Hi Lisa--I think you are on one of the FB groups I belong to---so since you write in several genres you are not of the mind that we as authors need to stick to one genre? (with sub-genres) I have several as well and am struggling with where to place my latest book! checking on Amazon the covers for 'paranormal romance' don't match my story at all!

Lisa Shea I always strongly believe that you should write what you want to write. Life is too short to miss out on amazing opportunities! I wouldn't create different pen names for every single genre - that creates an enormous overhead of maintaining multiple Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, GoodReads pages, WattPad pages, and so on. It can become a nightmare. It's hard enough to maintain the one set of everything properly. And, besides, someone who adores your romances might also adore your mysteries because it's your writing style that really has them hooked. And if someone just doesn't like dystopian, well, they don't read those. They just read the rest.

Plus it means you can update your pages regularly with your progress which is important in maintaining fan interest.

The only place I suggest splitting efforts in two is if you write adult content and then non-adult content. That way people who are OK with sex have their things they read and then the teens and clean-seeking readers have a separate area. It ensures the teens don't accidentally buy one of your super-racy stories and get upset.

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