Genre My new novel The Hypnotist’s Assistant is a Coming of Age book. At least that’s what I first thought. However if you d...
Genre
My new novel The Hypnotist’s Assistant is a Coming of Age book. At least that’s what I first thought. However if you dig into Coming of Age it’s often an adult looking backward. That’s not an exclusive requirement of Coming of Age, but it would cement the story into that genres.
Long story short if I was trapped in an elevator at a literary conference and they turned their lonely eyes toward me and forced a genres confession I’d give them what they wanted. NA, New Adult. That’s the genres my novel fits into, which is age 16 and up. YA, Young Adult are ages 6 to 12.
The genre is used for advertising purposes and description on the back cover. Under its umbrella you can then attach the sub genres, Fiction - Coming of Age – Romantic Suspense – Family Drama – First love – etc.
I’ve read Steam punk – Motorcycle romance – Chick lit – Splatter punk and lots more – but those are sub genres that aren’t on the Agent questionnaires or Amazon or Barnes and Noble. They give you a limited list. So you need to spend some time doing some research before you click a genre for your new book.
The
Hypnotist's Assistant
by
Richard DeVall
Genre:
Coming of Age
When
13 year old Gary Crockett hypnotizes Earl Lancaster and Earl stands
from his wheelchair everything changes for both of them. Gary
suspects Earl of lying about his paralysis and Gary’s mom thinks
Earl is sexy and a business genius. Before long all three need to
leave town in a hurry.
This
coming of age tale is full of surprises and quirky characters,
twisted circumstances and weird resolutions. It’s a breezy look at
race relations, ladyboys, virginity, snake biting churches and
meditation.
The
novel is a one day read and sprinkled with humor.
The
Hypnotist's Assistant explores healing, romance, religion, deception,
dysfunction, inspiration, gender, addiction and loss.
What
begins as an extraordinary event ends with new found love, true
friendship and hope. Bottom line - this book ultimately does what
books do, it brings the reader entertainment and escape.
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Richard
DeVall was born in Virginia near the Washington D.C. border. He
worked as a 1st Class Steam Engineer in D.C. and then became a class
A General Contractor. He now lives in Richmond Virginia where he's
retired and fulfilling a lifetime dream of publishing books. He like
books of all flavors and is always working on at least two novels at
any given time.
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I like book cover.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds pretty interesting, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI liked the cover, though green is not a favorite color of mine
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