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Darlene
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A few years back, before I started getting accepted by traditional publishers and was completely ignorant about the writing world, I had two science fiction books that were done via Virtual Bookworm as PODs. They were the first two books in a series I was writing, but doing things POD-wise was expensive back then and I soon discovered that my brilliant stories weren't getting the exposure I had hoped for and trying to get it on my own was exhausting and costing me time and money that I didn't have.
I eventually cancelled my contract with them, and put my unsold, much loved, books in a drawer. I was sort of just....heart-broken. Not long afterwards, I had a book, set in Appalachia [the land I know well] accepted by a small traditional publisher and my readers wanted more of the same type, so I wrote two more books along the same lines, but my heart was still with the sci-fi books in the drawer. People loved my Southern Fiction and my poetry won awards and publishing contracts, but I still loved the books in the drawers. They were the ones that I had poured my whole self into and they had barely seen the light of day. They were the ones with the extremly complex characters, brilliantly illustrated plot lines and intricate subplots and nobody was even seeing them.
So, here I am, fifteen years later, a published author who never stopped loving those first two books and I want to resurrect them, breathe life back into them and get them back on the market. How do I go about it?
Should I resubmit those books to traditional publishers? Would a traditional publisher even consider books that have already been done POD's, even if it was years ago?
I sincerely appreciate any feedback I can get on this. Thanks.
I eventually cancelled my contract with them, and put my unsold, much loved, books in a drawer. I was sort of just....heart-broken. Not long afterwards, I had a book, set in Appalachia [the land I know well] accepted by a small traditional publisher and my readers wanted more of the same type, so I wrote two more books along the same lines, but my heart was still with the sci-fi books in the drawer. People loved my Southern Fiction and my poetry won awards and publishing contracts, but I still loved the books in the drawers. They were the ones that I had poured my whole self into and they had barely seen the light of day. They were the ones with the extremly complex characters, brilliantly illustrated plot lines and intricate subplots and nobody was even seeing them.
So, here I am, fifteen years later, a published author who never stopped loving those first two books and I want to resurrect them, breathe life back into them and get them back on the market. How do I go about it?
Should I resubmit those books to traditional publishers? Would a traditional publisher even consider books that have already been done POD's, even if it was years ago?
I sincerely appreciate any feedback I can get on this. Thanks.
