I have to be out of town today so I am turning My Pet Blog over to the very capable and very talented hands of author and master of allegory, Andrew Leon who deserves a much grander introduction than that. Hmmm. Okay...
Imagine the Star Wars theme song blasting through speakers (or an orchestra, your choice) while down an aisle lined with jedi knights doing lightsaber tricks (if there is such a thing) comes today's Special Guest.
And the crowd goes wild.
Take it away, Andrew...
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How Do You Eat Your Serial?
Serials have been out of style for a long time. A really long time. They went from being the way novels were presented in the 19thcentury to fading out almost altogether in the 20th. There have been some experiments with serialization in the last few decades, including one by Stephen King, but they have met with limited success.
Imagine the Star Wars theme song blasting through speakers (or an orchestra, your choice) while down an aisle lined with jedi knights doing lightsaber tricks (if there is such a thing) comes today's Special Guest.
And the crowd goes wild.
Take it away, Andrew...
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How Do You Eat Your Serial?
Serials have been out of style for a long time. A really long time. They went from being the way novels were presented in the 19thcentury to fading out almost altogether in the 20th. There have been some experiments with serialization in the last few decades, including one by Stephen King, but they have met with limited success.
However, the rise of the e-book may be changing all of that.
My own interest in doing a serial arose after reading an article from “someone who knows” that you should never ever never do a serialization. For any of you that don't know me, I'm kind of contrary, no, wait, I'm a lot contrary, and my immediate reaction to that was “why not?” Which makes me understand, maybe, why my kids can never just do as their told. I've kind of taught them not to, so, maybe, I shouldn't get so upset when I have to tell them “why” every time I tell them to do something.
Anyway... As I said, serializations used to be the way writing was done, and I couldn't think of any good reason not to try it out. It seemed to me that short bites might be something that today's portable device people would like. Let's just call the whole things an experiment. An interesting experiment. I found out a couple of months into my whole serialization process that Amazon was opening a special serialization arm of their print division, because they see it as a coming thing. Now, I'm not saying a started a bandwagon, but it looks like I was definitely in front of it. Of course, it's too late for me to do Shadow Spinner under the umbrella of Kindle Serials, but I already have an idea for another one that I'll do through their serial branch as soon as I finish this one.
Currently, there are seven chapters of Shadow Spinner available:
Each part is only $0.99 except on the few days each quarter that I'm allowed to make them free.
There is also an accompaniment piece: "The Evil That Men Do”
It's not necessary for Shadow Spinner, but it does provide some background.
If you haven't considered serializations before, they may be worth a think. There have certainly been more released this year than in the last couple of decades combined.
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Thanks to Andrew for guest posting today (and raising the IQ level of My Pet Blog to an all time high)! Be sure to check out his blog and his books. You won't be disappointed. Have a great weekend, everyone.
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Thanks to Andrew for guest posting today (and raising the IQ level of My Pet Blog to an all time high)! Be sure to check out his blog and his books. You won't be disappointed. Have a great weekend, everyone.