Previously posted by Margaret Duarte at VFA under title: Relevance of Visionary Fiction. Before I explain what Visionary Fiction is, let me position it on a chart that shows the basic types of literature and genres. As you can see, rather than being a genre of its own, Visionary Fiction is a subgenre of Speculative Fiction, […]
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My Interview with Dean Koontz
I was surprised when Dean Koontz agreed to answer ten interview questions for my blog. However, I was not surprised that he answers were rich and entertaining. Rather than post the interview on my personal blog, I posted it at the Visionary Fiction Alliance, a website I share with other visionary fiction writers. Here’s the introduction […]
DIVERGENT and Visionary Fiction, Factions Apart
Violence aside, I would gladly welcome the dystopian sci-fi novel Divergent into the visionary fiction “faction.” Veronica Roth deserves her New York Times Bestselling Author status. She deserves her book’s 13,236 Amazon reviews (9,524 of which are five stars). She deserves her book sales of over eleven million. All these accolades are merited because Divergent […]
Genre Busters
I wrote a post at Visionary Fiction Alliance called Promoting Visionary Fiction, A Quixotic Quest? about genre busters Katy Perry, Kacey Musgraves, and two re-united Beatles, who proved the value of dark horses, following one’s arrow, and attempting something new. These timely examples of genre busters are mind-blowing reminders that the writing and promotion of visionary fiction, like singing, is […]
Ugly or Beautiful: In the Eye of the Beholder
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what about ugliness? How do we define ugly? What repulses us? And why? I posed these questions at Visionary Fiction Alliance in a review of Dean Koontz’s latest release, Innocence, in which little by little, stepby step, Koontz immerses us in ugly, until we are in ugly’s head.
Twilight Zone to Visionary Fiction
My protagonist, Marjorie Veil Sunwalker gives her input, and then, well, I share a bit about my fascination with fairy tales as a child and The Twilight Zone as a teen. In my adult life, well…there’s Dean Koontz, James Long, and Joanne Harris, for starters.
