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Kindle Vella

10/7/2022

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I've been hesitant to jump on this bandwagon, because to be totally honest, I'm not sure how well this new program is going to fly. Before I started a book in Vella (which is basically an episodic publication of a longer work), I did a lot of poking around the FAQs. Another author friend was also poking through those FAQs. We talked back and forth about the pros and cons and we decided we'd dip our toes into the pool. 

The jury is still out on whether or not I'm staying in Vella. I'm not even sure "The Big River" is going to keep the program. They're doing things to try to get readership (purchases) up, such as offering 100 free reads a day until October 11th and 200 free tokens for first time users. As someone who had a book completed, I can see the benefits of posting episodes. It creates a managable chunk of the manuscript to edit with a fine-tooth comb, to flesh out, to tweak. By allowing for a later publication date (I started out with the first episode published a week after I uploaded it), I could get multiple episodes uploaded and still keep my head above water with the editing process. 

However, as I said, the jury is still out. Just as the Kindle store is super saturated, so also is Vella. Finding traction is an interesting exercise. 

In case you're interested, the story I'm posting in Vella is out of my wheelhouse. It's still a romance--but it's a contemporary and it's closer to a romantic suspense novel than a straight forward romance. ​www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0BGLS13KJ
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Read Whatever you want...

7/2/2022

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There seems to be a new kerfluffle in Romancelandia EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. on social media.

The latest I have to speak to because it makes me want to spit nails. It seems some authors and readers are "shaming" readers and authors who enjoy reading or who write a "dark romance" and all the pushing against the boundaries that a dark romance entails. 

To those who are doing the shaming--shut up. Just shut up. If "dark romance" and the "questionable actions" of those characters within that fictional world aren't your jam, fine. They're not my jam, either, but NO ONE gave you the right to be the gatekeepers of what anyone else should be allowed to read. Just shut up!

To those reading/writing "dark romance"--keep on being your awesome self and read whatever the hell you want. No one has the right to tell you what you can or can't read. PERIOD. Read those dark romances with morally gray leads, with their "questionable actions." Keep writing those books, because there are those who like them and who read them. 

​I'm climbing down off my soapbox now. 
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