Saturday, May 28, 2022

The Jolly Genre Jubilee Tag

I spotted this on both The Caffeinated Fangirl and I'm Charles Baker Harris (And I Can Read).  Neither of them tagged me specifically, but they both said anyone who wanted to snurch the tag could, so I am snurching it while the snurching is good!


There are rules, and those rules are as follows:
  • Thank the blogger who tagged you, and leave a link back to their blog.
  • Leave a link back to the creator of the tag (Behold: the original post
  • Answer the questions honestly, and include at least one (1) gif of a pelican >> it’s in the rules, folks. you have to do it. 
  • Tag 3+ friends to do the tag on their own blogs! >> and make sure to give them cookies, because that’s always fun.

What is your favorite genre of fiction to write? 

I love to write westerns.  I adore writing westerns.  I could probably write westerns for the rest of my life and not be tired of it.  But I've also written a vast amount of fiction set during WWII, and I have a post-Civil War novel and a 1940s hardboiled detective story of sorts but stewing around inside me, so... I guess "historical fiction" is the true answer here.

What genre would you NEVER get caught writing? . . . EVER. 

Erotica.  Like, ew.  If I won't read it, how would I ever write it?

What fictional genre feels most like home to you? 

Westerns.  When I first started writing my first YA western back in 2014, I felt immediately at home.  Like I belonged.  As if I had awakened after a long sleep.  You get the idea.


If you could transform your real life into any genre of your choosing, which would it be? 

A western?  I mean, seriously, what else would I answer here?

Okay, how about a cozy cottagecore sort of western with lots of singing and dancing, pies cooling on the windowsill, and people rescuing other people from occasional bits of trouble.  I want to live in a 1950s western musical.  Which isn't a book genre, but it should be.

What genre does your real life most resemble at the moment? 

I guess a slice-of-life Christian fiction story focused on a family having mild adventures.  Think the Mitford books by Jan Karon, but not in North Carolina much lately.


What’s a genre you’re interested in writing, even though you’ve never written it before? 

Well, as I said above, I have this idea for a sort of hardboiled detective novel set in 1940s California that I have been tossing around for a few years.  That would be very different for me.

What genre is your most recent plot bunny, and where did it come from? 

Hmm.  Trying to think what my most recent plot bunny is.  Not sure I've had any for a while, as I've been very focused on my WIP, My Rock and My Refuge.  I've started letting my next book, Steadfast, live in one corner of my brain, though, and give off some atmosphere and random sparks, so maybe that counts?  It is... a western.

How many genres have you written thus far in your writing journey?

Let's see... historical fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, slice-of-life, quirky romance, humor, and lots of nonfiction.  That's what, seven?  Unless you divide the historical fiction into WWII and western, then it's eight.


Well, that was fun! Jolly, indeed.  And now, it is time for me to tag some folks.  Hmm.  All right, I tag:


Won't you have some cookies?  Here, I'll pass them around while Alan Ladd pours out the tea.


Here are the questions, just for your ease of copying:

What is your favorite genre of fiction to write? 
What genre would you NEVER get caught writing? . . . EVER. 
What fictional genre feels most like home to you? 
If you could transform your real life into any genre of your choosing, which would it be? 
What genre does your real life most resemble at the moment? 
What’s a genre you’re interested in writing, even though you’ve never written it before? 
What genre is your most recent plot bunny, and where did it come from? 
How many genres have you written thus far in your writing journey?

Bye!

21 comments:

  1. I approve of snurching while the snurching is good.

    Cottagecore Western (and musical-comedy-style Western) should DEFINITELY be a thing in more books.

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    1. There is this rumor going around that My Rock and My Refuge is a cottagecore western at heart, and I think it might be true. Baking, cleaning, picnics, and domesticity in general, as well as cozy evenings reading books aloud kind of dominate 3/4 of it...

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    2. I want itttttttttttttttttt

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    3. I'm working on it, I swear! Only 39 pages left to revise, and then back to the editor it goes.

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    4. I believe in you! *sends you all the motivational chocolate*

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    5. Katie, the chocolate helps! Down to 37 pages left now...

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  2. What a cool tag! This one would have been fun to do. I love reading your answers! You really don't like Westerns at all, nope. Not at all. LOL!!

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    1. DKoren, well, you can totally do this tag if you want to :-)

      Nope, not into westerns at all. Hee!

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    2. okay, decided to do it! :-D It's over here .

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    3. DKoren, cool! I will pop over and read it :-)

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  3. Loved your answers and all the Alan pictures, particularly the one of him reading with his son (not sure if it's David or Alan, Jr., though I'm thiiiinking it's David?).

    A western book with the exact vibes of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (or other western musical comedies) is somehow exactly what I want.

    I *also* want that 1940's detective novel. Immediately. XD

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    1. Thanks, Eva! Yup, that's David Ladd. There are very, very few pictures available with Alan and Alan Jr. because, when he got remarried, the studio wanted the world to forget he'd been married before (to protect his image, which is funny because he was playing a lot of bad guys and antiheroes when he married Sue Carol, but Hollywood Logic is not always Real Logic). So even though Alan Jr. actually lived with them much of the time, "family pictures" basically never included him, but only David and Alana. That makes me sad, but from what I've read, he didn't seem to grow up resenting this, and maybe even appreciated not having to be in the limelight.

      Wouldn't it be fun to live in a western musical comedy? :-D Actually, I suspect my Cinderella retelling may have that sort of bright and sunny energy. We'll get there!

      If someone invents a machine to transport a book directly from my brain to the page, you can have the 1940s detective novel in a couple days. It's all in there -- it's basically Murder Most Foul fleshed out.

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    2. You know, your detailed knowledge of Alan's life never fails to amaze me. <3 ;)

      Oh, you ARE retelling Cinderella? I'm sooo excited to hear that because I adore Cinderella retellings (probably more than any other type of retelling). Will that be the last book in the series?

      That machine sounds like something you'd find in the Thursday Next books. XD

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    3. Eva, the crazy thing is, I've never even read any of the book-length biographies about Alan. I just glean stuff from blogs, movie reviews, and this fantastic book I have called The Films of Alan Ladd.

      Yes, I AM retelling Cinderella! It will be the sixth and final full-length book in the series, and I think it will be set along the Santa Fe Trail. And I'm gender-flipping it. That's about all I know about it so far, lol! Except that my male Cinderella has two stepbrothers who are more annoying than wicked, and it has a fairly lighthearted vibe so far.

      You're right, Thursday Next's uncle Mycroft could probably invent one.

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    4. Do you plan to read Alan biographies at some point? (I'm guessing so?)

      Don't know how I'm going to wait for that Cinderella retelling now... XD

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    5. Eva, probably not, actually. I rarely enjoy biographies of celebrities I admire. Autobios are better. But I think full bios would make me too sad for Alan. His early life was horribly hard, and his last couple of years were sad...

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    6. Ohhh that makes sense.

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  4. Thanks for thinking of me. I don't think I'll make this one. Maybe next time.

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    1. You're welcome, Stanley :-) No worries! Tags are always optional.

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  5. Psst, not a western, but this lady's take on old radio shows is often really funny, and guess whose show she's doing for July? http://www.madisonontheair.com/

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    1. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Box 13!!! I loved that show even before I fell for Alan Ladd! He has the perfect voice for radio (probably because he perfected it by doing radio, heh...) Thanks for the link!

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