The Muse Who Wouldn’t Pick a Lane: Writing Across Genres

Bestselling author of 100+ books Michelle M. Pillow shares her thoughts on writing across genres and waiting for markets to catch up.

I went to college to study history, so when I started writing, historical romances were a natural choice. I loved the puzzle of fitting a story into the parameters of an established society, researching how people ate, slept, and lived in medieval Wessex or Regency England. My first published book, Forget Me Not, was a Regency gothic romance, and I hoped that was the beginning of a long, focused career in historicals.

 Then my publisher asked if I’d write for their new sci-fi romance line…