{"id":310,"date":"2022-01-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strivingauthor.com\/?p=310"},"modified":"2022-01-07T13:51:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:51:32","slug":"update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strivingauthor.com\/?p=310","title":{"rendered":"Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:23px\">Okay, I know y&#8217;all are getting spammed with posts from me this week &#8211; I&#8217;m trying to keep y&#8217;all updated as new things come out. So, here&#8217;s one last one (right now) for the week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:23px\">After some looking into places where I can publish stories, I&#8217;ve decided to move Secrets of the Forest from Wattpad to Kindle Vella! \ud83e\udd73<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strivingauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-kindle-vella-92e4be-1024x504.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-311\" width=\"877\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strivingauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-kindle-vella-92e4be-1024x504.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/strivingauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-kindle-vella-92e4be-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/strivingauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-kindle-vella-92e4be-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/strivingauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-kindle-vella-92e4be-583x287.jpg 583w, https:\/\/strivingauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-kindle-vella-92e4be.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:23px\">What is Kindle Vella? Kindle Vella is an online platform through Amazon.com that publishes a story one episode at a time. Readers can unlock episodes by purchasing and redeeming Tokens, however, readers can still read the first three episodes in a story without redeeming Tokens. (From what I see, it costs about $2 for 200 tokens &#8211; an average chapter on my part is about 20 tokens &#8211; however, it looks like you get some free tokens when you sign up!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:23px\">Do you need a Kindle? NOT AT ALL! You can access the platform right on your computer or phone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:23px\">So, starting today, Secrets of the Forest will no longer be available on Wattpad and will soon be available on Kindle Vella. Since I cannot have a free version up on the internet at all if I want to publish on Vella, I have to take down the one on Wattpad. \ud83d\ude14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:23px\">Don&#8217;t worry &#8211; I&#8217;ll still be putting up some short stories I write on Wattpad later on, so don&#8217;t rule out Wattpad for good! For now, I&#8217;ll update you when Secrets of the Forest goes LIVE on Kindle Vella!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:23px\">Let you know soon when I have more information!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:23px\">L.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:23px\">#strivingauthor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I know y&#8217;all are getting spammed with posts from me this week &#8211; I&#8217;m trying to keep y&#8217;all updated as new things come out. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,31],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admin-news","category-fun","tag-update"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Update! 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