I'm hoping this question hasn't been posted somewhere else. I searched everywhere and couldn't find anything. Forgive me if it is.
I'm currently writing my query letter and agonizing over every single word. For genre, I put "Multicultural Fantasy Romance". However, Multicultural doesn't mean Interracial - at least, I don't think it does. To me, Multicultural means the main characters are something other than white.
My book involves a relationship between a black woman and an Asian man. I want to make sure this is clear in the query letter even though I don't harp on it overly much in the book (or at all, according to my friend).
So, which do I use: Multicultural or Interracial? Or, is Interracial understood to be part of Multicultural? If that's the case, why isn't Interracial considered a sub-genre all its own?
I'm currently writing my query letter and agonizing over every single word. For genre, I put "Multicultural Fantasy Romance". However, Multicultural doesn't mean Interracial - at least, I don't think it does. To me, Multicultural means the main characters are something other than white.
My book involves a relationship between a black woman and an Asian man. I want to make sure this is clear in the query letter even though I don't harp on it overly much in the book (or at all, according to my friend).
So, which do I use: Multicultural or Interracial? Or, is Interracial understood to be part of Multicultural? If that's the case, why isn't Interracial considered a sub-genre all its own?