John Grisham

Questions: Answered. Kind Of.

January 27, 2009 by Nathan Bransford 67 Comments

Is there room to play with genres if you’re querying in one and want to write while you wait. In other words, will an agent expect you to stick close to what you’ve submitted? I stay fairly dark, but play in horror, sci-fi and a mixture of semi-literary commercial fare. Also, am I able to […]

The danger of genre hopping

December 3, 2007 by Nathan Bransford 46 Comments

I read books from nearly every single genre, and I know I’m not alone — book lovers love books, all kinds of books. And so it naturally follows that when people sit down at the old typewriter they want to write books in every genre under the sun. Sometimes at the same time. When I […]