I came across this genre map on Pinterest and think it’s really handy.  I had no idea there were so many subgenres.  YA may need a genre map all its own!

I had to track down the original creator – Book Country – using a Google images search.  If you’re creating an infographic, don’t forget to put your name on it!

PS It looks as though the original location of this infographic no longer exists on Book Country, but it has been replaced by a very fun interactive genre map (including YA), complete with recommended books and related discussion forums.

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It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time to share our hopes, dreams and fears with the Insecure Writers Support Group, the brainchild of Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh, and this month’s hosts are; Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor,Ann V. Friend,JQ Rose, and Elizabeth Seckman!

Do stop by and say hello to them!

This month’s optional question is: How has your creativity in life evolved since you began writing?

I’m more inclined to break the rules!

I’ll encourage people (and myself), to think outside the box; just because your solution isn’t the expected one, doesn’t mean it isn’t right too.

I’m less tidy and my mind is a messier place than it used to be!

I’m more inclined to jump in and try something (although that doesn’t extent to jumping out of planes – even in an emergency I’d probably be the…

I created the group I was talking about in my last post.  It’s for everyone who is in need of support while looking after someone going through either CAMHS or adult mental health services.

If you would like to join the group, you can search CAMHS and Mental Health Services Support Group on Facebook, or access the link here.

I don’t believe in a lot of rules. There are enough things to remember every day without that. I do however, believe in kindness.  So that’s the watchword if you’d like to join.

Everyone’s experience is unique to them. Everyone deserves to be listened to. Everyone in the group is as important as everyone else.  I have made it a group rather than a page, so that we can, hopefully, form a proper community.

At the moment there are only two or three of us posting and commenting. That’s not…

I’ve been meaning to write a cheery blog post ever since I got back from my weekend away in Wales, and now here we are with nearly a week gone by, and no cheer.  That needs to be rectified, so it is definitely a case of better late than never.

My weekend away was blissful. Absolutely blissful.  We hit the road on Friday afternoon just as traffic was starting to build. As we were in no particular rush, we set the sat nav to ‘highways and byways’ and pootled along lanes, through villages with bizarre names and countryside straight out of a picture book. It was rather like driving out of the 21st century into medieval England. The late afternoon light, the laden orchards, the trees turning out their Autumn splendour made it just perfect, and we were already feeling holidayish by the time we arrived.

We stayed in a…