A CAUTIONARY TALE: AMAZON VELLA_ IWSG post

 

Those of you who have been reading my posts lately know 

that Vella found fault in two of my episodes since they had characters

I used in other books and referenced scenes from earlier books.

I revised them and re-submitted them. 

They were accepted.

The end of last month, 

Amazon blocked my whole novel,

all 22 chapters, 

50,000 words of it.

Ouch!

I decided to try again.

I have written 14 chapters

12,000 words.

I've noticed something new in the email 

they send you when they accept a chapter

"Kindle Vella stories are reviewed separately 

from episodes.

 

Content reviews for your story 

and other episodes 

may impact the onsite 

availability of this episode."

So if you are considering submitting to 

Amazon Vella, 

be aware that acceptance 

of your episode

does not mean acceptance 

of your novella.

But Leonidas of Sparta 

gave it his all.

He died but birthed a legend

that lives on today.

Wish me luck

on this one!

The Synopsis:

Lake Pleasant: a city as toxic as the lake for which it is named. 

It is a city where anything can happen so long as it is terrible, and innocence has a short life span. 

The powerful rule, and the weak scurry for the dubious safety of the shadows.

Sometimes they scurry to the impoverished detective, Adam Black. “Black Magic” he is called on the streets. 

He refuses to explain his name. 

Any explanation would be ignored, but his silence unsettles those who prowl the shadows.

The crime boss, Anthony Vincent, has a job for Black: find his missing daughter. 

The fee for success: Black gets to live.

Vincent is dying. 

All the would-be successors circle Black in his search for some secret to topple the dying King. 

Adam Black is aware they are playing a game against opponents for whom they are no match.

It is a dark secret that would be his death 

if it were known he possessed it: 

reality has been invaded by beings thrust against their will onto this earthly plane … 

and want nothing more than to return, though the door has revolved again to other stranger shores.