/lit/ - Literature

I want to be a writer, I need to be a writer. I've been honing my skill for years. I have a few books on my own website self published on Amazon, I haven't done shit to market them and that's my own fault that I haven't sold shit.

I'm looking for agents/publishers, does anyone know a site better than Duotrope? It's nothing but shoddy websites and people begging for LGBTQIAP+ writers.

I write traditional heroic fantasy, I dabble in dark subject matter, heroes aren't always so heroic,

Right now Manga is destroying it in sales, you know why, because they don't inject identity politics into every god damn crevice of their story. I know the market for stories like mine is out there, I just need to find it. Classic stories, not only good vs. evil, but just stories about a plot, about a hero being corrupted, about a man putting his penis in a woman, god damn it. I Need to figure out how to self publish, I have 5k saved up, I live with my fucking parents at almost 33, I lost my job and work part time making 1200 a month, if I can just get my books to generate like 700 bucks a month I can move out, god damn I need this to work so bad

There has to be a way to find that audience, what do I do? How much will it cost

My dream is to eventually turn my website and brand into a publishing house for real fucking stories, not identity bullshit, real fucking stories. Manga proves that real fucking stories, despite how silly they are, resonate with young people. I write YA and NA I just wish I could find a way to show someone the good shit I have,

Please, how do I do this?

What is the most unintentionally hilarious self-published book you've read?

A lot of books like that, not talking about the intentionally stupid "bizarro fic" stuff, have the potential to be the literary equivalent of B-movies.

Somewhere in the world of self-published fic there has to be the literary equivalent of Miami Connection or Samurai Cop

What's this board opinion on self publishing genre fiction in 2017?

By self publishing I meant any way that doesn't include a big editorial house, like amazon or indie publishers.