So the novella’s not available yet, but it seems to be legal for pre-order. Here are some impressions from the process. There is a lot of data to read. Mostly tips about how to maximize the exposure of the book, how to enter information in correctly. As far as I could tell, everything was pretty cut and dried. It’s pretty sophisticated, but also user friendly. Plus I’ve been following Scalzi’s blog and other news about Amazon’s self-publishing notoriety to know what pitfalls to avoid and which to jump into. But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t lots to read. One more thing I ran into that there is only the choice…

So, I’ve decided to give self-publishing a try.  I wrote this 34,000 word novella, but as you might guess, it’s impossible to get novellas published anywhere (unless you’re a big attractive name).  Even the magazines on Duotrope max out at about 20-25,000 words. So I figured this would be a good chance to dip my feet in the Kindle Publishing waters.  There’s a lot to consider like Kindle Direct Publishing, KDP, filling out tax forms, waiting for the web site to update. I’ll report back my findings and with any luck, I’ll have some good news to report. Vala has finally been invited to the sacred glen, where she and…