Cece asked me the other day what kind of book I would write if I didn’t write crime fiction. Which is an excellent question at a time when writers have to be flexible enough to move from one subgenre to another, especially in this female-driven market. Writers of Chick Lit are suddenly thinking in terms of vampires, witches, and serial killers (sometimes all in one character). Usually, it’s not a big jump, just a course correction in keeping with the market demands. But have you ever thought of writing something drastically different? Like going from inspirational novels to erotica?
I have toyed with the idea of writing the book on Barbaro, the racehorse. Toyed with it, but I’m too lazy for nonfiction; I don’t want to type in all those footnotes and hunt down every factoid imaginable to man. Plus, as much as I love horseracing, in many ways I do not have a handle on the culture. Especially the back east stuff.
True crime is attractive, too, but there again—too much work for me!
Frankly, I really love crime fiction, and, since I’ve dabbled in horror, historical romance, historical saga, and romantic suspense before I finally decided to write what I love most, this is where I hope to stay.
Of course there’s such a thing as making a living. So never say never.
If you can’t write what you’re writing now (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, limericks, packing labels, haiku), what would you write?
And for everybody: if you didn’t have the career (or job) you have now, what would you most like to do? If you could have a do over?
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