So, kicking around a few story ideas

[valarltd]

Naomi and I have tons of stuff coming out of circulation this year.

We were thinking subbing collections to our editors.
Current stories available:

Hunger for the Edge (blind vampire) 10K
Tuition Fees: The Devil (paranormal) 10K
Deadman's Curve (paranormal) 10K
Paying Forfeits (BDSM) 30K
Talk Like a Pirate Day (Contemporary) 4K

Would we do better subbing that with a previously unpublished piece or two?
Or should we just send the big one to a house as pure erotica?


I'm holding my werewolves and the cosplayers til I can put them all out at once.
I have ~36K of werewolves and they come out of contract in December.
 

Comments

[faedreamer.livejournal.com]

Margie and I have a print collection coming from Amber Quill in September that was initially going to include just our 3 15k shorts pubbed with AQ, and when we pitched it we asked Trace if he thought we should include an unpublished novella with the collection as a sort of "something new" to go with the previously pubbed ones. He said in his experience it didn't make a difference in sales numbers and suggested we go ahead and release the novella separately on its own and then include it in the collection to boost the word count.

On the other hand, we have a series of short stories (10-15k each) with a different pub, Dreamspinner, and our editor there suggested we release only the first three of the 7 and leave the last four as "new to the readers" to entice them to buy the collection coming in March of next year.

So I guess it depends on the pub, I'd approach the ones you're thinking of pitching the collections to and see what they say.

[(Anonymous)]

The D-Man Checks In: I lean towards sticking with the tried & true; not sending in the new stuff with what has already been gone over & vetted.

1.) Might steal some of the luster from the tried & true if the new stuff is not up to snuff. Diamonds can lose their sparkle if displayed with lesser stones... or they can be complimented. It's a gamble. The literary business can be very unforgiving however, and its memory can be dreadfully long if a gamble does not pay off.

2.) New stuff might be simply glossed over & not given a fair shake if it looks like they need to be supported by the tried & true... instead of standing on their own legs.

3.) "Beware of anything riding in on coat tails," I say.