Denise Tanaka
Denise RobargeTanaka
I'm setting up my novella on Draft 2 Digital and I must pick a genre category. I'm going with Contemporary Fantasy but I'm not sure if that's specific enough?
There's a ghost character but it is definitely not horror. It's modeled after the likes of Dickens Christmas Carol, the Canterville Ghost, Topper, Blithe Spirit, Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and even that old BBC show from the 70s My Partner the Ghost starring the guy who was Poldark. The ghost provides guidance, insight, and answers to an old family mystery but is not scary at all.
I hesitate to call it urban fantasy because that raises expectations of werewolves, vampires, or fey living among us in the modern day.
It has a sweet sentimental moment at the end, but it is definitely not a romance (PNR) because the story is not focused around the characters romantic relationships. In fact, a friend of mine had recommended a small press romance publisher who promptly rejected it - with a very kind message, that it was a lovely well-written story but that there was not enough romantic elements in it. Which I knew already but my friend had insisted on submitting it there.
It isn't really a mystery, though. Although there is a lingering question that gets answered, it's not a "who-murdered-me" kind of thing.
So I'm left with calling it Contemporary Fantasy, and I'm going to jam pack the description field with every keyword I can possibly think of.
Any suggestions?
There's a ghost character but it is definitely not horror. It's modeled after the likes of Dickens Christmas Carol, the Canterville Ghost, Topper, Blithe Spirit, Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and even that old BBC show from the 70s My Partner the Ghost starring the guy who was Poldark. The ghost provides guidance, insight, and answers to an old family mystery but is not scary at all.
I hesitate to call it urban fantasy because that raises expectations of werewolves, vampires, or fey living among us in the modern day.
It has a sweet sentimental moment at the end, but it is definitely not a romance (PNR) because the story is not focused around the characters romantic relationships. In fact, a friend of mine had recommended a small press romance publisher who promptly rejected it - with a very kind message, that it was a lovely well-written story but that there was not enough romantic elements in it. Which I knew already but my friend had insisted on submitting it there.
It isn't really a mystery, though. Although there is a lingering question that gets answered, it's not a "who-murdered-me" kind of thing.
So I'm left with calling it Contemporary Fantasy, and I'm going to jam pack the description field with every keyword I can possibly think of.
Any suggestions?