The first books I loved as a child were mysteries. I graduated from Nancy Drew to Agatha Christie.I would definitely write a mystery.
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Erik Larson is brilliant!
I’ve written an historical novel (my second attempt) about a woman committed to an insane asylum during the American Civil War. I’m now working on a new one about a female spymaster for the Union, who lived in the Confederate capital during the Civil War. I never thought I “had a book in me” until Covid!
It takes dedication and persistence — as well as a thick skin to put up with all the rejections that are par for the course!
Kim, I am late to this blog. But I have a manuscript almost ready to get published. It is being Beta read by my critique group now, then I’ll have it professionally edited, and start trying to get an agent’s attention. If I don’t, then I plan to self-publish.
It’s an adult thriller. When her neighbor is found strangled in his car and the police do not investigate, Alice House with her wits and her Chihuahua, decide to search for the killer. She gets more than she bargained for, when she investigates and discovers an illegal escort service, which leads to her being assaulted, and her nudist father being kidnapped.
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Congrats! I’m currently querying an agent with a novel. The advice I’ve read is to get plenty of feedback (from critique partners, beta readers, etc.) but NOT to pay for a professional editor, if you’re planning on traditional publishing. This is part of the service that the publisher provides, and the editor you choose might well have a different vision than the editor at Penguin Random House. (I’m thinking big for you!) And they’ll edit it again anyway.
Best of luck!