tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308411624957756191.post6974426398276402432..comments2023-11-10T11:39:34.796-08:00Comments on The Lit Coach's Guide to The Writer's Life: Artistic Integrity: Own Your Genre, A Blogshop with Author Paula ReedErin Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11921833820370781350noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308411624957756191.post-38483375224893022302011-01-18T17:01:39.612-08:002011-01-18T17:01:39.612-08:00You're an author's dream reader, Cathy!You're an author's dream reader, Cathy!Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15117774683721235930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308411624957756191.post-83686982486503157542011-01-17T20:01:52.891-08:002011-01-17T20:01:52.891-08:00Not all authors want to corner themselves. Publis...Not all authors want to corner themselves. Publishers want to brand their authors...it's a marketing thing. And some readers come down pretty hard on their favorite authors for ditching the style/genre that drew them to the author in the first place. <br /><br />I'm glad to hear you're not swayed by an author's imagination and inclination to write beyond their genre!Erin Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11921833820370781350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308411624957756191.post-77998176817210024772011-01-17T19:26:04.859-08:002011-01-17T19:26:04.859-08:00I never have a problem with an author going outsid...I never have a problem with an author going outside of their niche genre and writing a different kind of story. This is me, as a reader, in how I think. Author brand to me is just me thinking, unconsciously, "that author is a great story-teller! Whatever he/she writes should be worth it!"<br /><br />If I think this way, why not a bunch of other readers, as well? I don't understand why authors need to corner themselves into a tiny little genre space and live there for the rest of their literary lives. Seems unnecessary, for the most part.Cathy Keatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356112948372149785noreply@blogger.com