Hello to all,
I've got a bit of a situation where I would need some advice, some agent opinions (if applicable) and how to proceed forward. So any ideas / help is definitely appreciated.
I've finalised some projects (novels), one of which was a writing exercise of sorts for me, which I've published on some niche web forums. While the subject is not niche at all (historical fiction pre-WW2), the publishing mediums are quite small, but to my surprise, they're getting a good, consistent number of views and even feedback / impressions. This has been going on for some time as I had published it in a serial manner, one chapter every month / every 2 months, and after 4 years, it racked up about 100.000 views on a website that does not even get 1% of the traffic Wattpad gets. My other published projects are getting traction as well (smaller of course) and I would like to see whether I can turn this finished project into something of a real, published book.
I would like to self-publish this project, after some significant edits, and maybe use Amazon self-publishing and go for it.
But how far would this affect my chances of getting traditionally published? I'm working on other projects, which I intend to submit to agents, but at the same time, I want to still fully publish this project since it's getting a good number of reads.
My final goal / dream is to work with a major traditional publisher. But given the fact that this niche historical project was already published, and only edits would be done to a final "book" that would go on a Amazon, would this affect my chances of getting an agent & a traditional contract?
Thank you!
I've got a bit of a situation where I would need some advice, some agent opinions (if applicable) and how to proceed forward. So any ideas / help is definitely appreciated.
I've finalised some projects (novels), one of which was a writing exercise of sorts for me, which I've published on some niche web forums. While the subject is not niche at all (historical fiction pre-WW2), the publishing mediums are quite small, but to my surprise, they're getting a good, consistent number of views and even feedback / impressions. This has been going on for some time as I had published it in a serial manner, one chapter every month / every 2 months, and after 4 years, it racked up about 100.000 views on a website that does not even get 1% of the traffic Wattpad gets. My other published projects are getting traction as well (smaller of course) and I would like to see whether I can turn this finished project into something of a real, published book.
I would like to self-publish this project, after some significant edits, and maybe use Amazon self-publishing and go for it.
But how far would this affect my chances of getting traditionally published? I'm working on other projects, which I intend to submit to agents, but at the same time, I want to still fully publish this project since it's getting a good number of reads.
My final goal / dream is to work with a major traditional publisher. But given the fact that this niche historical project was already published, and only edits would be done to a final "book" that would go on a Amazon, would this affect my chances of getting an agent & a traditional contract?
Thank you!