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Writer's pictureAdam Gaffen

Adam Interviews...Anna Jenkins!


Happy Monday!

If you didn't notice, I've been featuring Kindle Vella authors lately.

Why?

Because it's a great format for people who want their stories in bite-sized chunks.


Here's how it works:

Authors write their story in a serial format - episodic, like television.

Each episode is between 600 and 5000 words.

The first three episodes of EVERY story, in EVERY genre, from EVERY author, is FREE

That's right!

You can read three episodes of anything and get a feel for the story, characters, writing, plut, all the goodness, for FREE.

After that, you unlock story episodes at the rate of one token per 100 words. 1243 words? 12 tokens, it always rounds down.

Then, if you're new to Kindle Vella, Amazon will GIVE you tokens to buy more episodes. I think they're giving out 200 tokens, which is 20000 words!

After that, tokens work our to a penny (or less) each. The biggest package gets you 1700 tokens for $15.


Let's learn more about Anna!


When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

When I was 12, and participated in school project. My history teacher wanted us to get a feel of what it was like to be a solider at war during Christmas time, and to write home to his parents. That’s when it started, when I pretended to be a WWII solider that was still a kid writing home, while in a fox hole.



Where do you get your information or ideas for your books?

Just about anywhere really. The mob series I’m writing was inspired by a Nora Roberts Novel. My Kindle Vella serial was inspired by a line in Blue Bloods.


What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?

I read my stuff out loud, pretending I’m an audio book reader.


Where do you get your information or ideas for your books?

For the most part google. But if it happen to know someone with the information I need, I’ll contact them first hand.


When did you write your first book and how old were you?

2020, I was 34 and very much pregnant.


What do you like to do when you’re not writing?

Reading, taking care of my family and reading.