helenvalentina

Clowning around (Photo credit: lynnmwillis)

I’m juggling a couple of projects now, and it may very well mean I am completely barking mad.

The work on a YouTube type promo video for The Seed is continuing apace and will eventually be distributed in an email promotional campaign, and I still await the final parts of the global distribution for the novel to Nook and to Amazon POD.

And of course, for those that have been following my publishing journey, you know The Seed is a novel in the romance genre – albeit a dark and ambiguous romance. It’s intense, deeply introspective and troubled at its core – passion as belief and myth and hope and possibly delusion. It’s a novel in the element of Water, with a bit of Air thrown in for the dream sequences that drive the plot.

It’s probably not even a conventional romance, to be honest, but that still would be it’s overall genre. So the sensible thing would be to publish another romance next, to establish my place in that realm.

But I’m now also in the pre-publishing/ formatting stages for my next novel release. It will probably be out sometime in the next couple of months. And is it the next instalment in a career of a romance writer?

No, of course not! Because I write for all the elements, and as you know from my poetry, I don’t stick to one theme or even a few.

I like variety. So the next novel – ‘Curiosity’ – is a black comedy/satire. It is as light in its tone and cynicism as The Seed is heavy and sincere. It’s in the element of Air, with some Fire thrown in. It’s about a benign (possibly) sociopath, who becomes an unlikely hero in this modern media age. And there’s nothing romantic about it!

So – you tell me – am I mad? How easy will it be to market something so different so soon…or at any time really???

But how can a writer not write what the muse commands, and particularly one driven by all the elements, all the gods, all the guides in the ether above?

So – what I’m hoping is that people like comedy too, even from a normally more serious and emotional writer. I’m hoping, really hoping, you’ll answer ‘yes’ to the following question:

Are You Curious?

Any advice you have for traversing the road of multiple genres in the indie book market would be gladly received. Because it may really be that I’m bonkers.

But hey, that’s me and that’s my journey, so I hope some of you come along for the ride!!

Cheers

Helen V