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Q&A Is there any risk of being published in the wrong genre?

From this question: However, unless you're an established author, you don't have the luxury of declaring your work to be fantasy or science fiction like Fowler does; someone else has to do that...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Summer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question publishing genre
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:25:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/23785
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Summer‭ · 2019-12-08T05:25:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
From [this question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/3319/16341):

> However, unless you're an established author, you don't have the luxury of declaring your work to be fantasy or science fiction like Fowler does; someone else has to do that for you. That means your editor, publisher, your readership, and/or your peers and critics must declare it fantasy to be so.

I know next to nothing about publishing. After reading this, I am worried about being published in the wrong genre (assuming I ever get published). In my particular case, I am worried about being published under "young adult romance" (rather than "young adult fantasy") since my two main characters are very close, and their relationship can be mistaken as a romance.

Romance is something I want to avoid entirely. Is being published in the wrong genre something I have to worry about, or am I just being paranoid?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-07-13T05:00:12Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 3