Adding new content to a previously published book.

This writing journey provides so many adventures. I’m set to tackle one I’ve never experienced before and, I must admit, I find it daunting.

As my readers may know, my contemporary romance Vice will be republished with Limitless Publishing on Sept. 19. I am so excited to see this happen and very grateful.

My new publisher has asked me to provide some bonus content, something along the lines of a bonus scene, character interview, a mock journal entry or whatever I think my readers would enjoy. Sound great, right? After all, if I’m going to ask readers to take a renewed interest in Vice, I need to make sure it offers them something new.

But, boy, I am struggling with this idea. Why? Well, I finished Vice a few years ago. I left the world of Kate and Liam behind. In a sense, I totally disassociated from their hardships, their day-to-day lives, even their love affair. It was complete when it went to publication the first time and I never expected to have to get into those mindsets again.

Now I do.

I have a sense this is going to be a fun challenge but also one that brings up emotions for me. If you recall, this book was based on how I felt having a compulsive gambler as a father. It was a hard book to write. When I shut the door on that world, I locked it, knowing I’d never have to look back. Readers have asked me if I’d make it a series. I can’t, I just can’t. I wrote about that addiction. I can’t write about it again.

And yet now I have to at least dip my toe in the pool once more. I don’t anticipate the bonus content with have much to do with Kate’s father. If anything, I’d like to concentrate more on Kate and Liam, and perhaps explore the beginnings of their relationship. Some readers asked me for a glimpse into their future. Perhaps that would be fun as well.

I would love to have your input. If you read Vice the first time, please tell me what would make you pick it up a second time?