I think this is very interesting. I don't see anything wrong
with
calling yourself whatever you want. For example, I prefer
the
category "crime fiction" rather than mystery because I don't
want
people thinking they are picking up a cozy and finding
bloodshed
and violence.
But if you are using the term "novelist" to distance yourself
from
the riff-raff in genre writing, I think the concept is a bit
dated in that
the avant-garde began embracing popular culture forty years
ago or
more.
I don't want to get too academic here, particularly since I
don't have
any academic credentials, but I don't see the distinctions
between
fine and popular art as being as sharp as they may have been
at
one time.
Fred
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