tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post3784333409140151582..comments2023-10-30T22:39:14.941+11:00Comments on Jonathan Gould, Writer: When did it all start to be about genres? - guest post by Jim MurdochJonathan Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-39932199085733553872012-10-17T21:00:31.605+11:002012-10-17T21:00:31.605+11:00Thanks for posting this, Jonathan. I'm not rea...Thanks for posting this, Jonathan. I'm not really a passionate kinda guy but this is one area where my dander is definitely up. Last night I finished a book of short stories someone sent me to review and I was so pleased by it because every one of the stories was, as I said to my wife, a 'real story'; real stories about real people. So refreshing. <br /><br />@Alberta – That's exactly where I came from. I just wrote. I don't—I genuinely don't—understand why there aren't more people out there <i>just writing</i>. I suppose it's like coffee. When I was a kid you went into a café and asked for a coffee and it came in two shades—black or white—and in a cup, not even a mug. Nowadays you walk into Starbucks or Costa Coffee and you're faced with a ruddy menu. Adapt or die, eh? <br /><br><br />Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-53598749460836887652012-10-17T20:10:06.340+11:002012-10-17T20:10:06.340+11:00an with you all the way here - genre tags are limi...an with you all the way here - genre tags are limiting choice not improving - so many odd quirky great books out there - I think a lot is to do with our perceived 'lack of time' all our modern toys and yet we have no time to browse!<br /><br />I still search for a tag which would help seel my books up here in cyberspace but it alludes me because I never wrote in a genre I just wrote <br /><br />all the best with your work:)alberta rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132420168908365099noreply@blogger.com