Re: If I published a eunuch fiction book would you get it?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:25 am
There are a number of fictional works about castration and/or eunuchs that have been published some by mainstream publishers; some self-published in small editions. There are a few of them listed in the EA Bibliography in post #8 on that thread:
http://forums.eunuch.org/showthread.php ... bliography
One of the Archive authors, Charlieje, has even published two of the novels that he first posted in chapters on the Eunuch Archive. Interestingly, both are listed by Amazon as "young adult fiction."
There is definitely a market for well-written novels that may have castration and/or eunuchs as a theme. Even for some that are not so well written, such as Kingsley Amis' The Alteration. Better written, and much more popular, are works such as Mary Renault's The Persian Boy and Anne Rice's Cry to Heaven.
At least nine novels have been published in the "John the Eunuch" series written by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer. They began with a few short stories about the 6th century Byzantine eunuch detective before embarking on their first novel.
I would encourage you to write, but also to try your hand at some fiction here on the Eunuch Archive to gain your voice before attempting anything commercial.
http://forums.eunuch.org/showthread.php ... bliography
One of the Archive authors, Charlieje, has even published two of the novels that he first posted in chapters on the Eunuch Archive. Interestingly, both are listed by Amazon as "young adult fiction."
There is definitely a market for well-written novels that may have castration and/or eunuchs as a theme. Even for some that are not so well written, such as Kingsley Amis' The Alteration. Better written, and much more popular, are works such as Mary Renault's The Persian Boy and Anne Rice's Cry to Heaven.
At least nine novels have been published in the "John the Eunuch" series written by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer. They began with a few short stories about the 6th century Byzantine eunuch detective before embarking on their first novel.
I would encourage you to write, but also to try your hand at some fiction here on the Eunuch Archive to gain your voice before attempting anything commercial.