Tag: kindle-vella
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The Beast Behind the Curtain
In my last post (The Beast), I wrote about grappling with the challenges of getting ready to launch my newest novel, Core Haven. I compared the task ahead to a beast lurking in a cave & imagined an old-timey character drawing a line in the dirt & calling that pesky critter out. I even came…
Drew Faraday
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The Beast
Don’t get me wrong, I really like challenges. That’s one of my favorite parts of writing—never a dull moment & all that. Learning new things on my own terms has always been a driver for me even when it involves going out on a limb. Take this website I’m posting on right now. Prior to…
Drew Faraday
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Brainteaser
Deciding on a release date for Core Haven, my newest novel, should be fairly straightforward, right? I mean, it’s not like I’m working on a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle I bought at a garage sale without the original box or a guarantee that a few pieces weren’t missing. It’s just a matter of: But wait…what…
Drew Faraday
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Whittling Away
So I may have miscalculated a bit when I put my upcoming release Core Haven on ice & took a quick dive into the first prewriting stage of my next project. I’ll pass it off to thinking it’d be easy to adjust my proofreading filter to an idea-generating one & back again like I was…
Drew Faraday
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A Simple Feel to It
As I mentioned in my previous post (Shifting Gears), I just started the prewriting phase of my latest project while my recently completed novel refrigerates a bit. During last week’s work sessions—which were about as sporadic & choppy as you can imagine—I did my best to keep my brain in energetic gear two (Mithu Storoni…
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Shifting Gears
It’s no surprise that people frequently use gears & machinery as figurative language for describing all things human, but in the current book I’m reading, Hyper-Efficient, Mithu Storoni takes it up a notch. The neuroscientist & ophthalmic surgeon proposes that we all have three mental gears, the second of which is the sweet spot when…
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Book Reviews
My first self-published novel, Pearl Fields and the Oregon Meltdown, is available now on the Kindle Store & Kindle Unlimited.
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And That’s a Wrap
Yesterday I was chugging along proofreading my companion novel Core Haven when it dawned on me—I’m done. I mean finished, as in the humble author looks up to behold the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel (in this case, a more suitable image might be a rabbit hole). Mind you, I’m not talking…
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The Irony of It All
My serene, centered side understands & accepts the realities of life as an independent author &—yeah right, replies my jaded side. I mean, come on—there I was, reeling from the news that Amazon was pulling the plug on Kindle Vella just as I was ready to upload episodes of Core Haven (see my previous post).…
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Another One Bites the (Star)Dust
Nothing like waking early in the morning with a writing fire in my belly, ready to check off another goal related to my serialized novel Core Haven & then move on—only to realize that I’d neglected to read the fine print from the blue “Learn more” link on the Kindle Vella dashboard below the note…
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The Hammer
Not long ago, I was busy slogging my way through the final proofreading phase of Core Haven, my serialized companion novel, & about to post some episodes on Kindle Vella for the first time. Then the Amazon Hammer came crashing down on that fledgling platform with a surprise announcement that the lights were going out…
