Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Literary Asshattery: It's All Genre

by KAK  

Why do I write genre fiction? Simple. I lack the wherewithal to write non-fiction.

Why genre fiction? Uhm, that's kind of the only option. Believe it or not, "literary fiction" is a term used by publishers, academics, and critics. Novelists who put that noxious label on their work are dragged into a dark chasm and bitch-slapped by a horde of goblins.

Oh, KAK, "literary fiction" is deep
It's thought-provoking. It's layered. It's lyrical. It's ...  

~shriek~

You don't want to know what hunts readers who profess to read only "literary fiction." ~shudder~
 

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