Lies in a Season of Tribulation by Launa McNeilly

I have read several postings about what is the difference between fiction genre and fiction literary styles.  There are varying view points which leads me to write this blog.  I write for the masses.  I like to tell a good story that keeps the reader anxious to read the next page. I try not to use words that makes the average reader go to the dictionary and look up the meaning to figure out what the author is trying to convey. I'm not saying that most  readers do not have the capability to understand an underused word but my thought is why use it if there is another word that has the same meaning and is used readily in the world of speak. There is nothing I hate worse than to be reading a novel and several words I am not familiar with is used. I am not one to run to the dictionary to look it up so I continue to read hoping I can glean from the book what that word probably meant. To me that is aggrevating and stops me cold in the flow of the story. So from what I am understanding from all the debate of genre versus literary is that I am probably a genre fiction writer. So be it.  My purpose in writing the story is to have those reading it to know what the book is saying and not have to guess. Not all of us have PHDs and are looking for higher meaning when we pick up a fiction to read.

I would hope when one reads my books, they can follow along and know exactly what the story is conveying. It doesn't mean my book is fluff and like all dime romance novels, which it is not. It means I try to write like average people speak. In my mind it keeps the reader wondering what is going to happen next not what the previous sentence meant. I will never win an award for writing a novel of great words. My satisfaction is when someone calls me at eight in the morning to tell me how my story surprised them and they never saw it coming. Or, they call me to say they couldn't put the book down and had to know what was going to happen next. That my friends is the greatest reward and compliment I could get.