genres/sub-genres

• fantasy (ya and adult)
• sci-fi
• historical fiction
• mythic fiction (esp greek myth)
• philosophic fiction
• lit fic
• gothic, horror, and thriller
• non-fiction
• memoir & biography
• classics
• poetry

characters

• the dark prince
• the evil queen
• the teacher
• the healer
• the mystic, the seer/clairvoyant

setting

• desert
• forest
• dark nautical

more themes

• path of initiation
• exploring mortality and immortality
• loneliness and isolation
• ethics in war and being explored in dystopia
• good vs evil
• academia
• girlhood
• hidden identity, going undercover
• revenge, how far will you go for revenge?
• injustice or awaiting death, the soul narrating after death
• the resilience of the human spirit
• being taken to a different world or place
• dark fairytales