I’m joining in with Billy at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer‘s book blogger hop again this week, where they post a question which you and other bloggers answer, hopping from blog to blog to see people’s answers. This week, the question is…
Have you ever wanted to write a book? If so, what genre would you choose? And…have you been successful in writing a book?
And my answer is yes (to the wanting to) and no (to the ever been successful at it).
I wonder if there is any of us out there who haven’t thought about it – what it would be like to be writing vs. reading words – and it crosses my mind every now and then. Currently it’s a now phase as I’m taking a short course in fiction writing which is fun. I don’t know if anything will come of it but I figured why not – plus it’s free so I’ve got nothing to lose but my pride!
The big thing of course if as much as I or anyone else might want to write you still have to have a talent for the written word plus dedication and ability to get over any fear of rejection – all pretty big things. If, however, it turns out I do have these then I would definitely try to turn my hand to writing. Leading to the next part of the question…what genre?
Whilst I would like to say I would look to write a piece of profound literary fiction that blew people’s minds and was talked about long after I shuffled off this mortal coil, in reality I would probably write something that involved death murdering kind. My favourite genre is crime fiction and it is a formulae I feel I know well. I definitely couldn’t write something humourous or historical because humour is hard to get right on paper and historical fiction scares me in that it has to be accurate or you have people like me picking it apart.
So, crime fiction it is, assuming I can overcome all other obstacles. What about you? Do you write or would you like to? What do you (want to) write about?
Emma
One Readers Thoughts 
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I know we have a lot of blog hops and blog events out there but this one sounds great and the answers on this blog are worth sharing and reading. So please hop over to “Once upon a Littlefield” and share the joy:
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Thank you for sharing!
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You are very welcome!
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I would love to write, horror, or some sort of crime fiction and I have a lot of those obstacles to overcome as well. 🙂
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Maybe one day we’ll both have a best seller!
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I’d love to be able to write but those hurdles you mention are the problem! Of course it would have to be a crime novel – for the moment I will stick to research, by reading loads 😊
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Yes, you can’t beat the research. It’s the only reason I watch TV too 😜
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Probably ever book lover has thought about writing their own novel.
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But so few do I think…
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I want to write a novel, but I can’t think of a topic.
ENJOY your weekend.
Happy Hopping!!
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My Blog Hop Answer
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[…] Blogging wise, I posted four times including two review – Blind Side by Jennie Ensor which was a much more complex story than I had expected when I first got sent a copy. It’s a thriller set against the tense backdrop of the 7/7 bombings and cleverly done. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins which, I am pleased to say, did live up to the hype. It’s a well written and fast paced piece of crime writing with lots of twists and turns. I also wrote about my occasional daydreams of writing fiction for the Book blogger hop: novel ideas. […]
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