I might start, how many genres encompass New Adult? I've fluctuated between Middle Grade, Young Adult, and New Adult. Often I have weird combinations like "A twenty year old mentally regressed to a thirteen year old." Often my stories explore themes of reliving ones teen years, as if one had a hard time coping with the adult world.
I'm a fan of Cyberpunk, but have been drifting into Spypunk, which is essentially Cyberpunk but focusing on rogue espionage rings, and the street finding its own use for spy technology in the tech underground. Often the MCs are lone wolves, who have been either disgraced by their old agency, or never had the ambition to join a government agency.
@SarahWeaver6, actually New Adult covers all genre. Most people think they only cover Romance and Comedy (RomCom), but that's only because that genre is a popular one, so its gained the spotlight over other genre types.
Another problem is the fact that some publishing companies refuse to recognize New Adult Fiction. They might believe it's a scam to overcome YA or Adult, or a topic that could be covered in the other fiction types. Which isn't true. NA covers the age when teens are growing into adults. Its an important time period of mental growth that shouldn't be ignored.
I'm thinking of limiting the focus of my future fiction to Spypunk. Despite how it sounds, it's less rogue espionage agents, or more about how spy tech has become ubiquitous among hackers, making the NSA and other agencies jobs harder. It can be thought of as a subset of Cyberpunk.
Hi! I don't know if anyone is still active in this group. But I'm totally new to writing New-Adult novels. I have a few in the pipeline but as a mainly YA writer, I'm nervous about sharing some new ideas. Any advice? :)
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I'm a fan of Cyberpunk, but have been drifting into Spypunk, which is essentially Cyberpunk but focusing on rogue espionage rings, and the street finding its own use for spy technology in the tech underground. Often the MCs are lone wolves, who have been either disgraced by their old agency, or never had the ambition to join a government agency.
Another problem is the fact that some publishing companies refuse to recognize New Adult Fiction. They might believe it's a scam to overcome YA or Adult, or a topic that could be covered in the other fiction types. Which isn't true. NA covers the age when teens are growing into adults. Its an important time period of mental growth that shouldn't be ignored.