My Turn:
Alright, so, I have two novels (though I am working on one of them at the moment) that are both horror, but they are quite similar in terms of plot. The overall theme is survival for both of the stories. I’ve never written a horror novel set in a science-fantasy setting. This is a first for me, yet I am having a great time. I don’t know if I am doing it properly (it’s a first draft so I can worry about that later) and yet I don’t even care about that. The third novel I want to work on will be the standard action adventure that I am used to writing. Still, I’m having a great time with the story of Project Eerie and I soon will enjoy Project Prison.
What about you? Are you currently working on a novel set in a genre that you’ve never written before and it is your first time?
Current wip is a cult horror, the last one I published was a post-apocalyptic horror. I’m working on developing the more visceral gutty horrors at the moment, just haven’t got the knack of the cosmic-cthonic stuff yet. How about you? You said you’re working on sci-horror, right?
I’m working on two novel projects that are both horror. One is loosely based on The Thing a smidgen. The other is quite similar, but different in a way, but focuses on a prison.
I’m thinking that the prison novel will lean towards a tiny bit of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
About a year ago I started writing a romance set in Ancient Rome. Always wanted to write a romance. Thought it’d be easy given my natural state of perpetual yearning.
I don’t read much “genre romance” but that’s not exactly what I’m going for anyway. I’ve got Madeline Miller, Robert Graves, Mary Renault, Mary Beard and ancient writers to study, not to mention all the gay novels I’m taking inspiration from.
It demands a lot of historical research and I’m unhinged wanting to incorporate Latin love poetry into it. (Lowkey might learn Classical Latin).
The biggest challenge, though, is the prose. I want every line to be dripping with sensuality. It has to strike the right balance between beauty, sex and vulgarity.
