Good morning! I just finished my 30 minutes of morning meditation (I literally could not get through the day if I didn’t meditate every morning) and I realize that I’ve got a decision to make.
I’ve got to rewrite episode one of my Kindle Vella story, Return To Atlantis.
Ha ha I know – that’s not a decision! No, that’s a fact. I thought that I had made the protag’s situation clear, and ended with a good cliffhanger. But now I’m 10 episodes in and I’m just not getting the read-through that I expected. People are reading episode 1, but they’re not clicking on to episode 2.
Which is not a huge deal. I finished writing my second book (Renegade Angel) on December 6th, and writing a serial for Vella looked like a fun side project while I’m waiting to publish. And it IS a fun project. Don’t get me wrong. I’m enjoying the hell out of it and it actually suits my writing style really well. I love the episodic nature of it, and I love the publish-as-you-go style. For me that is totally fun.
So you’re probably wondering when I’m going to get around to the Decision. So here it is. The decision is:
1. Do I continue on with my dystopian sci-fi, Return To Atlantis (it’s only going to be 33 episodes total, and I’ve got ten already written/published and am working on eleven today).
2. Do I scrap RTA and start on my new paranormal fantasy?
3. Do I do both?
I guess the decision is all about timing really. Because I’m going to do #2, I just haven’t quite decided when, and if it will be on Vella as a serial or if I’ll write it as a book instead.
So I guess the only decision is whether or not to press on with #1. The reads on it are so minimal that I honestly don’t think anyone would notice if I just pulled it completely. But then again, you never know when these things are going to get traction and suddenly take off. LoL
The rewrite for episode 1 of RTA has to happen no matter what, so I guess I’ll start with that and then see what happens.
What do you think?
~Kyeli
Kyeli Sky - Author 
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