LuminaryGhost
Minstrel
One of the most persistent pieces of advice I have heard is to read the kind of story you want to write, so as to, among other things, gauge what your target audience is looking for.
My preferred writing genre is fantasy, specifically quest fantasy, where the focus on on the characters and how they are affected by the journey, and how they come together. Also, while the tone is generally fun and humerous, it does have plunges into dark subject matters which matter all the more because the reader has grown to like the characters due to the aforementioned humorous antics making them fun to be around.
A while ago, I read Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames. It was one of the first fantasy stories I have read in a while that fits the bill to a tee. The closest I had found up to that point was some of the Discworld books, but they might not be representative of what the market for this type of fiction is currently looking for, as well as Lord of the Rings, which has the same problem.
Today, I started reading The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst. Now, I am less than a quarter of the way into the book, but, from what I have read thus far, this also seems to fit the bill.
What I am asking here is twofold:
1. Can anyone here give me any modern recommendations for further assessing this niche?
2. Do you think that this niche is, well, too niche?
My preferred writing genre is fantasy, specifically quest fantasy, where the focus on on the characters and how they are affected by the journey, and how they come together. Also, while the tone is generally fun and humerous, it does have plunges into dark subject matters which matter all the more because the reader has grown to like the characters due to the aforementioned humorous antics making them fun to be around.
A while ago, I read Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames. It was one of the first fantasy stories I have read in a while that fits the bill to a tee. The closest I had found up to that point was some of the Discworld books, but they might not be representative of what the market for this type of fiction is currently looking for, as well as Lord of the Rings, which has the same problem.
Today, I started reading The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst. Now, I am less than a quarter of the way into the book, but, from what I have read thus far, this also seems to fit the bill.
What I am asking here is twofold:
1. Can anyone here give me any modern recommendations for further assessing this niche?
2. Do you think that this niche is, well, too niche?