Hello. First, apologies if I'm in the wrong thread.
I'm currently editing my MS on the US suffragists. I've noticed, however, that there aren't a lot of historical fiction books on these women. It's really concerning me because the 100 anniversary of the ratification of the amendment is coming up in August. Looking at a list of historical fiction books coming out in 2020, I didn't see any on the suffragists/British suffragettes.
I'm really concerned this could spell doom for my MS because no one is buying books in this subject. I thought I had a unique idea, now my fear is that it's too unique. I've also been noticing that agents say they don't want a book in a subject that's been "overdone" (in historical fiction it's usually WWII) but then the NYT bestsellers are WWII books. So I'm confused about how this whole process works.
I was wondering what everyone who have worked with publishers/editors/agents have to say. Perhaps I'm just making a mountain out of a mole hill and borrowing troule (I tend to do that).
I'm currently editing my MS on the US suffragists. I've noticed, however, that there aren't a lot of historical fiction books on these women. It's really concerning me because the 100 anniversary of the ratification of the amendment is coming up in August. Looking at a list of historical fiction books coming out in 2020, I didn't see any on the suffragists/British suffragettes.
I'm really concerned this could spell doom for my MS because no one is buying books in this subject. I thought I had a unique idea, now my fear is that it's too unique. I've also been noticing that agents say they don't want a book in a subject that's been "overdone" (in historical fiction it's usually WWII) but then the NYT bestsellers are WWII books. So I'm confused about how this whole process works.
I was wondering what everyone who have worked with publishers/editors/agents have to say. Perhaps I'm just making a mountain out of a mole hill and borrowing troule (I tend to do that).