My fantasy coming out next year is a literary fantasy. (Ha! That will shock my fans who think I only write snappy sf
) Why? Because it's also very Irish in voice and, frankly, Ireland does literary. Big time. Many of the writers sre funded by the arts council and, in the Republic of Ireland, tax laws are very beneficial to writers of any ilk. (If I ever hit it big, I'll have to move up north and go live down south in Donegal....) So, yeah - whilst it's in a modern voice we have lots of descriptions of picturesque glens.
On the other subject - copyright exists from the moment you first start your book @Lyric Blade and you don't have to do anything to retain it. And I often hear writers reluctant to have work critted etc for fear of the idea being stolen. Frankly, every writer has their own ideas that they're passionate enough to go through the hell of writing a novel for. The chance of any of them wanting to steal your idea is tiny. I really think it's not worth worrying about.
(For very good critiquing and a strong aspiring writers section I very much recommend the sffchronicles.com. They have the strongest writing section with knowledgeable authors - many multi-published - and editors as regular contributors.)
On the other subject - copyright exists from the moment you first start your book @Lyric Blade and you don't have to do anything to retain it. And I often hear writers reluctant to have work critted etc for fear of the idea being stolen. Frankly, every writer has their own ideas that they're passionate enough to go through the hell of writing a novel for. The chance of any of them wanting to steal your idea is tiny. I really think it's not worth worrying about.
(For very good critiquing and a strong aspiring writers section I very much recommend the sffchronicles.com. They have the strongest writing section with knowledgeable authors - many multi-published - and editors as regular contributors.)