I hope this is the right place to put this.
I have an older trunk novel I am thinking of revising for publication. It's an SF semi-dystopia set on earth, there are young people that fall in love and lust, two of which are half-alien and genderfluid, and a revolution. It's gritty, the romance is troubled. To me it sounds like a good fit for YA or NA. But it could also make a good SF romance. There would be M/M and M/F sex in the book, plus the aliens are hermaphroditic (one of the inspirations for writing it was to see if I could write a being that comprised both genders without coding it as male or female)
Pros for YA/NA:
- Young people
- Cheerful dystopia
- Sexual first times
- Action and Revolution
Pros for SF Erotic Romance:
- Sex, genderfluid flavor
- Adult themes
- Developed world building
- Intricate plot
Cons for YA/NA
- Would teens want to read about hermaphrodites or bisexual characters?
- Ditto, for sexual exploration of same?
- There's graphic torture, abuse, drug addiction
- There would be a jaundiced view of the characters' mistakes
Cons for SF Erotic Romance
- There's be more plot than sex
- Again, would romance readers want to read angst, torture, abuse, hermaphrodites, and bisexual characters?
- Not a happy ever after
Could go either way:
Story set in a ruined future NYC
There are robot attack dogs
The final message is one of tolerance and acceptance, and rolling with the punches.
I have an older trunk novel I am thinking of revising for publication. It's an SF semi-dystopia set on earth, there are young people that fall in love and lust, two of which are half-alien and genderfluid, and a revolution. It's gritty, the romance is troubled. To me it sounds like a good fit for YA or NA. But it could also make a good SF romance. There would be M/M and M/F sex in the book, plus the aliens are hermaphroditic (one of the inspirations for writing it was to see if I could write a being that comprised both genders without coding it as male or female)
Pros for YA/NA:
- Young people
- Cheerful dystopia
- Sexual first times
- Action and Revolution
Pros for SF Erotic Romance:
- Sex, genderfluid flavor
- Adult themes
- Developed world building
- Intricate plot
Cons for YA/NA
- Would teens want to read about hermaphrodites or bisexual characters?
- Ditto, for sexual exploration of same?
- There's graphic torture, abuse, drug addiction
- There would be a jaundiced view of the characters' mistakes
Cons for SF Erotic Romance
- There's be more plot than sex
- Again, would romance readers want to read angst, torture, abuse, hermaphrodites, and bisexual characters?
- Not a happy ever after
Could go either way:
Story set in a ruined future NYC
There are robot attack dogs
The final message is one of tolerance and acceptance, and rolling with the punches.