What genre do you write?
I struggle to define what I'm writing. It takes place in a zombie apocalypse, but I wouldn't say its about zombies. Its about people, relationships, and hardship. Its a road trip, a tragedy and a comedy. It just happens to have zombies as a hardship to endure. How to I pick a buzzword to describe a whole story that isn't really about the thing you would define it by?
@DanIsWriting I began to realize that I had a problem when I talked to a couple of cover designers about possible covers for my first book series.
They both kept saying "it has to fit in a genre". The problem is that the books do not fit into a genre.
I decided to not worry about genre for now, and let the chips fall where they may.
It might be a Steely Dan sort of situation. They eventually decided that they would let their songs pass as pop songs.
@rupertramsgate I understand completely. I'm sure if I sent my manuscript to a publisher I would have denial after denial with nothing but suggestions on how to make it more publishable, or how unsellable zombies are or some shit. I dislike the boxes we have to make our art fit into, I wish I would just say "Its for people who like it. Its not for people who don't like it."