Category Archives: Genres

What Is Commercial Fiction?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by admin

And why you should stop assuming it’s trash. [This is a sister post to my blog What Is Literary Fiction?]  Myth: The quality of writing in commercial fiction is low.  Myth: Commercial fiction is less intelligent than literary fiction.  Myth: … Continue reading →

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What Is Literary Fiction?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin

And why you should stop assuming you hate it. [This is a sister post to my blog What Is Commercial Fiction?] Myth: Anything you read in school is literary fiction. Myth: “Intellectual” works are automatically literary fiction. Myth: Literary fiction … Continue reading →

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(non)fiction

Posted on September 22, 2011 by admin

Originally posted on February 1, 2010 at 8:10 PM My best friend and my mom both seem to prefer nonfiction to fiction: memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies mostly. When I asked Kitty why, her answer was, “because it’s true. When I … Continue reading →

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