Margie started this round of the blog chain with this FANTASTIC question:
How did you come to write your YA genre (e.g. contemp, fantasy, etc.)? AND (yep, it’s a 2 parter), if you weren’t writing that, what genre would you be interested in exploring?
I didn’t start out writing YA paranormal. When I first joined Novel Clique (a critique group) eons ago I thought I was a horror writer. Anyone who knows me can tell you how silly that is, not that I can’t write a spooky story. Who doesn’t like a good ghost story? One of my critique partners told me I wrote romance. That made me think she was silly, but over the years I’ve slowly come to admit she may have had a point. My stories are the mushy or spicy kind — not that there’s anything wrong with it — but they do tend to have a lyrical feeling to them and there’s usually a love interest or unrequited love. I really, really enjoy reading YA paranormal. So, I decided to gi ve it a try and loved it.
I’d also like to explore quiet horror or a thriller. Maybe I’ll give it a try in short story form.
Be sure to check out lbdiamond’s blog from Sunday.
Writes By Moonlight 
Thanks for the link back! It is an interesting journey, finding where our voice and talent is, isn’t it? 😀
I stumbled headlong into it while I was writing what I thought I wanted to.
Intriguing question!
One of my two current WIPs was actually meant to be UF. Only the F-element of that genre sort of disappeared, leaving me with a contemporary YA instead! I’m enjoying it loads, but it was a bit unexpected! Especially considering I always thought of myself as a fantasy writer! (My other WIP is historical fantasy, so fortunately that still holds true too ;-))
We like to believe we’re in control of our characters and the story we want to tell, but when a character has a strong enough voice, they can change everything.
When are we going to start this circle blogging?
Whenever your ready. We can talk at group.