I've taken a break to get my head sorted out. Long story short, my nasty room mate is out the door, and setting up shop in a temporary residence until they can find work at Del Taco--surprisingly good Taco place.
In any case, recently one of my books was labeled Literary. All fine and good, I guess... Although I was under the impression Literary meant Realistic Fiction of the highest caliber.
I mean I can see why the book above was called that, I mean a lot of my plots can be in any sort of book: Historical, Romance, Mystery, honestly what ever. A lot of them tend to be very ... General ou Realistic in nature.
I mean generally I have preferred plots that borrow from the real world before ... well until crazy stuff begins happening. I guess I was under the impression Lite Science Fiction isn't usually given a literary label.
I mean I knew going in people would probably think it be more Contemporary going in, despite one of the MC being a reincarnation of a murderess from 1838 Alsace. I've been kind of hesitating to publish it, because I'm not sure ... at least in some circles, it seems like there is a bit of a stigma going from Science Fiction to Realistic Fiction. I've seen it with my favorite author William Gibson. Maybe that's just my perception.
I mean at some point it's sink or swim, and so far reception ... has been a lot better than I was expecting. Which wasn't much at all.
David Foster Wallace, Chuck Palahniuk, the lady who wrote that one Magic Realism story about a woman haunted by her baby, that's generally what I think of when I think "Literary."
I'm entirely unsure how to go forward from here. My recent work has taken a weird turn to ... for example, being about my experience with an unpleasant room mate, but with a slight element of Surrealism thrown in.
Then I go and write The Mortal Avatar. I must say I truly can't predict where my stories go now. And I like it.
In any case, recently one of my books was labeled Literary. All fine and good, I guess... Although I was under the impression Literary meant Realistic Fiction of the highest caliber.
I mean I can see why the book above was called that, I mean a lot of my plots can be in any sort of book: Historical, Romance, Mystery, honestly what ever. A lot of them tend to be very ... General ou Realistic in nature.
I mean generally I have preferred plots that borrow from the real world before ... well until crazy stuff begins happening. I guess I was under the impression Lite Science Fiction isn't usually given a literary label.
I mean I knew going in people would probably think it be more Contemporary going in, despite one of the MC being a reincarnation of a murderess from 1838 Alsace. I've been kind of hesitating to publish it, because I'm not sure ... at least in some circles, it seems like there is a bit of a stigma going from Science Fiction to Realistic Fiction. I've seen it with my favorite author William Gibson. Maybe that's just my perception.
I mean at some point it's sink or swim, and so far reception ... has been a lot better than I was expecting. Which wasn't much at all.
David Foster Wallace, Chuck Palahniuk, the lady who wrote that one Magic Realism story about a woman haunted by her baby, that's generally what I think of when I think "Literary."
I'm entirely unsure how to go forward from here. My recent work has taken a weird turn to ... for example, being about my experience with an unpleasant room mate, but with a slight element of Surrealism thrown in.
Then I go and write The Mortal Avatar. I must say I truly can't predict where my stories go now. And I like it.
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