I just finished reading Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews. The Kate Daniels series has been full of fun so far, and as I put down the book, I realized; sometimes fun is all you want. Our kiddo has been going through a very rough time with public school and while Kate ran around Atlanta with her sword and struggled with her love life, I had my mind taken off my worries about my kid.
I tend to expect too much of my own work, I think. When you're on the creation side of the book and struggling to make something worthwhile, entertaining doesn't seem like enough. It has to be fantastic, it has to be perfect, it has to be mind-blowing. But as a reader, as a mom, as a person with a lot of balls to juggle and some of them with pointy edges, entertainment is very welcome. A story that I can get caught up in and relax with is sometimes the best gift possible.
Maybe it's better not to have great expectations of writing but to simply strive to do a good day's work. If the end result only entertains me, well, some days that's saying a great deal. And if I'm lucky, the end result can entertain others, too.
Today Undercover Lover is #3 in all free Kindle books, and I sincerely hope it's entertaining those who downloaded it.
I agree with what you said
I agree with what you said about writing fiction.
But look at the bright side, it's worse if you write something that is serious and thoughtful, and boring as hell.
What, like Heart of Darkness?
What, like Heart of Darkness? The horror! The horror! *ggg* Yeah, I think it's okay to be okay with being in the entertainment industry instead of being Literary and Meaningful. Besides, genre does not mean lacking all literary value or devoid of thought-provoking content.