Do You Really Have What it Takes?

[Graylorne]

I was in Holland last year and loved it to bits.

Has anyone cornered the market in a Dutch flavoured spin on SF&F? There was some decades ago a pretty good Danish writer who was big and proud about his heritage...Poul Anderson perhaps?

SF is almost non-existent atm. I know of no serious Dutch SF writers, perhaps only Django Mathijsen, who writes short stories. He sold a few to British and US magazines. There isn't any market for SF over here.

In fantasy, the only one that uses Dutch influences is Tais Teng (a pen name), he has a large oeuvre (for adults and children) but nowadays he's more an illustrator that a writer, I believe. There isn't really a market to conquer. Perhaps, if I do my best... I do use Dutch flavoured place names now and then.

Btw: Paul Anderson was of Danish descent, but Born in the USA. I'm re-reading some of his books right now, for my Scarfar project.