Norine Luker
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Is there any other genre that you ever had a secret or not so secret yen to write in?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Not really; SF and Fantasy are sort of universal receivers, that can absorb all other genre tropes. I have written several different genres even within the same series, and never really had to venture "outside" to explore.
Problems of how to professionally publish in more than one genre or even one subgenre are challenging in the market, due to the way "names" have to be built up to make minimally financially successful sales volumes. Writers who make a go of this need to be prolific (which I am not, especially) and/or to write under more than one name. (Though e-publishing tips over the old-school game board in interesting ways.)
Ta, L.
Not really; SF and Fantasy are sort of universal receivers, that can absorb all other genre tropes. I have written several different genres even within the same series, and never really had to venture "outside" to explore.
Problems of how to professionally publish in more than one genre or even one subgenre are challenging in the market, due to the way "names" have to be built up to make minimally financially successful sales volumes. Writers who make a go of this need to be prolific (which I am not, especially) and/or to write under more than one name. (Though e-publishing tips over the old-school game board in interesting ways.)
Ta, L.
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Svetoslav
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I just bought the three Penric novellas and I cannot wait to return to that strange upside-down medieval Europe! Do we have maps for the locations or at least some background info about the places/events from history that inspired the world-building for the novellas?
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