Writing Cross-Genre Fiction
When I sit down to write, I don’t think to myself, “Today, I’m going to create a Horror story” or “I’m going to do a Sci-fi tale.” No. Instead, I sit down to tell the best story I can, about characters that appeal to me, and who I hope will also appeal to readers.
Most of my novels can fall firmly into the Horror camp. They have ghosts, demons, and supernatural monsters. But my Legacy of the Gods series is classified as Urban Fantasy by my publisher. This fits, because the novels do take place in our modern world; in small towns and major cities like New York and Tokyo. And while they feature creatures like satyrs and dragons, which are more common to epic Fantasy fiction, they also feature aliens and more bloody, horrific elements as well.
The downside to writing cross-genre fiction…
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