What Kind of Fiction Do You Write?

As you may have already read, August is all about fiction writing here at the Freelance section of Bizzia. Don’t worry – there will be some non-fiction freelancing posts as well for those of you who have no interest in fiction writing at all. However, since I so rarely talk about the topic, I thought it would be fun exploring fiction and freelancing for the month!

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I thought we could start of by sharing a little about ourselves with one another. So here’s what I’m curious to know:

1. What kind of fiction do you write? What kind do you like to read?
2. Have you ever had anything fiction published? If so, brag about it a little – what and where?
3. Do you actively pursue fiction freelancing (i.e., you’re trying to make money from it), or is your fiction writing a personal project?
4. How much time on a weekly or monthly basis do you spend writing fiction?

I’ll start us off by telling you a little about myself! I’ll read almost everything under the sun, but my absolute favorite fiction genre is dystopian future fiction. That’s really specialized; I know! There are a ton of great books out there that fall into this category, though – Never Let Me Go, 1984, World War Z, A Clockwork Orange, The Handmaid’s Tale, Children of Men…I could go on and on. I love sci-fantasy as well, but again, there are few things I won’t read!

That’s not always what I write, though. My fiction writing tends to be realistic, though I have penned some sci-fantasy work as well. I’ve also tried my hand at erotica, which is extremely fun to write and harder than you may think! I tend to gravitate toward writing short stories, simply because I get sidetracked with other projects easily and never finish longer works. Writing fiction falls into the “personal project” category for me most of the time, though I would like to be more active about making money with it in the future.

I do have fiction publishing experience though! My erotica has been published and featured on pretty highly known websites in the erotica community, though I’ll spare you the link here (I write under a pen name). I was also once hired to help someone create a story concept for a video game. That was super fun and really got my creative juices flowing.

Unfortunately, I don’t get as much time to spend on fiction writing as I’d like. I do think that might change, though. Every Tuesday, I spend time at my significant other’s house. It’s one of the few nights he has off every week, but he does have other obligation – stuff he has to get done from home on Tuesdays. While he does that, I usually bring over my laptop and do some work. We can chat and hang out that way at least, even if we’re both busy with other things as well. We have a new rule, though – when I’m at his house, I can ONLY be working on personal projects, like fiction writing. He really wanted to encourage me to spend more time with it, and I agree – I needed the little kick in the behind! So, now I have a few hours every week set aside specifically for fiction.

Ok, you don’t have to write as much as I did (but you can). At least leave a comment and tell us all a little about your fiction writing background!