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Asher HELLbein
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Freelance writing about the wild, old and dead. (Plus comics.) Bylines in The New York Times, SciAm, Undark, Texas Monthly, and lots of other places. Repped by @desir.ee at Looking Glass Literary.
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I get the frustration with "Romantasy," in the sense that it's another bit of naked trend-chasing/branding by publishers, much as the YA Boom was. But a quick glance at the sheer amount of fantasy work being published these days gives the lie to the idea that the genre is being swamped by it

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BAbresnanteddy.bsky.social

Well that or you're incel LARP'ist holding yourself to impossible standards.

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TPstrictlyworse.bsky.social

I think my problem with what Ive read of it is that it reads like YA but with sex 😂

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DQdergonquert.bsky.social

I don't know that the genre is being swamped by it, but store shelves in my area seem to be. I live in a rural area, so when I get to a shop and brows and see it full of romantasy, it makes browsing kind of suck. They've even got an actual ya series (glass throne) taking up a whole shelf.

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Asher HELLbein
@asherelbein.bsky.social
Freelance writing about the wild, old and dead. (Plus comics.) Bylines in The New York Times, SciAm, Undark, Texas Monthly, and lots of other places. Repped by @desir.ee at Looking Glass Literary.
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