One of my concerns is that I've started serial works in both fantasy and science fiction, and both need a lot of work to get them to the required standard.
The question is, which genre to focus on first...
I've tried to consider this in market terms, and from earlier questions and answers with John Jarrold, I've been given the following impression of each:
1. Fantasy appears to have the larger reader market - but the genre is potentially waning
2. Science fiction appears to on the rise in the UK - but has a more limited reader market
I guess it almost looks like fantasy has the biggest audience but maybe harder to break through into due to "Tolkien overload"...
...whereas science fiction may be comparatively easier to sell into, but at the cost of being in a much smaller marketplace.
I guess the question is - should I try and address which genre to move into from a business perspective, by trying to second-guess the markets...
...or shall I answer myself and simply try and focus on the work and genre that sems most meaningfull to me?
