Jenny Schwartz

Tag: Kindle Unlimited

  • Clean Romance on Kindle Unlimited

    Clean Romance is a category of story that isn’t necessarily Christian (non-preachy, at least), but does close the door on sex scenes, minimise bad language and violence, and generally guarantee its readers a story that they wouldn’t be horrified to find their twelve year old niece reading. That said, some twelve year olds are more…

  • How To Write A Short Story

    A short story is not a vignette. I’ve written plenty of vignettes, so I wanted to pass on this tip and save you the frustration. There is nothing wrong with vignettes. They give an intense snapshot of a moment in time. But if you’re aiming to write a short story, that’s not what you want.…

  • Amazon Keywords

    Amazon keywords are wonderful. Get them right, and readers searching for your type of book are served your book in their search results. Get them wrong, and your book may well languish, undiscovered, and hence, unread. I have plenty of those books. But I’m learning! The place to start is with Amazon’s own advice on…

  • Kindle Unlimited for Authors

    For everyone bored by my obsession with Kindle Unlimited (KU) and Amazon’s algorithms, skip this post. Since starting my self-publishing journey late in October 2014, my learning curve has been massive. It’s meant I’ve written less than I’d have liked, but you can’t research, strategise and test strategies, and write at the same time —…

  • Short Stories and Kindle Unlimited

    Are we living through the renaissance of short stories? I’m hearing people talking about the short stories they’re reading now on Kindle Unlimited (KU). This thrills me, both as a fan of short stories and as an author. Now, some people might argue that in fact the surge of short stories onto KU is a result…