My first book is due out soon - mid-sized independent publisher. Fcking delighted as I am to be published, I hate the packaging. All girly and female looking winsomely into middle-distance. My second novel has a male protagonist, some swords and literary pretensions, and my agent is recommending dumbing it down and publishing it under a male name.
If your protagonist is a young woman, you're chick-litted and pinkified.
If your protagonist is a man, and living in a violent era, you're undermined in a different swords 'n sandals way.
What do you need to do to be taken seriously, besides abandon plot and readability....
Sorry, this is a bit grumpy. I am lucky to have an agent and a book deal. But. But. But.
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JackAubrey · 22/01/2014 18:13
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