Genres I Edit

I am a Developmental and Line Editor specializing in Equestrian Fiction, but what does that really mean? I have already made an overview blog post of each level of editing as well as a blog post explaining Developmental and Line Editing in more specifics. The last part of that statement to explore is Equestrian Fiction. That is the main genre I work in, but it's not the only one. Before I explain much more, let's look at what genre and subgenre are. 

What is genre? 

Genre is how books are categorized so readers know what the main storyline is about. 

Example: Romance. It's a love story. 

What is subgenre? 

Subgenres are categories within a genre to help narrow down exactly what a book is about or who the exact target audience is. 

In my mind, there are two types of subgenres, one gives more detail about what the story is about. 

Example: Historical Romance. It's a love story set in the past. 

The other type of subgenre describes the target age of readers. 

Example: Young Adult Romance. It's a love story written for readers ages 12-18.

One potentially confusing thing is that each genre can be a subgenre for other genres. Let me explain: Above I listed Romance as an example of a fiction genre, but Historical Fiction is also a genre of its own. A Romance story is a love story. A Historical Fiction story is a story set in the past. A Historical Romance is a love story set in the past. A Romantic Historical Fiction is a story set in the past with a love story subplot. Confused yet? (Don't worry, that's what I'm here for!)

Now I think I can answer: What genres do I work with?

This is an easy, and not-so-easy, question to answer. 

I say that because I specialize in Equestrian Fiction, but it is not a "formal" genre. By that I mean, it is not a section you will find in a brick-and-mortar bookstore, and book sellers and librarians may not know what you are talking about when you say it. Even on Amazon, I had to go three or four subcategories deep to find any of their horse-themed book categories.

Equestrian Fiction author Natalie Keller Reinert talks more about the genre of Equestrian Fiction in her blog post "So You Want To Write A Horse Book: Part One."

Now, just because I specialize in Equestrian Fiction doesn't mean it's the only genre I work with. Below is a list of the main other genres and subgenres I work with. 

1. Young Adult

2. Contemporary

3. Magical Realism

4. Fantasy

1. Low Fantasy 

2. Fairy Tales

3. Mythic

4. Urban

5. Paranormal

5. Romance

6. New Adult

7. Science Fiction

1. Soft Science Fiction 

2. Dystopian 

There are so many subgenres it's hard to put them all in a list. If you have written a story that doesn't fall into one of these categories, send me an email at bloemker.joyce@gmail.com and I would be happy to talk to you about your book. There are a few genres and categories I do not work with as a general rule, but there can be exceptions at times.

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