What could I have been?

 Alan Place - Noir Writer

I am an Award Winning Writer

                                                 Alan Place - Multi-Genre Writer

The two questions I get asked the most are what do I write, and what do I prefer to write?

The first question is best answered, what won't I write, as my writing covered most genre categories.

The two I areas I enjoy writing the most are Noir Crime, and Gothic. I enjoy the dark areas on Noir, where a person can do the wrong thing for the right reason.

I like Gothic, as I prefer old-style horror stories from the Victorian era.

There are stories I won't write

 Alan Place - Multi-Genre Writer

Sex and Violence

There are some areas of writing I will not write about, for several reasons.

I won't write stories were the main theme is violence. Years ago, I wrote a story for a lady who got her thrills reading about the spilling of blood during sex, a little rough sex, within reason is arousing. This lady knew no boundaries, where you it lead? Writing that story made me physically ill.

I won't write a sex story, I tried, but got nowhere. Several of my stories have sex in, but that is part of the story, NOT the theme. I found it too boring to keep drawing the story to sexual encounters, sex in my stories is sensual, not sensational, I won't go into intimate detail, or use some of the modern terminology

Alan Place - Fantasy Writer

 The Fantasy Writer

Alan Place - Multi-Genre Writer

Yesterday, my writing expanded into a new genre.

With the sale of my eBook, The Fortress, I sold a Fantasy story.

There a few genres I have not sold a short story in, mainly sex stories. I am not a prude, several of my stories, including some in the WIP files, have sex in, but they are NOT sex stories. I did try to write a sex story, but found the task hard and boring (no pun)

Where do I go?

 Fantasy or Gothic?

                                                               Alan Place - Multi-Genre Writer

Most writers concept of Writer's Block is to have a story which stops, and you find you cannot go on. My version is the opposite; being a multi-genre writer, I find myself with too many ideas to write.

I had a person tell me, "as you are versatile, you work lacks depth."

I could chose eithe of these stories to ecpand.

Shandra, a story in the fantasy genre.

I have other stories I can expand in my wip folder, and other ideas I have not put on the blog.

Alan Place - Multi-Genre Writer

 Where do I go from here?

                                                                            A new era

If I start writing again, probably as an escape from thinking of the passing of my wife, last month. I am not restricted to a genre, as I am able to cross genres, sometimes within a story.

My earliest reputation as a writer is for Ghost Stories. My bestselling stories are my Science Fiction series - Forgestriker - I have written stories for cildren's books, and for charity books. I have written stories with sex in, they are NOT sex stories; the sex is part of the story, ot the theme.

I have written stories on Spirituality themes.

What do I like to write?

My favourite genre would be Gothic; I love the air of mystery you can add. I did consider writing a Steampunk story.

I am considering continuing my erotic romance, or perhaps continuing my story set in India.