Multigenre writing doesn't have to be madness

Switching up the genres you write in can provide a much-needed creative break, but it can also mean turning your career into a juggling act.

For Joanna Penn, variety is definitely the spice of life, in both reading and writing, so she welcomed a fellow multigenre author onto her blog to share her advice.

Mackenzie Belcastro — who writes creative nonfiction as well as low fantasy — offers four guidelines for keeping your various selves sane and separate on The Creative Penn.

(See how calm she looks in her picture? Surely her tips are worth taking.)