I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm always interested in contemporary fiction.
Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.
Like most writers, I read deeply into the genre in which I write.
But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.
I tend to read non-fiction.
I read widely - for news, the arts, science, for entertainment, and the value of being informed - and, as a fiction writer, I can't help transposing what I learn into the scenario for a novel or story.
I've written fiction... but the nonfiction has always received the most attention.
I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.
I don't generally read a lot of fiction.
While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by the press of reality; when I think about writing of my own time I always think about nonfiction narratives. Or perhaps it's just that I find the present too confounding.