My book American Moon: A Chinese Immigrant Story is now for sale on AMAZON!!!
Writers say that the more books they have, the more they sell. Their fans are often hungry and will even go back and buy previous books they've written.
Then
there's the writer like me who write in different genres. It's not as
easy... someone like me has to build different fan bases. Those who like American
Moon won't necessarily enjoy Mu Shu Mac-N-Cheese and
vice versa. Then there's my literary cookbook that will be more for
foodies and people who love folktales from around the world. Sure, food
runs through all of them (guess that might be considered my brand) but different
genres have different fans. And I won't even discuss my screenwriting. So
my enjoyment of writing different types of books is fun for me but a self-sabotage
in a way. I'm not down because of it, just aware of it.
Funny, I even started a screenplay that takes place on a cruise ship that has the same characters on board but goes piece by piece (about 10-15 pages each) in a variety of genres, a section that's a romance, another that is horror etc. It's super fun for me, but it may be a turn off to others because those who like the horror section may not like the romance part. So again, no clear fan base. I'm not sure anybody else has gone this route with any success without an already established fan base and, even those, without using pseudonyms. I did make use of it for a long time in my paid BTS Book Reviews column entitled Karen’s Writing Detours.
Silly me... but writing in different genres was my instinct/natural inclination. For now, until something takes off so big I can't resist continuing with it, I'll let it be what it is.
I'd love it if you'd
give my novel a try. It was inspired by my husband's family's
experience escaping Chinese Communism, his father's time on death row, a life
of poverty in Taiwan until the family makes its way to America where they find
the moon isn't always brighter as they thought. I'd love to have you as one of
my readers! And to hear your honest thoughts about the book!
From
the Inkpot
Karen
Albright Lin
