Another Model For Authors
One of the bloggers at WWK, James
M. Jackson has written about his experience so far with the Kindle Scout
program. His book was nominated
and now the book generated sufficient interest that Kindle Press will publish Ant Farm. I hope he will keep us informed about his
experiences.
At Left Coast Crime 2015 I met
author Jennifer Vandenberg who told me about the way she uses Amazon Kindle for
her writing. With her permission I
will share the model she uses with her twelve-part short-fiction fantasy-alternate
universe detective series Set in
Stone. It is an interesting
and funny series, which I recommend.
The author said she writes 8,000
word short-stories and publishes them individually on Kindle. She combines four stories into a book,
also on Kindle. When she finishes
the series readers will be able to buy the entire series in book format or one
at a time. A reader could try one
story for 99 cents and then decide whether or not to buy the whole kit and
caboodle in book form. While each
story has a complete story arc, each book will have a story arc and the entire
series will have a greater arc.
I think that is an excellent
strategy that will serve her well.
She has the skill to keep things interesting during each individual
story sort of like the old radio dramas that had listeners tuning in each week
for the continuing adventures of The
Third Man, Gang Busters, The Lone Ranger or whatever hero caught their
fancy.
What writing strategies have you
tried or heard about?
