Gender confused? No! I’m one hot, sexy … occasionally delusional woman! Genre confused? Absolutely!

I joined a writing group a few days ago. I’m meeting some of its members tonight. I was asked if I was bringing a sample of my writing. My answer? No, not yet.

First, I don’t have much fiction written down.

Second, which is more important, I’m not sure which of my work would be OK to bring in.

See, I have three works-in-progress:

1. A story of loss, blame, guilt, and eventual forgiveness. It’s rated PG-13.
2. A story of hurt, the strong connection between love and hate, and the healing that comes when finding and accepting love. This story is rated R.
3. Random, unconnected bits of steamy fiction describing no-holds-barred sexual fantasies. Rating? NC-17, XXX … p-o-r-n.

Soooo … which work would I bring in? Remember, this is my first time meeting them. I will have to introduce myself. Am I going to be the author of clean, intensely emotional, ultimately inspirational fiction? Or am I going to be the dirty-minded writer of naughty, heat-inducing romance? Hmmmm … tough choice.

I’m not ready to make a decision yet. Tonight, I’ll just be an observer. I’ll sit quietly on the sidelines, listen, and watch. I’ll just stay genre confused. I’m having fun with all
my writing. I don’t want to give any of it up yet.

And besides, I hear that sometimes it’s OK to be undecided. Just look what Laurence J. Peter has to say about that:

“Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.”

– Laurence J. Peter

I’m all for being highly intelligent and well informed!