Today's guest author, B. Swangin Webster, is the mother of five grown children and the "Nina" of seven grandchildren. She continues to write because if she didn't, she believes she would stop breathing. "Live life with passion" is her motto and this is something that she does every day. She has written two successful novels that strike close to reality, yet people still ask what genre her work falls into. Today she explains.
What is the genre I write in?
Well with a name like B. Swangin Webster you may
assume, erotica. WRONG!
I write Contemporary Dramas. It can also be called
Urban Drama.
Next question…oh, like street lit? WRONG!
Contemporary/Urban dramas are nothing like street
lit. There are no drug dealers in my novels (well one time there was but he was
just passing through) and there are no women stripping for money or marrying a
man for money.
Street lit is hard core literature that has taken
the literary world by storm. Most street lit novels will have titles that
include the word, (pardon my language) Bitch and Nigga. Most likely they will
have covers with stacks of money on the cover or a scantily clad woman or man.
My novels have none of that. Yes, it may contain the
word Bitch but not in EVERY conversation.
Contemporary dramas are stories that can be lived
right now. They could be your neighbor’s drama and most of them are LIFETIME
movies. You know; the ones that have the stalker, the mistress or the missing
child.
What I write is taken from today’s headlines and
fictionalized to put you in the middle of the situation and have you going
through all of your emotions. If you don’t use at least 4 (or 5) emotions (well
some say there are 6 emotions; but that’s another blog) while reading my novel,
than I haven’t done my job.
So take a look at one of my novels and see what I
write. Don’t assume that you won’t read an urban or contemporary drama because
most movies that aren’t mystery, suspense or action are in fact contemporary
dramas.
Give me a try and see if you enjoy it. Please feel
free to contact me after you do; I’d love to hear from you. Just write to bswanginwebster@gmail.com - and make sure to LIKE my fan page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/authorbswanginwebster
