Draumr Writer
Hi all,
I’m an author who is published by Draumr. Stephen B. Pearl with the novel Tinker’s Plague, a post-apocalyptic, science fiction, action adventure. My female lead is slender and classically pretty, the book is defiantly SF, and overall I’m very happy with how I’ve been treated. By the by, no one put me up to this. I saw the discussion and thought I’d give my first had experience.
Publishers reject books for all kinds of reasons. Often I think it can be a frivolous as, “I’m having a bad day, so I’m going to clear my desk and knock off early.” Tinker’s Plague was rejected by a load of publishers before I found Draumr. The trick is not to take it as sour grapes and just keep plugging.
Rida and Robert have been consistently decent with me and very prompt in getting me copies to sell at cons and the like. It did take them a while to get me into the Chapters, Indigo, Coles chain of stores, but they managed it. The contract is fairly standard, and yes I have read about a half dozen sample contracts from various publishers. The Draumr contract is about on par with my two other publishers, Club Lighthouse Publishing and Dark Dragon Publishing. No great leaps ahead or back from either of these.
I will say this. If people are so concerned, I’m surprised I haven’t received any e-mails asking about my experience with them. I’m not hard to find.
So that’s my first hand experience.
Stephen B. Pearl.