{Cover Image Courtesy Leonora Roy}
Hart Johnson, ever entertaining in her posts, wrote of what is being discussed as the NEXT BIG THING!SERIALS.
http://waterytart23.blogspot.com/2013/03/insane-thoughts-i-have.html
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Have you heard of this series/book? (a video from him)
It is post-apocalyptic, they are claiming 'the next Hunger Games'...
This guy wrote a novelette... didn't promote, but found sort of a cult following... so in NaNoWriMo wrote MORE of them... and Kristen Nelson approached him about foreign rights, movie rights...
He'd turned down other agents, but she was saying stuff he didn't think he could do on his own, so he signed with her.
Now he has a movie deal with Ridley Scott... foreign rights up the gazoo, and Simon and Schuster has bought his PRINT rights while letting him keep his digital rights (dream, right?)
Submissions Guidelines
Amazon welcomes submissions to Amazon Publishing’s Kindle Serials program. They're looking for previously unpublished, well-written stories by authors interested in engaging with readers through the unique nature of serialized publishing.How to submit
To submit to Kindle Serials, send an email to kindleserials@amazon.com with the following:
• A brief pitch of your story including why you think it works as a serialized book, the estimated total number of episodes, and the estimated total final word count.
• A minimum of two episodes in a Word or text document. We want each episode to be a length that provides a satisfactory read. The right episode length will vary from book to book, depending on what's right for the story. The complete book doesn’t need to be already written.
• A one-page synopsis of the complete book.
• A one-page biography.
The episodes are to be between 8,000 to 10,000 words long. You have to send an episode every two weeks. Could you write a polished 10,000 words every 2 weeks?
Are you up to being the serialized Charles Dickens or Alexandre Dumas? I'm considering it with
CARNIVAL OF THE DAMNED.
What do you think?
{Cover Image Courtesy Leonora Roy}
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Serials are definitely not for me, but I admire any writer able to take on the task. I think if anybody can, it's you. I love your covers! Let us know if you submit. :)
ReplyDeleteCeleste:
ReplyDeleteI once wrote a blog serial, GHOST OF A CHANCE, that I made into a 99 cent Kindle book where I am framed for the murder of the ghost of Ernest Hemingway. It was fun.
I've noticed that most of the serials are romances. CARNIVAL OF THE DAMNED is Mark Twain meets Stephen King.
They probably won't accept me -- I have lousy luck submitting my prose. Thanks for the kind words. Leonora Roy is the genius behind my covers. :-)
Sounds like great fun and I definately think you should give it a try! Think positive Roland :)
ReplyDeleteHi Roland .. it certainly seems one of the ways forward ... silently stealthily successfully ...
ReplyDeleteYes - I can see you doing it .. most definitely ...
Good luck and go for it ... cheers Hilary
Siv:
ReplyDeleteIt does sound like fun, doesn't it. But I'm afraid Victor has all the positiveness around here! Luckily, CARNIVAL OF THE DAMNED stars him not me!! :-)
Hilary:
Thanks for the vote of confidence. If I never knock, the door of opportunity will never open will it? :-)
I read Hart's post. You should try it!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't write that fast; or that polished. I'm sure you could do it Roland.
ReplyDelete......dhole