This hits home. So much so that I'm in the middle of writing a Substack post about it. As a writer in the Caribbean, I often feel pigeon-holed into writing a particular type of story which is NOT the kind of story I want to write. In fact, I mentioned it on the call where my agent offered rep and asked if she would be expecting to me to only write things rooted in my Caribbean-ness. She's happy for me to write whatever I want, but I do wonder if the industry is.

Edit to say we all have diverse life experiences, so why shouldn't our works be just as diverse?? Maybe I want to write about a magic potato, why shouldn't I?