Why I Write Every Genre: The Honest Answer

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 37 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 68 published books span 37 genres:

• 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 37 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 2026