tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post2949684564300949754..comments2024-01-05T05:46:30.140-08:00Comments on Angie's Desk: Writers and Readers and Creative DiversityAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-64462545022854036792007-09-23T22:07:00.000-07:002007-09-23T22:07:00.000-07:00Bernita -- probably true. And like I said, I can ...Bernita -- probably true. And like I said, I can understand where that feeling of dismay comes from. When I get annoyed with readers is when they <I>express</I> that dismay directly at the writer who's made the change, with some expectation that the writer will apologize and change back, just because the reader wants them to. Or just, as one or two people did in the RtB thread, just sort of generally wish that a subgenre they don't personally care for would, like, stop growing or something.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I can have my own likes and dislikes without demanding or even particularly wishing that the whole world would cater to them. I can't stand spicy food, for example, to the extent that I order my Taco Bell burritos with no sauce at all; even a minimal amount of Taco Bell's "mild" sauce is too spicy for me. So if my favorite seafood place turned into a five-alarm chili restaurant, yes, I'd be disappointed. But I wouldn't write outraged letters to the owner or the newspaper or the Chamber of Commerce, nor would I picket outside. I certainly wouldn't accuse the restaurant owner of abandoning the fish format and going toward chili <I>only</I> because chili's getting popular and they greedily wanted to make a buck at the expense of my favorite fish place. (Although even if they did, so what? It's a business and they have bills to pay.)<BR/><BR/>I might grouch about the changeover in private, sure, but not with any expectation that anyone would change what they're doing just to please me. That's not how the world works, and when people communicate in such a way that it seems they think it is or should, it just sounds obnoxious. :/<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-60012387389473548592007-09-23T01:38:00.000-07:002007-09-23T01:38:00.000-07:00For some readers I suppose it's like food, and the...For some readers I suppose it's like food, and their favourite restaurant has switched from steak and ribs to salad and soufle.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-85554764024619731622007-09-22T15:11:00.000-07:002007-09-22T15:11:00.000-07:00Charles -- Me too. [nod] I have some favorite ge...Charles -- Me too. [nod] I have some favorite genres, but I also have a few books from here and a few from there. (And that's just the fiction.) Sometimes a favorite writer from another genre will branch out and sometimes a friend I trust will recommend something and sometimes something different will just catch my eye. But genre divisions are just signposts, and I do walk past them at times. I comprehend intellectually but don't really understand in my gut readers who don't.<BR/><BR/>Travis -- exactly. [nod] It feels like there are two people in my head, one artist who just wants to go nuts with experimenting and creativity all over the place, and another who's looking at how the business end of it all works and is going "Wait! But! Will that work?! Will I be allowed to...?"<BR/><BR/>Will your comedy readers be willing to try your women's fiction? Will the people you pick up with the women's fiction be willing to read one of your non-female-specific comedies, if you write another one later? When you get an agent for the comedy, will she or he want to or be able to represent your women's fiction?<BR/><BR/>I have this image of myself twenty years from now with five or six pseudonyms. [wry smile] I'm trying to figure out how to use "Angela" or "Angelina" or "Angel" or "Angeline" in all of them, so if someone calls "Angie!" at a convention or a signing or something, at least I don't have to go through my mental rolodex to decide whether they might mean me, LOL!<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-88074315680998247332007-09-22T14:07:00.000-07:002007-09-22T14:07:00.000-07:00I read all genres and have dabbled a bit with shor...I read all genres and have dabbled a bit with short stories but all three of my completed novels are women's fiction ... but the one I'm working on now is pure comedy. <BR/><BR/>Should it be the first to sell I wonder where that will leave me since msot of my work and future ideas are women's fiction.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-80708643648853040652007-09-22T08:19:00.000-07:002007-09-22T08:19:00.000-07:00I don't really understand that clinginess either o...I don't really understand that clinginess either on the part of readers. As a writer I like to write a lot of different stuff, SF, fantasy, horror, westerns, childrens stories, poetry etc. But as a reader I read even more eclectically. I can't think of a genre I haven't enjoyed at one time or another.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com