Few genres have such a distinctive look and feel as noir fiction. A successor of ‘hard-boiled’ or ‘pulp’ fiction, you’ll know the conventions of noir even if you’ve never read The Maltese Falcon or The Big Sleep – seedy urban underbellies, trench-coat-clad PIs, cigarettes, femme fatales, whiskey, flickering streetlights casting white pools on Chicago streets, nihilistic
Is trying your hand at a new genre a smart move? Yes and no. Yes, experimenting with a new genre can stretch your creative abilities and help you grow as a writer. No, publishing successfully in more than one genre is not easy. It’s possible, but it takes planning, work, and a lot of thought.
When we think of the Western genre, the first thing we picture is its unique aesthetic. Dusty Old West towns, sheriffs wearing tin stars, and cowboys in wide-brimmed hats and spurs riding into town with their trusty six-shooters.
Alternate history fiction is one of the hidden gems of literature, a sprawling chasm of a genre often overlooked by those not familiar with it. This is perhaps because on the surface it can look like fantasy or science-fiction – involved as it is with stories of worlds not our own – however beneath the surface it’s
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