So yeah, shamelessly chasing the market (I'm a published author (NOT A VANITY PRESS) so I'm at least competent) and writing a lit RPG

Lets assume that I write the best damn Lit-RPG since Dungeon Crawler Carl (I know it's not but lets assume its at least good enough to be a little better then the mountain of slop out there)

Do I shop it around without an agent, or post to Royal Road. What is the best strategy?

>>24525072 (OP)
>So yeah, shamelessly chasing the market
Too late. Like trying to make money on YT shorts in 2024+1.

>>24525076
Yeah that's what I'm afraid of, but I still see a lot of publishers requesting it and I'm a pretty fast writer, best case scenario I sell a manu and clear a sweet 1000$ advance. Not trying to make a career, just pound something out and sell it to a sucker.

Also, as I've been outlining, I kind of love this story now, first and foremost I write because I fall in love with telling the story, I have a job, money is secondary to me. maybe someday I'll make money, but if this can get eyes on my real passion projects, even if I don't make money, just reads, thats enough

>>24525072 (OP)
is dungeon crawler carl a game i can actually play?

>>24525076

No it isn’t, the Dungeon Crawler Carl tv show will make LitRPG reach normies, which will have the genre gain more attention. Working on something now will be good if you can get a following.

I thought the vast majority of Lit-RPG are web-novels and self published stuff.
Even the Lit-RPGs that eventually end up printed and sold in stores usually start by getting a following online/self published first.

I don't know of any trad-publisher that would pick up a lit-rpg book unless that athor already was proven in the genera with a built in following. Otherwise the risk is too high.