Monday, June 1, 2015

What Genre does Constant Vigilance Belong In? Historical Revisionism?

     The easy part is writing the book.  The hard part is selling it.  I have been reading and studying the process of selling a book for longer than it took to write Constant Vigilance.  There is advise everywhere.  The internet is full of articles and videos on how to market a book.  I have become convinced that I need a genre to pigeon hole Constant Vigilance.  Constant Vigilance is a work of fiction.   In thinking about the book, it is certainly philosophic.  There is a political component and history and science are well represented. 
     There is a term that I do not believe has been elevated to the status of a book Genre that I would like to use.  It is historical revisionism.  This term suggest a reinterpretation of orthodox views on evidence, motivations, and decision-making surrounding historical events.  Constant Vigilance looks at history and suggest different meaning to the past events.  This alternate view of past events creates a threat to the safety of the main character.     Constant Vigilance is not completely within the classification of Historical Revisionism, but it is close enough.  

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