Hi...I'm new, and totally overwhelmed. I started writing my first novel about a month ago, perhaps a bit longer. I'm 32 and this story has been living inside of me since freshman year of college! I just didn't have the temerity before to actually put the story in my head into words on a page. Don't ask why I suddenly found the won tons to do it, but it's happening, and I am scared to death!
Right now I have about 25K words written (acording to the handy dandy word count feature on my word processor). Oh and by the way, we don't use microsoft ANYTHING. The hubby insisted we switch the whole computer over to LINUX, so I'm stuck using some program that is "like" MS Word, but not quite. Ugh!
Any hoodly-doodle. My problem is this. I have no CLUE what to classify my genre as. Is it YA? Maybe it's Sci-Fi/Fantasy. How do I know the difference? It feels very YA to me, but my main character is 21, as well as most of the character's she interacts with. Also, there is some...ahem..blue language within. I didn't think there would be, but as I wrote and the characters began taking on "life" I found that those 4 letter words just were part of their vernacular in certain situations.
The main upshot of the book is that it's essentially about superheroes. I would have thought that instantly would make it YA material. Not so sure anymore. Any thoughts?
So, anyway...Hi guys. Glad to join the ranks!
Right now I have about 25K words written (acording to the handy dandy word count feature on my word processor). Oh and by the way, we don't use microsoft ANYTHING. The hubby insisted we switch the whole computer over to LINUX, so I'm stuck using some program that is "like" MS Word, but not quite. Ugh!
Any hoodly-doodle. My problem is this. I have no CLUE what to classify my genre as. Is it YA? Maybe it's Sci-Fi/Fantasy. How do I know the difference? It feels very YA to me, but my main character is 21, as well as most of the character's she interacts with. Also, there is some...ahem..blue language within. I didn't think there would be, but as I wrote and the characters began taking on "life" I found that those 4 letter words just were part of their vernacular in certain situations.
The main upshot of the book is that it's essentially about superheroes. I would have thought that instantly would make it YA material. Not so sure anymore. Any thoughts?
So, anyway...Hi guys. Glad to join the ranks!
