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1900 setting

A Call for Help! #marketing #outsidethebox #fantasy finding an audience | @Darrah_Glass

November 2, 2014 by Leta

“I didn’t set out to create something problematic, yet somehow I ended up with a very long story divided into four books with teenage main characters who have lots of graphic sex in a historical setting featuring a non-historical version of slavery as a prominent fantasy element.Despite their ages, it’s definitely not  a YA book.

Despite the detailed 1900 setting, it’s not entirely historical because, hello, there are slaves. Because there are slaves, it’s a fantasy, but it’s certainly not classical fantasy with magic or dragons.  And despite the presence of slaves, it’s not a BDSM story.  All of these things are marketing problems.Of course, none of this seemed like it would be an issue while I was writing the books.”

via finding an audience | Darrah Glass.

Darrah is really hopeful she can strike up a dialogue with other authors who have successfully navigated the marketing of something that is quite outside any prescribed box. If you’ve got information or advice, click on through!

Filed Under: books, ebook, Gay, LGBT, Reading, Research, romance, writing Tagged With: 1900 setting, fantasy, ganymede quartet, gilded age, historical, marketing, master, slave, strategies

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