Hi Gang! I'm new - what's my genre??

I'm stumped. I think this probably falls into commercial fiction category but I'm not sure. It would fall into the same genre as The Horse Whisperer, I think.

It's set in the West, but it's not a western.

It has a double murder, which starts the plot, but the murder works as a plot vehicle - i.e. the reader knows who did it from the beginning, but is not really clear on why

It has horses in it, but I don't quite consider it to be a "horse opera" if that term even applies anymore

It has some romance in it.........well, a significant amount, but its not all about the romance.....

And, it has one fantastical element in it - from a Native American legend.

And, it has one alternative reality - I just tweaked the reality of a real place, an Indian reservation in Nevada........

Any advice would be welcome!

The Horse Whisperer would be kind of like it - but it's a double murder that starts the action rather than a truck/horse accident.

Is there such a thing as an Environmental thriller?

I think I will just put it in commercial fiction and leave it at that.

Thanks!

I think I will wait until the 2nd draft before I post it. This is about my 4th novel, the others are sitting in computer files and on the shelf. This one will get finished though. The others I made the mistake of showing it too soon and the critiques were so brutal that I just couldn't go on any more - that was nearly 15 years ago. One of the worst came from Marion Zimmer Bradley. Now, looking back on it, and reading some of her work, I don't know why I took it so hard. But anyway, I am older and tougher now......

Thanks so much.

Thank you so much! You have no idea how much your kind words mean!!