Amazon announced on October 28th that it’s closing Kindle Vella. To quote their press release: “We’ve made the difficult decision to gradually wind down Kindle Vella in February 2025 as the program hasn’t caught on as we’d hoped…”

Right when they announced it, I was in the middle of doing this huge analysis on what had been working for me—digging into my Facebook ad data, my reads, my bonus… especially since they’d been slashing that bonus pool for the past few months.

This episode is about: a recap of my reads, monthly bonus and royalties writing romance serials on Kindle Vella, my theories and what's next for my serials (pivoting, again).

Check out my website: www.elodienowodazkij.com

In this episode: I'll talk about how anxiety and writing didn't prepare me for cancer. And for entering the Hospital World. The Patient World.

First of all, how dare anxiety not prepare me for this? I thought we had a deal—you'd give me fears, I'd be anxious about them. I'd learn, become a Google MD.

Heck, I'd even develop OCD—starting young because why not? And boom, when something happens, I'd know how to handle it. Like. A. Pro.

And maybe sometimes, yes.

But when I got diagnosed, that plan went out the window. My brain didn't like that plan. Or it skipped that lesson entirely for me.

Because things didn't go the way I thought.

As always if you have any questions, don't hesitate.

For my books: www.elodienowodazkij.com or thanks to my genius husband: www.dasdog.net :P

I think I finally found a writing/self-publishing goals tracking that works for me. In this one, I talk about my Gallup Strengths and how Becca Syme's helped me come up with ways to get more organized, my Sarra Cannon's HB90-inspired adapted board and more.

I also share what happened in the past two weeks in my writing/self-publishing world, including my newsletters, Facebook Groups I joined and more.

To read the actual newsletters mentioned: check out my Substack - https://elodienowodazkij.substack.com/

Mentioned in this episode:

• Becca Syme Better Faster Patreon
• Sarra Cannon: HB90
• Claire Taylor's Podcast
• Leslye Penelope When Less Is More / Are We Just Burning To Shine?
• Alison Miller Love Lists
• Facebook Group: Kickstarter For Authors
• Facebook Group: CKM - Marketing & Advertising Support Group for Authors
• Holly Darling (Newsletter Tips For Authors)
• Newsletter Ninja (Newsletter Tips For Authors)
• Golden Angel - Just the Tip

Thank you so much for listening!