My book VINDICATION is spotlighted here today on NN LIGHT: VINDICATION
And you can check it out here on KINDLE VELLA VINDICATION.
Someone is murdering teenage girls in Washington, DC. The FBI’s special division, the SPCD – the Sexual Predators of Children – has been working the case for the past 6 months. When a Senator’s daughter goes missing, the team, led by Tucker Petrie, has to call on retired profiler – and his past partner – Kella O’Brian. Reluctantly, she rejoins the team and they search for a link to the girls who have been abducted, then killed.
Two years ago in the month of July, Amazon launched the Kindle Vella Platform. The premise was simple: writers of any ilk – established or new – could upload “episodes” of fiction or non-fiction they were penning, then readers would read the episodes, and, based on word count, they would pay tokens for the honor of doing so. The author would get a portion of the tokens as payment.
I got in on the ground floor of the platform. You might ask why, if I was already an established author, I wanted to try something new like this and not just publish my work the old-fashioned way. A legit question.
Before I ever wrote a word of romance I was obsessed with serial killers, grisly murder stories, and FBI profilers and had written quite a few short stories and full-length books about them. No editors wanted to buy them and I couldn’t get an agent to save my life. So, those stories sat on my computer for years.
When VELLA came along I decided to publish them thru that venue because… why not? I had nothing to lose, after all. I already had a romance following and I didn’t think they’d take too kindly to the genre shift, so I was hopeful to get new readers here.
And I did.
Many new readers.
So many, in fact, that in year one I entered a new tax bracket. Year two my husband complained – tongue in cheek – that we had to pay a little more to the IRS than we usually did because my income went through the roof.
There have been multiple successful uploads for new and established authors on the platform and some of those authors are making more money than they ever have before. But more importantly, they are finally getting their words in front of readers. At 2 years old, the platform continues to grow daily with new authors uploading new content hourly. There ae some sections that are a little glutted right now, but my stories are still going strong – thankfully!
One of the books I uploaded to Vella made its way into physical print this year. I decided to publish DEATH BETWEEN THE PAGES as a short story collection and again, it did surprisingly well. Some of my romance readers were surprised at how different the stories were from my usual fare, but stated they enjoyed them nonetheless.
I even put up a middle school story about a bunch of kids back in the 80s who solve a crime. That one I did under my pen name of Pearl Hunter.
If you’d like to try the platform as a reader, you simply go to your Amazon account and type in KINDLE VELLA. Click on the link and it will bring you to the main vell page. You can scroll around and find the categories of stories you like, then if you see any you want to read, click on them. The first 3 episodes are always free to read. After that, you need to purchase tokens from amazon to read any further. Have fun, kids. And if you’re curious – read some of mine!
Episode 21 of MAGIC’S CHARM dropped this morning over on Amazon Kindle vella. Are you all caught with Rhys and Siobhan’s story? Here’ the link – and remember you can read the first three episodes for FREE to decide of you like the story. And if you do, please consider giving it a thumbs up or weekly favorite.
Next, if you don’t follow me on instagram or facebook you might not know this, but I’ve got a PREORDER CONTEST going on for SABLE ( ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID) The details are below in the graphic,but the gist is this: if you preorder the book and then put up a screenshot of the preorder and provide me with your email address, I’ll put your name in an invisible hat and once the book releases, I’ll be drawing 5 names to each win a $10.00 Amazon gift card. Sound good? A chance to will 4 times the cost of the book just for preordering?? YOWZA! I’d take advantage of that deal!!
Episode 8 in my new KindleVella contemporary fantasy romance MAGIC’S CHARM released this morning. Here’s the link in case you’re reading along – and I hope you are, LOL!
Did I show you the trailer I made for the story??? Have a look-see:
Magician Siobhan d’Arc wants to keep the circumstances of her father’s death hidden from the public.
Writer Rhys McDowell has been commissioned to pen a biography of the famous man. Siobhan tries to keep her father’s privacy intact but what can’t be hidden is the undeniable attraction between her and Rhys. Both are masters at keeping their secrets close, but the barriers they each place in their way threaten to destroy the feelings developing between them.
Episode #5 released today. Here’s a little sumthin’ sumthin’ from it:
“I know you’re preparing for tonight’s show,” he said reaching them and tossing a wary eye at the panther, “but I wanted to apologize to you for what happened last night.”
“What happened is that you lied to me,” Siobhan said.
“Technically, it was a lie of omission.” When she began to open her mouth to dispute that, Rhys put up a hand, halting her, and said, “But it was still a lousy thing to do. I’ll admit that. I knew you didn’t want to meet with me. My publisher told me how adamant you were in your disapproval of this project. I thought if you got to know me, knew I wasn’t some horrible, miserable guy just trying to make a quick buck off your family, it may make it a little easier to cooperate.”
“What you call a project,” Siobhan said acidly, “is my family’s private business. And I don’t want it publicized, serialized, or discussed by the world.”
“I realize that. I’m Rhys McDowell, by the way,” he said moving to Riordan, his hand extended.
Siobhan bit back a nasty retort at the way her mother, as was characteristic, stood a little taller and straighter and primped her hair when Rhys noticed her. Extending her own hand, Riordan’s smile was free and open as she said, “Mr. McDowell. Our lawyer contacted us just last week to tell us of your publisher’s intention. We really haven’t had a lot of time to discuss it as a family.”
If you’re intrigued, here’s where you can read the whole story so far: MAGIC’S CHARM
So, it’s been a minute since I had a new story uploaded to my Kindle Vella account. I’m starting a new one today and it’s a bit of a departure for me – like all my other Vella stories have been, LOL!
MAGIC’S CHARM is a modern-day story about a master magician who is so much more than she seems on stage. She’s riddled with secrets – secrets she’ll do anything to keep from becoming public.
Unfortunately, writer Rhys McDowell wants to unearth those secrets. Chapters 1-3 in Vella are always free to read, so if you have an account, I hope you take advantage of this new story. I’ll be uploading new episodes every Monday and Thursday, as I write the story.
And remember – if you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, you get 200 free tokens to “spend” any way you want in Vella. That’s a great incentive to read the stories on the platform.
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Someone is murdering teenage girls in Washington, DC. The FBI’s special division, the SPCD – the Sexual Predators of Children – has been working the case for the past 6 months. When a Senator’s daughter goes missing, the team, led by Tucker Petrie, has to call on retired profiler – and his past partner – Kella O’Brian. Reluctantly, she rejoins the team and they search for a link to the girls who have been abducted, then killed.
Peggy Jaeger, Author 