Even before the explosion of independently published authors, the number of genres had grown greatly.

Not to mention sub-genres!

Many of you are aware of Holly’s cheerful use of different genres and of her mixing of genres. There’s an art to that, of course. (To see it in action, read some of the Cadence Drake novels.)

What about you? What genres do you write? Have you invented a genre of your own? What charms you about the genres you read and write? How does your genre help you write fiction that matters?

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