Mother Muse Sequel?

Any thoughts on a sequel to the Mother Muse collection of motherhood-based writings?

I have sent copies to several book publishers, with the marketing plan and success of the first collection, but have been told vaguely (of course) that a sequel wouldn't fit with their current needs ... typical form rejection letter, I know, and yet I wonder if it's a sign that I should just go the self-published route again, and just get going on it, so that it will be out by spring 2010.

I know of several mass-momma markets in the Rochester, NY area, and have a few contacts elsewhere as well, so hopefully the response will be even greater than the 24 contributors to the first edition.

Any thoughts here?

Disclaimer

For folks who may be joining me in my literary journey here, I'd like to disclaim that I don't tend to like to share my pieces (poetry, prose, even journaling) unless they are what I'd like them to be. I'm trying something new here, in sharing works in progress. Once they're publishable quality, I intend to market them to journals, etc.

I welcome your thoughts on the pieces you read here, and I'll try to create links to other great sites and great writers I've found along the way. I cannot guarantee regularity of those elements, though, as I have a very busy home and daycare life, and am of course spending my spare moments trying to spread the word about the pieces (including the three books I already have published).

Until next time, be well!

Midnight Musings - rough poem/prose written between 12am and 2am this morning

clock ticks quickly
hours pass in near dark
moonlight musings
list making, business writing,
pondering of all the little things that keep getting pushed to the back burner
back burner's full, overflowing,
and now I sit, insomniac,
unable to unwind, decompress the day
Cheap Trick coverband's unfortunate set
unfortunately revolves in my ears as my lids weigh me down more
eight pages beside me on the couch
evidence of industry in midnight
though they're really just proof of
my mind's inconsideration for my body's sleep needs
clock keeps ticking,
another hour gone,
only five more hours till my alarm
what irony
cosmic revolution
get to bed
try again
Good Night, muse,
I really must bid you adieu.