Recent content by Mutineer81

I'd thought about it, and tried. But first person is not my jam. My writing sounds super juvenile when I do it. And most of what I read is third person.

Gotcha. I'm thinking italics without the tag. (Thanks for rewriting.) Dialogue is my strength--my beta readers have all said that--so I'm trying to showcase that the most. The main character is a savage on herself, which is VERY important to her growth. So, cool. This feedback helps. I'll likely...

She's a cat. It's about cats. But FYI, it's for adults, so they think and talk VERY much like people. Think: Feral Creatures and Hollow Kingdom. (If you've read them.) Basically, my cats curse, fart, get high, etc.

Oh. All good. It's not coming off as rude. I'm literally trying to not sound like a five-year-old, so cold truth is helpful.

Interesting. So the genre is animal fiction. The main character is neurotic. That's why I'm using inner monologue. I want the reader to feel her anger, frustration, and self-deprecation. She's also very prone to drifting off--at the wrong time(s).

My protagonist is a thinker. Very often her thoughts aren't just the POV of the book, but rather she has dialogue with herself, for example: ---- Chuck was already on his feet again. He tilted his head, quirked a smile, and winked—clearly proud of himself. Oh, he’s so fucking cute, Dana...

So, here's it's definition: https://www.campfirewriting.com/codex/cozyFiction Examples would be stuff by Delemhach, and the Tales of Pell series, Legends & Lattes, and Can't Spell Treason Without Tea.

What are people's opinions on cozy fiction? It feels like a new genre, well, a sub-genre. It seems to be very popular nowadays. To me, it's meandering fiction, like, some of the books I've read could be cut in half and be just as good--perhaps better. Cozy fictions goes against the tenant of...