The craft of writing is interesting in itself to me. I came across an article this week which spoke about writing short stories and how it’s an important vessel for authors to help in creating and increase their presence. The example offered was Author A writes an 80,000 word novel while Author B writes 8 x 10,000 word short reads. Author B can produce and publish these short reads at a quicker rate which starts building an audience with each release while Author A has to rely on one release. It was also outlined that Author B has the ability to tap into a greater number of keywords and and categories they can target. It was a really useful article and I’m glad I read it. I’ve only ever used short stories as writing prompts (up to 1,000 words in most instances) but this article spoke about an area in Amazon that I wasn’t aware of which is Kindle Short reads. I’ve been waiting for Kindle Vella to be released in Australia which is where authors write serialised pieces but this was different again (and available to me now!). So I went searching for some short reads and I began with some authors I was already familiar with. I started reading Brandon Sanderson this year and really enjoyed his Mistborn Series. Unbeknownst to me the book I selected was a short story between full length novels. It was a good taster of the series though and I’ve subsequently started reading the first book (Steelheart) which has been awesome so far. I got into some of the Jack Reacher books after seeing the TV series which I think is far superior to the Tom Cruise movies. Alan Ritchson is great and I’ve been a fan of his since Blue Mountain State. It has me rethinking my approach and I’m starting to lean towards maybe working on one or two short stories while still developing my novel. The links below to buy now are affiliate links to Amazon Australia. The Fourth Man - Book DescriptionTHE BRAND NEW JACK REACHER STAND-ALONE SHORT STORY THAT SEES REACHER GOING DOWN UNDER FOR THE FIRST TIME - BUT POSSIBLY NOT THE LAST. It's a short read, but perfect for a coffee break. Jack Reacher, ex-military drifter of no fixed abode, is stalked and tracked down by an FBI agent. She tells him that in a house raid in Sydney, Australian law enforcement found a list. There were four people on it, including him. The other three are dead. Hours later, Reacher is in the air, on his way to Sydney. What was the evil buried twenty-five years ago, that has now resurfaced? Will Reacher be able to find the killers, before they find him? Mitosis - Book DescriptionFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance, co-author of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn Trilogy, Brandon Sanderson, comes Mitosis, a short story set in the action-packed world of Steelheart: the Reckoners series, exclusively available in a HB collector's edition. Epics still plague Newcago, but David and the Reckoners have vowed to fight back. Catch all the action before Firefight, the exciting sequel to Steelheart, hits the shelves.
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