Two Outta Three

I'm an early adopter. This is both a good and a bad thing. Or it can be.

I was one of the first people to join Kindle Worlds. It's an Amazon property that allows you to sell licensed fan fiction. The royalty structure is based on the length of the work and their rules, but it's a decent way to earn some extra change.

And I do mean 'change'.

One of my novellas recently sold three copies. My royalties on those three copies combined is a cool $1.92. It's $1.99 to buy. So I get around $0.60 a sale. About a 32% royalty. Again, not bad, especially if you're selling lots of copies.

These little novellas are quick and fairly easy for me, plus I don't really talk about or market them ever. People seem to stumble upon them.

Also, these are eBooks only and won't accept a lot of fancy formatting. Even some of the formatting I normally do for Kindle freaks out Kindle Worlds. Downside? It's a Kindle Exclusive. You can't upload those works anywhere else for sale. It's all in the fine print agreement.

So, two outta three.

I'm working on polishing off a trilogy for The Vampire Diaries called Dead Ringer. The main premise behind it is what if Elena Gilbert had a sister? Twist... said sister looks very much like her but isn't a doppelganger. Also, said sister knows about Elena, but Elena knows nothing about her.

The first novella, Splintered Shadow, takes place at the beginning of Season Three, starting with Elena's 18th birthday party. The timing works since (spoiler) Elena's biological father died at the end of Season Two. This is the reason that her half-sister comes to town: to find out what happened to John Gilbert.

I just put the sequel through the beginning of the vetting process today. There's relief, excitement, and then panic ("Oh, shit, I need to finish the third one!"). 

So, trilogy is two-thirds complete with Blind Betrayal. Which means I have a few seconds to take a deep breath before I dive back in.

Lost Love will be book three. Hopefully out by early this summer. Book One made it to market in January and Book Two will be live any time now.

If you want to know more about Dead Ringer, look below!