29. Introduction To Genre

This week Kelly and JJ begin their series on GENRE. This episode will serve as a general overview of "genre" as the publishing industry defines it.

Show Notes

• There is a difference between "genre" and "category." YA and children's fiction are categories because it contains all genres.

• The place where your book is shelved is dictated by the publisher, and is determined by something called a BISAC code.

• Our episode about voice and JJ's post about the difference between literary and commercial fiction.

• Juvenile is everything that is not "adult": picture books, early reader, chapter books, middle grade, and young adult. The biggest divide in the publishing industry is actually between children's publishing and adult publishing. Very few imprints/houses do BOTH children's and adult books.

What We're Reading/Books Discussed

• The Yiddish Policeman's Union and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

• The works of Lisa See

• Forever by Judy Blume

• Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly

• Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal

• The Pigman by Paul Zindel

• Prep by Curtis Sittenfield

• Uprooted by Naomi Novik

• The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman

• The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers (JJ reviewed it here!)

• Saga, vol. I by Brian K. Vaughan

What We're Working On

• JJ is focusing on artwork and drawing as she waits for first pass pages and ARCs for Wintersong.

• Kelly is looking for more editorial work!

Off Menu Recommendations

• Murder She Wrote

• Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

• Kingdom Hearts Unchained

• Season 2 of Daredevil

• Season 2 of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

That's all for this week! Next week we will get more in depth with genre, starting with SCIENCE-FICTION AND FANTASY.