First post. Inexperience with forums, so apologies in advance for any faux-pas.
Already got lost around the threads here, there’s so much info it makes me dizzy! In a good way - puts these lazy synapses to work!
Here's my intro:
Ph.D. engineer converted into a stay at home mom of two, who are as onerous and entropic as they are adorable.
Currently a writer-wanna-be, wondering if I've got what it takes and whether the fact that I'm not a native speaker shows too much.
I've written a novel (112,000+ words) and a short-story, but haven't made much progress into trying to sell them yet.
I'm now in the process of collecting information for my immediate goal of… tun, dun, dun… finding an agent, sounds familiar?
What have been keeping me from pursuing that goal more actively is that I'm not sure what the genre of my novel is! What am I to write in the query? "Dear agent, don't know what the genre of my novel is, but here's…." Now that would come across really well with the agents, don't you think? (Snicker.)
I thought I had written a historical fiction, but my first beta reader thinks it's a fantasy. I don't think it falls within the fantasy genre as it doesn't invoke neither magic nor supernatural phenomena. So I would like to start off with a question regarding that - is that OK or bad form? Should I get more acquainted before posting questions? If it’s alright, then could someone please tell me where the most appropriate place to post this type of question would be, whether in the "historical fiction" forum, "fantasy" forum, right here in the "newbie" forum (where I might more easily find some good souls that feel generous towards my newbie inexperience), or where?
I look forward to getting acquainted with the community here.
Thank you, and Hello everybody!
Already got lost around the threads here, there’s so much info it makes me dizzy! In a good way - puts these lazy synapses to work!
Here's my intro:
Ph.D. engineer converted into a stay at home mom of two, who are as onerous and entropic as they are adorable.
Currently a writer-wanna-be, wondering if I've got what it takes and whether the fact that I'm not a native speaker shows too much.
I've written a novel (112,000+ words) and a short-story, but haven't made much progress into trying to sell them yet.
I'm now in the process of collecting information for my immediate goal of… tun, dun, dun… finding an agent, sounds familiar?
What have been keeping me from pursuing that goal more actively is that I'm not sure what the genre of my novel is! What am I to write in the query? "Dear agent, don't know what the genre of my novel is, but here's…." Now that would come across really well with the agents, don't you think? (Snicker.)
I thought I had written a historical fiction, but my first beta reader thinks it's a fantasy. I don't think it falls within the fantasy genre as it doesn't invoke neither magic nor supernatural phenomena. So I would like to start off with a question regarding that - is that OK or bad form? Should I get more acquainted before posting questions? If it’s alright, then could someone please tell me where the most appropriate place to post this type of question would be, whether in the "historical fiction" forum, "fantasy" forum, right here in the "newbie" forum (where I might more easily find some good souls that feel generous towards my newbie inexperience), or where?
I look forward to getting acquainted with the community here.
Thank you, and Hello everybody!