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selenicseasI've spent most of my writing "career" – since 2008 or so – writing science fiction and fantasy. Most of the books and short stories I've read have been in the SFF genre, as have the video games I've played and shows and movies I've watched. It's been my focus, but recently I've been wondering…why?
Is it because I was introduced to it when I was younger? Because it's what the vast majority of genre fiction focuses on, so it's what I think I should be doing as well? Because nerd culture is dominated by it? Because I want to feel like I'm superior to fans of other, lesser genres?
There's a reason, somewhere. I'm sure of it. However, I don't particularly want to theorize at the moment, as I haven't actually done that much thinking about it and don't want this blog post to comprise entirely of rambles. I can do that in my own private journal.
For the past few years, my interest in both reading and writing has been shifting away from SFF and toward weird and horror. I've only tried writing weird fiction so far, not so much horror, but it feels like it comes to me more naturally than writing science fiction and fantasy ever did. If anything, it holds my interest a lot longer. Or maybe I've simply started to figure out what I'm actually interested in.
I do have days where I'm exhausted and burnt out from the other things in my life, of course. But I don't feel like I'm forcing myself into some kind of box or trying to pull out my own teeth anymore, and that's what a lot of my SFF writing felt like.
So, I think I'm going to continue this weird/horror focus for a while. It will be interesting to see where it takes me.
Is it because I was introduced to it when I was younger? Because it's what the vast majority of genre fiction focuses on, so it's what I think I should be doing as well? Because nerd culture is dominated by it? Because I want to feel like I'm superior to fans of other, lesser genres?
There's a reason, somewhere. I'm sure of it. However, I don't particularly want to theorize at the moment, as I haven't actually done that much thinking about it and don't want this blog post to comprise entirely of rambles. I can do that in my own private journal.
For the past few years, my interest in both reading and writing has been shifting away from SFF and toward weird and horror. I've only tried writing weird fiction so far, not so much horror, but it feels like it comes to me more naturally than writing science fiction and fantasy ever did. If anything, it holds my interest a lot longer. Or maybe I've simply started to figure out what I'm actually interested in.
I do have days where I'm exhausted and burnt out from the other things in my life, of course. But I don't feel like I'm forcing myself into some kind of box or trying to pull out my own teeth anymore, and that's what a lot of my SFF writing felt like.
So, I think I'm going to continue this weird/horror focus for a while. It will be interesting to see where it takes me.
