As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are.
Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm an African writer. I'm a Yoruba writer. I'm an African American writer.
Writers aren't born properly labeled so it is hard to know one when one appears.
You are often asked to explain your work, as if the reader isn't able to work it out. And people always try and label you by your work.
I devour books. But for the longest time, I refused to pay attention to genre or labels.
A writer is what I am.
I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.
People have expectations of what you are as a writer. And writers, on the whole, don't like to be classified.
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.
I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels.