Looking forward ... looking back ...

This has been a series of seven blogs exploring a variety of corners of fiction writing. I’ve looked at some of the genres that don’t always (or ever) get prominent billing in the book stores, plus some that are always centre stage. Each was seen through the lens of a different writer.

Elaine Hemingway: Out of Africa? The Midrashim

Sue Knight: A thoroughly modern genre – the eco-thriller

Joy Gelsthorpe: From old records to human stories

Shellie Horst: All things skiffy but drawing the line at Grimdark

Rhoda Baxter: When romance spells trouble

Danuta Reah: With Criminal Intent

Susan Alison: International best-sellerdom via anunconventional route

Looking at a few of the oddities of fiction writing

The seven blogs following this will explore a variety of corners of fiction writing, looking at some of the less well-known genres as well as the issues of writing in a popular genre. I have lined up writers whose fiction ranges from factual base to fantasy world; from debut novelists to international best-sellers, some of whom are well-nigh impossible to pigeonhole. The one thing they have in common is that I enjoy their work. I hope you will too. As the blogs are published, the links below will come live, one a week starting one week from today - mark the dates.

Out of Africa? The Midrashim

A thoroughly modern genre – the eco-thriller

From old records to human stories

All things fantastical but drawing the line at Grimdark

When romance spells trouble

With Criminal Intent

International best-sellerdom via an unconventional route