The trend didn’t stop in the 19 th century. I knew Charles Dickens began as a writer of what were known in the Victorian era as “penny dreadfuls.” I learned that other esteemed writers of the past like Alexandre Dumas and Fyodor Dostoevsky also wrote novels that began as serials. My research reminded me that serialization has a long-if not always venerable-history. In waiting too long to publish, I would risk it becoming irrelevant. It’s near-future speculative fiction that takes place between 20. While The Last Storyteller may have had a better chance than some of my more literary works to attract an agent and eventually a traditional publisher, I wanted to get it out sooner rather than later. I have chosen to self-publish some of my books and work with small presses for others. You may laugh, but impending mortality has been a motivator for me as I’ve embraced the indie/hybrid life in the last ten years. I’m not getting any younger-and neither are my books. I prepared and staged The Last Storyteller in advance of Vella’s official launch, which turned out to be in mid-July.įor authors who may be considering distribution via Kindle Vella, here are a few of the considerations that went into my decision, what tipped me over the edge, and some thoughts about my experience so far. I decided to approach with curiosity and a healthy dose of research and ended up becoming one of the early adopters. At the time, I could find little information about how the service would work or even exactly when it would launch. Like many indie authors, I have a somewhat fraught relationship with the behemoth of bookselling. The first three episodes would be available for free. Last spring, as I was deciding how best to bring the book into the world, I began hearing about the imminent launch of Amazon’s new Kindle Vella platform, which would offer, as Amazon puts it, “stories told one short episode at a time.” Readers would purchase tokens to gain access to installments of between 600 and 5,000 words. Then, a few years ago, I wrote The Last Storyteller, a speculative novel that contains some literary elements but also plenty of action. Character-driven, introspective stories don’t often lend themselves to chapter-ending cliff-hangers. Today ’s post is by author Audrey Kalman ( a writer of contemporary literary fiction, I had never considered serializing my work.
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