“So, what genre is your novel?”   An editor asked me that question and it stopped me in my tracks. I had written a manuscript—about 90,000 words—and I knew it needed fresh eyes to help it grow and get better. The problem was, I didn’t know the answer to her question.   When I started writing Stone Heart, I wanted it to be about love and relationships, but also about regrets, unfinished business, and coming to terms with the past. Sounds like the perfect recipe for a romance novel, doesn’t it? The problem was, when I really thought about it, that wasn’t what I wanted.   Don’t get me wrong. I love a good romance novel with a happily-ever-after ending, and one of these days, maybe there will be a romance novel in my future. But that still left me in a bit of a predicament trying to figure out what I’d written. In Stone Heart there is a very important romantic entanglement between my main character, Lauren, and an ex she’s never quite gotten over. But the romance is a frame for the story, not the story itself.   Figuring out my genre was my first challenge…   What…