I'm
NOT feeling insecure today! For the first time in a long time I've
gotten to work on my book, and it's been amazingly fun.
My
first novel is a space opera (I think), but it has a lot of sci-fi,
and some double agent intrigue stuff. So one of my readers said,
“space opera meets Tom Clancy” and that would work except I
actually hate his books. They have too many tiny details. Love the
movies though, and I think the action in Worlds Colliding
(that link is for the post I wrote about finding the title) is a bit
like those.
My story also has a love angle to it. So I've been saying space
opera/sci-fi/double agents/romance and that's just too long. If I
say space opera, does that include all of the above? Or is there
another genre which better describes it? Carol Kilgore calls her
books “crime fiction with a kiss”, which is so perfect. Short,
sweet, and conveys the point. I want a phrase like that...any
thoughts?
Here's
the current version of my synopsis, tinkered with a bit since the
W(h)IP It Good Blogfest.
Leah
has been slowly building a cover and infiltrating the TIA, as a
double agent. Her mission is classified, and very personal.
With
Ian as her lifeline to the FBI on First Earth, she's getting closer
to the truth, and closer to the top rungs of the Titan Patrol. If
she's honest with herself, she's probably too close to Ian, too.
Can
she hold on? She's slowly succumbing to the pressure, and some of her
old demons are coming back to haunt her. Will she be able to control
her personal issues long enough to complete her assignment?
So
yeah, please, what's my genre?
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