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A Semi-Not-Horribly-Regular Newsletter #1

Howdy. I’m Benjamin X. Wretlind and this is the 1st issue of A Semi-Not-Horribly-Regular Newsletter. That’s right: the 1st. I may have tried this once or twice before, but this is the 1st iteration of what will be a–you guessed it–Semi-Not-Horribly-Regular Newsletter. I’ve been tinkering with all that marketing stuff over the last few weeks.…
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Beneath Gehenna Episodes 12 and 13 are Live

Episodes 12 and 13 of my novel Beneath Gehenna are now available

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Preparing to Write Pike’s Wrong

This is an article about preparation, or to be more exact, the lack of said preparation. Standing at the edge of one my previous jobs, I could easily see the Front Range of the Rockies stabbing their defiant fists into the air. The most prominent fist is Pikes Peak, what the brochures call “America’s Mountain.” One…
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Episodes 10 and 11 of Beneath Gehenna are Available

Episodes 10 and 11 of my novel Beneath Gehenna are now available on the Kindle Vella platform. As always, the first 3 episodes are FREE. You also get 200 "tokens" free from the get go, so you can get through 11 episodes (about 1/3rd of the novel) without paying a cent.

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Ghost Vomit: Or How Ideas are Born

Inspiration: noun \ˌin(t)-spə-ˈrā-shən, -(ˌ)spi-\ A divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation. (Merriam-Webster) Inspiration. That divine breath of literary genius given to us as sacred revelations wherein we all ascend from poor writer to rich author. Or maybe it’s just the crap that…
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What is Kindle Vella? PART 3

In the first post about Kindle Vella, I talked about what Kindle Vella is, whether a novel needs to be complete in order to be published, and how authors are paid. The second post discussed the reader experience, content rules and ease of the platform for authors. This final post will talk about covers, whether…
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What is Kindle Vella? PART 2

Currently, Kindle Vella is available in the U.S. both on its website (https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella). Readers can browse the Vella store, get a few details about your work and then engage with the stories through episode likes ("Thumbs Up") and "Faves" (weekly crowns).

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What is Kindle Vella? PART 1

I decided to write this post because I decided recently to take the plunge into the beta version of Kindle Vella, to see what I might do with it, and to understand the nooks and crannies before it becomes a full-blown global thing.

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New Episodes of Beneath Gehenna

episodes are FREE. You also get 200 "tokens" free from the get go, so you can get through 11 episodes (about 1/3rd of the novel) without paying a cent.

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Short Story: Harlan’s Holes

I sat and stared at holes in my wall one day before I started writing this. I’m pleased with how everything flowed together. In 2021, this story won in the Adult Category for the All Pikes Peak Writes annual competition, sponsored by the Pikes Peak Library District. This short story will be included in the…
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