Is anyone else in a genre no man’s land? Is it a thriller, a romantic novel, a sci-fi journey? Perhaps genres, on their own, are too limiting. A novel can be one or many genres at different points of its life.

A genre identity crisis is common for novels that take on a new turn or that include many typical tropes you would find. But to label a book as only one feels limiting - like cutting off an avid group of readers based off their preferences and potentially limiting them to be a part of something big and special by reading your novel.

Is Harry Potter a drama? A fantasy? A comedy at times? All three and then some.

To pigeon hole your genre is a publishing conformity that many writers do not find natural. Defining your own, merging, playing upon and re-sculpting typical labels may be the only way to redefine fiction.