Been a while

So, it's been a while since I posted here, a combination of (1) frustration at abandoning my first work, (working title was Summit) because I had to face facts and accept that there was just not enough going on to carry the story, (2) crazy hours at work and (3) a resumption of fanfic writing to regain my confidence and work a little more on truly developing a story.

But I'm back, and with a new idea in hand. This is a political fiction, about a campaign for the Presidency (with a twist, of course, because otherwise who would care?) But I'm a little concerned because I'm just not sure it's the type of book that would sell, no matter how well written. It doesn't have a specific genre, other than (maybe) mainstream fiction.

And then there was this little article, Why Americans Can't Write Political Fiction," a long essay-sort of piece on the faults with every political fiction work of the 20th century, which even assails Joe Klein's famed Primary Colors, which doesn't give me tons and tons of confidence.

At any rate, the piece I'm writing now is something that I can care about, with characters who are already taking on their own souls, so to speak, so I'm going to run with it. You're supposed to write what you know, and write for yourself rather than just what you think will sell, right?
But the gist I get is that political fiction doesn't tend to leave room for character development, and I write character-driven work first and foremost, so maybe... you never know, I guess.