Fiction. Somehow I managed to write a paranormal romance spy thriller about Jesus. If it doesn't sell it's proof positive I can't write worth a shit.
And it still won't fly? That's rough man. Are you sure it's the writing? The story you posted before seemed publishable, if not in the current climate, certainly in the past. Then again, my experience is in poetry publishing and not fiction (which often, is also political, albeit in different ways).
No one has seen the book yet. Not a soul. My wife has read about a third of it. It's all theoretical until I edit it and unleash it on the world. The story itself (which the novel follows precisely, with elaborations) was previously optioned for thousands of dollars, and courted by three comic book companies. But in its current incarnation, nearly all of it has been seen by no one but me.
Comic book writing is odd in that you pay the companies that make them and then you get all the money. If'n you want a comic or graphic novel, you front the illustration and publishing costs. The estimates we had for turning this script into a book were between $15k and $50k. I was at William Morris when Endeavor took over and my agent got the sack. He passed me along to another guy at WMEE, but that guy, too got the sack eventually. My original guy - a friend - is now at CAA, but he's die-hard into video games and not so much on the comic side. Besides which, the comic-to-movie route was a short-lived gambit; it doesn't work any more. I have a graphic novel in the works with Youngluck but it's tough when one of you is fresh out of prison and trying to make ends meet.
Huh. I did not know that. I'm not surprised that the comic-to-movie thing doesn't work well these days, though I am hopeful that the TV adaptation of Bendis and Oeming's Powers will be good. It's such a good series. Anyway, hope your projects work out, they sound pretty interesting.
Bullshit. It might be shit - I haven't seen it. But if it doesn't sell it could be any number of other reasons too. Poor cover art; marketing failure; subject matter; etc. It might take several books anyway. I've committed to writing until my work catches on. Period. Just don't give up.