Not sure how popular this genre is these days. I know I seem them thrown around, but I just don't know how modern or recent the books actually are, nor how popular they are. I think I could get into this speciality, so if it is popular, anyone have some good series/standalones for me?
YA High and adventure fantasy is hard to find these days. Really would like some recommendations that are within the last 5 years please if anyone knows of any. I don't want romance and dystopian, that's all that is littered on shelves in YA Fantasy these days. Hoping the genre hasn't died out
Hi all, it is damn near impossible to find any writing communities within this state. All seem to have very solitary situations, like Mark Twain's Library, or poor communication like all public library set ups. If anyone is in a writing communities (fiction in my case) please let me know! I'm looking for some like-minded authors to collaborate with, work with, whatever. Thanks!
Little about me, I'm a fantasy author, seeking to get traditionally published. I work full time and would only be able to do evenings or weekends! Thanks again.
Hi, this got removed from r/fantasy, and hopefully I can post in here instead, as it pertains to the YA Fantasy novel I have written.
I just want to gauge the overall thoughts and consensus here and understand it more myself, as I do not read as much as many people here do. I think from a publishing standpoint these days that adult fantasy and romantasy, if we group it separately for this purpose, appear to be far more popular and marketable right now and YA has fallen behind a little. At least most of all in the epic and/or high fantasy side of things.
I find it nearly impossible to find comparable books to the one I am working on, where high fantasy and epic adventures are taken, and yes of course there are some out there that I have been recommended, but "some" is a stretch. Even if the Eragons and Pratchetts and Cradle series are out there these days, they aren't doing as hot and aren't selling as much. They are few in between outside of what Pratchett delivers and the romantasy stuff that's being churned out, at least compared to the many adult works. This is my experience, and I'd like to know if it is true, and if it isn't please please PLEASE show me my mistake and titles and works that depict the old YA works that used to be flying off the shelves. Thanks!