When I was 24 (16 years ago), I wrote a narrative nonfiction book. A small press published it a year later. The book dealt with some pretty heavy topics, namely drugs, sex and race relations. It did okay, I guess, selling about 3000 copies over two years. The publisher then went out of business.
Now that I'm trying to break into the children's market, I often wonder if agents, when considering my work, are put off by this book. When I Google my name, several links come up: Newspaper editorials and plays I've had workshopped, but the book, despite being out of print for many years, is the first thing shown as a result of Amazon still listing the book.
Should I be concerned about this at all or am I simply being paranoid?
Now that I'm trying to break into the children's market, I often wonder if agents, when considering my work, are put off by this book. When I Google my name, several links come up: Newspaper editorials and plays I've had workshopped, but the book, despite being out of print for many years, is the first thing shown as a result of Amazon still listing the book.
Should I be concerned about this at all or am I simply being paranoid?