So, this is actually for my partner, who doesn't use social media at all, but she's written a book, and is working on more, but is really struggling getting anything at all from publishing companies. Rare to even get a 'no' response, mostly just ghosting.
Not sure if anyone has any kind of advice; she did set up a website, and has some of the first few chapters posted, and is perhaps considering giving the webserial format a try. But in general, struggling with mental health of having accomplished a cool thing, and now doing the 'business' side of it, and realizing how soulcrushing it all is.
A loooot of the authors we've seen talk about getting their start either knew a publisher already, or had a family connection, and its pretty hard to not feel cynical, even if the authors are genuinely good writers.
FWIW, genre is basically YA fantasy, but gayer.
I'm actually a huge Wildbow fan haha, though thanks a lot for the link; hadn't actually seen that writeup before.
They're a real GOAT in a lot of ways. I'm pretty deep into the Malazan series, so I'll probably get back to Pale when it's finished. I couldn't keep up with Ward or Twig when they were releasing, prefer to read them all when finished.
Ooh, good choice, rereading Malazan again myself.