by Taryn Moreau | Nov 18, 2023 | Genre, Musings
I was thinking quite a bit about what I really want when I say I want villain heroes, and while sometimes I am looking for that morally black hero (Lord knows I’m obsessed with shows like Hannibal and Killing Eve), I realized that what I’m most often...
by Taryn Moreau | Oct 1, 2023 | Genre, Musings
I came across an interesting conversation on social media the other day involving an erotic horror novel that a dark romance reader was raving about in a dark romance group. She said even though it wasn’t a romance, she loved it. Several other people chimed in...
by Taryn Moreau | Jun 29, 2023 | Musings, Writing Journey
Remember my very first post on this blog, about how I Gave Up Trying to Make It as a Writer? The one I only wrote seven months ago? I’ve tried to embrace the idea of being more of a literary dark speculative fiction writer who was just doing it for the pure joy...
by Taryn Moreau | Jun 14, 2023 | Genre, Musings
I write upmarket fiction and prefer to read it as well, but it’s very much “genre” upmarket fiction. But what distinguishes upmarket fiction from literary fiction and commercial fiction? What the hell distinguishes “genre” upmarket...
by Taryn Moreau | Jun 13, 2023 | Genre, Musings
What’s funny (read: endlessly frustrating) is that I think my fiction could be very popular if it weren’t for one stupid fixation. I find virile, prolific men hot. Virile and prolific, as in they have a lot of casual sex and a lot of offspring—more...
by Taryn Moreau | Jun 12, 2023 | Genre, Musings
The author P.J. Fox has taken up a good amount of space in my brain lately. I don’t even remember how I got to thinking about her so intensely again, but it led to me perusing her Amazon author page and buying two of her paperbacks (which is pretty much the only...