In today’s Journal
* More on Kindle Vella
* Vin Zandri on Vella
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
More on Kindle Vella
Since I talked about Vella briefly yesterday, I poked around a little. To learn more about it, I recommend “Kindle Vella: What Is It?” at https://prowritingaid.com/kindle-vella. (Note also this is ProWritingAid touting their own services.)
You can also check out “Kindle Vella: Description, Features, and Tips for Authors” direct from KindlePreneur, a great source of information on all things Kindle, at https://kindlepreneur.com/kindle-vella/.
Finally there’s “Kindle Vella – Start a Story” at https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GKWM7L5U6ESNFT5X. See the “Contents” section for pointers.
Vin Zandri on Vella
Vin Zandri also responded in a comment to yesterday’s post:
— My process for the past year is to write the first draft of the story, novella, or novel on Kindle Vella, and then after 30 days turn it into a book and publish it on KU for 30-90 days depending on how it’s doing. Then I go wide with it via D2D. Seems to work Okay.
— The good thing about Vella is you can still leave your story posted either way. The bad thing about Vella is they don’t pay nearly what they were in bonus money. But it’s one of those things I fully expected to happen.
— Free money never lasts, let’s face it. But they still offer at least some sort of bonus. Vella is also useful as a writing tool if you plan on posting an episode or two every day, 7 days a week, which I do.
Thanks, Vin. Folks, check out that last sentence. “Vella is also useful as a writing tool if you plan on posting an episode or two every day, 7 days a week, which I do.”
Like I wrote in yesterday’s Journal, “If you have that kind of mindset and can WITD, you might also serialize your novel and upload segments to Amazon Kindle Vella. … Once I’m writing again the way I used to, I intend to [do exactly that].”
So use Vella as your writing laxative of choice. It will help keep you regular. (grin)
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “Got Behind… So A Product…” at https://deanwesleysmith.com/got-behind-so-a-product/. Be sure to read the comments.
See “22 people are enough to build and sustain Martian colony” at https://interestingengineering.com/science/22-people-are-enough-to-build-and-sustain-martian-colony.
The Numbers
The Journal……………………………… 370
Writing of Blackwell Ops 9: Cameron Stance
Brought forward………………………… 4087
Day 1…… 1595 words. To date…… 5682
Day 2…… 2101 words. To date…… 7783
Day 3…… 2573 words. To date…… 10356
Day 4…… 1588 words. To date…… 11944
Day 5…… 2135 words. To date…… 14079
Day 6…… 2019 words. To date…… 16098
Fiction for August……………………… 22614
Fiction for 2023………………………… 137161
Fiction since August 1………………… 22614
Nonfiction for August…………………… 19750
Nonfiction for the year……………… 169650
Annual consumable words………… 306811
2023 Novels to Date……………………… 2
2023 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
2023 Short Stories to Date……………… 4
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………… 73
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)…………… 9
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)… 232
Short story collections…………………… 31
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