IWSG post: A DISAPPOINTMENT IS ONLY AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR RESPONSE TO IT

 

Though hardly a stranger to rejection slips, 

I received a new one today.

I wanted to use a character from

one of my short stories,

so completely rewrote it

to introduce him in my

NIGHT SEASONS

Vella Submission.

Amazon has cancelled my entire

Novella for sale,

saying they did not want

customers paying twice for what

they could get elsewhere.

I completely rewrote that story

(in a 99 cent collection)

explaining in all

new details

with

theoretical particle physics,

cosmology,

and gravitation

how Angels might fly

and how they might differently

perceive the streams of reality.

John Wayne's THE ALAMO and

Billy Bob Thornton's version

told of the same battle differently

as I did with my rewritten story.

The good news is that Amazon Vella

has me writing NIGHT SEASONS

when Covid, 2 Hurricanes,

an ice storm & a flood

had stopped me completely.

It is more than me just whining -

I wanted to warn you about using

characters you have used previously

if you plan to submit to Vella.

My YCU

(Yeomans Connected Universe)

seems to confuse Amazon.

Just wanted to caution you about

Amazon Vella.

Amazon is much bigger 

that we are.

Are you planning to write for

Amazon Vella?