Guest Post: Irene Latham on Author Infidelity: When One Genre Isn't Enough

By Irene Latham
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations

When I sold my first novel for children, I was advised to commit myself fully–to set aside my fledgling poetry for adults writing, and focus 100% on fiction writing.

Since I'd previously published only one volume of poems – with a small press – I could see the wisdom in the advice.

My heart, however, did not.

Poems popped up everywhere, as they are wont to do, and I, being a lifelong wordcatcher, could not set down my net. I developed a habit...