When Kindles Singles were first launched, the turn-around was pretty quick. But now, with the onset of the popularity of Kindle Singles, it's not as quick as it once was; nor is getting your single or short published automatic.
Because of this, I am conducting a little experiment. I am submitting, for consideration, a little piece I wrote called 'Ignorance Is," This is a story of a young woman who meets and falls in love with a doctor, agreeing to let him conduct an experiment on her by giving her prosthetic wings. It is creepy and speculative and has all the elements that are current in today's no-longer-so-clearly-defined horror genre. I will keep you posted on the progress.
So far, I have the cover:
According to a member of my fiction writers' group, it could use some tweaking (and I agree; I am not in love with the title formatting). I welcome your comments as well.
Next, the formatting needs to be spot-on. As you can imagine, different e-readers will display texts in different ways. So coming up with a universal format has been interesting between the multiple platforms available now with KDP, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, etc. So, for simplicity, I am starting the KDP guidelines and going from there. After all, my goal here is a Kindle Single publication and nothing more (at this point). I will reconsider other avenues after this little experiment is concluded.
Follow the comments below as I update my readers on my progress.
Write on. Write now.
Without using my favorite cliche, 'back to the drawing board,' I have learned a few things from my fellow writers about Kindle Singles.
ReplyDeleteSubmitting work to Kindle Singles does not guarantee a slam-dunk acceptance as I had originally thought. It seems that the majority of good writers are being turned away from Kindle Singles to make way for our mainstream friends and their work. Now, there is nothing wrong with this. However, there is no advantage to indie writers either. The best route seems to be KDP. Therefore, I am taking steps in another direction with the above title: Ignorance Is
I do feel this will make for a more interesting blog, as I will be able to record the process I am about to undertake in tweaking. Don't worry. I am still planning to release by the end of August. I just need to tighten and stretch. As one of my fiction club friends pointed out, "This would make a great full length book." I am not so ambitious as to change the entire structure of the short to fit into the milieu of a book. Short stories have their own life in their very length. However, I have a few aspects I wished to flesh out, as it were. Now, I will be afforded that opportunity. And it will only make for a better piece.
And this is what I do.