kindlevella

If you've been considering taking the plunge into Amazon's new serials platform, Kindle Vella (and yes, Wendy asked if they'd named it after her), then this is the episode for you!

We talked to Virginia Milner, the principal product manager for Kindle Direct Publishing, and leader of the Kindle Vella project, all about the new platform. She explained how Kindle Vella - which launched in July 2021 to readers - works, how authors are already using it to their advantage, and the possible ways that Kindle Vella could be used by authors in the future to broaden their readership, and sell more books overall. 

It was an awesome episode, and we really enjoyed having Virginia on the show to explain it all first hand! 

Are you wondering why you keep doing this? Nicole got a win this week and she wants to remind everyone why you need to keep going if you didn’t.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• NYC MIdnight http://www.nycmidnight.com/ 
• Episode 117: How I Wrote My NYC Midnight Story https://stopwritingalone.com/2021/04/15/episode-117-how-i-wrote-my-nyc-midnight-short-story/ 
• Episode 78: Nancy Canu | Author, Editor, Critique Partner https://stopwritingalone.com/2020/07/16/episode-78-nancy-canu-author-editor-critique-partner/ 
• Ira Glass on Storytelling https://vimeo.com/24715531 
• Episode 103: I Want You To Fail https://stopwritingalone.com/2021/01/07/episode-103-i-want-you-to-fail/ 
• Episode 111: Yummy Critiquing https://stopwritingalone.com/2021/03/04/episode-111-yummy-critiquing/
• THE FAVOR FAERIES by Jackie Dana on Kindle Vella https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B098XCRWGQ 
• Chaunce Stanton’s Unstuck Morning Pages blog post https://chaunce.biz/book-writing-tips/unstuck-morning-pages/ 
• To find all the books discussed in this episode, check out Nicole’s Summer Reading List on Bookshop https://bookshop.org/lists/2021-summer-reading-323d643d-d561-46e4-8db7-4d95a64b9c47 
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When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole’s Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!

• Kim A. Flodin https://www.kelekilove.com/ 
• Lisa Murray https://ihavedreamsdammit.com/
• Claire Oldham West https://slimmingstories.podbean.com/
• Johanna Jaquez-Peralta https://www.instagram.com/latina_livin_keto/
• Emma Isaacs https://www.instagram.com/emmaisaacsdesign/