Why I Write Every Genre: The Honest Answer
Every publishing guide says "pick a lane." I ignored that advice and wrote across 46 catalogued genres. Here is the honest reason why.
The Standard Advice
"Pick a genre. Build a brand. Write what sells."
Every publishing guide, every author platform, every literary agent says the same thing. Specialism sells. Readers want consistency. Algorithms want categories.
The Honest Answer
I didn't write across 46 catalogued genres because of some grand creative philosophy. I did it because when I was 19, broke, and trying to earn money from Amazon KDP, my strategy was to write a book in every Amazon subcategory.
The logic was simple: more categories = more visibility = more sales. If each subcategory had even a small audience, 100+ books across dozens of categories would compound.
It worked. I earned over ₹1 crore before 25.
What Happened Next
The strategy was commercial, but the effect was transformative. Writing a culinary thriller taught me pacing I couldn't learn from romance. Writing mythology taught me world-building that deepened my literary fiction. Writing self-help taught me clarity that sharpened everything.
Genre isn't a box. Genre is a gymnasium. Each one exercises different narrative muscles.
The Numbers
The broader catalog spans 46 catalogued genres, including:
- Mythological Fantasy — 4 books, 297,431 words
- Contemporary Romance — 9 books, 203,123 words
- Contemporary Fiction — 4 books, 187,547 words
- Fantasy — 4 books, 157,474 words
- Military Science Fiction — 3 books, 135,223 words
- Romance — 3 books, 128,922 words
- Literary Fiction — 2 books, 109,547 words
- Science Fiction — 3 books, 96,975 words
- Dark Fantasy — 2 books, 96,165 words
- Thriller — 3 books, 95,872 words
And 27 more genres with 1-2 books each.
The Result
An author who writes in one genre is a craftsperson. An author who writes across 46 catalogued genres has seen story from every angle. The archive isn't scattered — it's panoramic.
Browse by genre at /works.
— From the desk of Atharva Inamdar, March 2026Editorial context
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