I don't really know romance, but since I know that this is not true of murder mysteries, I doubt that it's true of romance either.
Only in the very very wide outline In every murder mystery someone (or thing) dies and the book is about who did it In every romance two or more people (or things) get together and have a HEA or HFN
Almost all my stories evolve into some combination of Sci-Fi/Teen Romance/Cyberpunk stuff, or so I've been told lol RealTalk: I kinda cobbled together my writing style from a combination of 90's anime, space opera, romcoms and YA teen dramas so these elements are kinda omnipresent. Ironically that's what I read a lot too, so I'm kinda writing what I know.
I voted for fantasy and sci fi but I've only written one sci fi book and am writing one fantasy - my predominant genre is thriller/action adventure
Well, they (murder mysteries) have common story elements, certainly. Most of them have a crime. (Not always a murder.) And in the vast majority of murder mysteries, the crime is a major plot driver. I wouldn't say, though that it's always "about" who did it. Very often the events associated with the crime are just a sort of scaffolding to hang another story on.
Voted for Romance, although Kneadful Things could probably qualify as Fantasy since one of the MC's is a genie.
Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Erotica, and Other. And I didn't have to put on panties to vote, Whoo Hoo!
Historical (regarding the setting.) However, I only use the past as the setting. The stories I write/think up are about ordinary people who happen to live in a different time period. They're not about famous historical figures or events.
Sci-Fi (1-2 stories) Crime and Thriller (2-3 stories) Romance (1 story) Erotica (1 story) Other (I've lost count) Total stories in various stages of incompletion (on dino-top): 14 I also have more in books/pad etc, and I'm not even going to go and count those.
Yep, for fiction, my genre is historical. Pretty much stuck @100AD since I have 25 years of research tied up in that era. Sequel to the Eagle and the Dragon in work, set in 115AD. Non-fiction is a bit broader. true Believers, the Founding Fathers of TACAMO is an anthology of autobiographies about the birth of my Naval aviation community "Take Charge and Move Out," the acronym rhymes with Whack-a-Mole. The other one is on relativity physics, Riding on light Beam. And sorry, sci fi writers, the speed of light is still the limit, but at least I can explain why, and draw a picture.
Literary. I don't feel as though I've put enough work into any genre. I've tried and played around with a few that just didn't really work too well Except if zombies was listed up there I would totally check it. I know zombies can fit into more than one genre, but I love just about any good zombie story.
Comparison of results as of January 29 (I think I said the survey was supposed to close after a week, but... I guess not?): First # = % of population who read in that genre regularly (according to statistica.com) Second # = % of our members who write in that genre Third# = difference (+ shows more of our members in that genre compared to readers, - shows less of our members) Crime & Thriller 59%, 24%, -35 (we are LIGHT on Crime & Thriller writers) Adventure 47%, 32%, -15 Fantasy 43%, 53%, +10 Historic 42%, 17%, -25 Romance 42%, 17%, -25 Science Fiction 42%, 51%, +9 Literature 40%, 27%, -13 Horror 26%, 27%, +1 Erotica 12%, 17%, +5 Other 8%, 20%, +12 It's not the world's best comparison - I'd probably be more interested in comparing our numbers to annual sales by genre, but those numbers are pretty hard to find if you want to include all types of publishing... Anyway, We do seem to be slightly over-represented in Fantasy and SciFi, which was the genre that sprouted this line of inquiry. And we clearly need more thriller, historical and romance authors!
If you write science fiction, but it has fantastical elements, does that make it solely fantasy? Or if you write fantasy in a science fiction setting (Star Trek, Star Wars, etc.), which is it?