Become A Writer Today

Balancing writing fiction and nonfiction, can you do it? What about writing across genres? Should you pick one genre or take on multiple genres for your books?A couple of years ago, I worked with a marketing executive for Become a Writer Today, and he asked me what I liked to write.I explained that I wrote a series of books about the craft of writing, a couple of books about creativity, and some short stories back in the day.I'd also recently written a book called I Can't Believe I'm a Dad. I asked him which of these projects he could help me promote. He said, "the writing books" because they connected to my business.When I asked about I Can't Believe I'm a Dad, a passion project I wrote that I really wanted people to read, he said, "Bryan, you need to stay in your lane. You need to pick one genre and stick to it." What he said struck a chord with me. At first, I wondered if he was right.But here's the thing about writing and creative work — while it's OK