Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur,

bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing craft and creative business.

You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint, and lots more at thecreativepen.com. And that's Pen with a

double N. And here's the show. Hello, creatives. I'm Joanna Penn, and this is episode number

779 of the podcast, and it is Friday the 1st of November 24 as I record this.

In today's show, I'm talking about returning to self-publishing

with a second edition after a traditional deal with Jin Stevens,

who some of you might know from the intermittent fasting stories podcast.

I'm also writing a second edition at the moment for how to write

nonfiction. So we had a great discussion about when you feel it's time for a new edition and whether

it's worth it, what might need updating, as well as why Jin is self-publishing this time around and what

she enjoys about that,

and why she left Facebook to start a private community and why that's been great for her mental health and her business.

So that's coming up in the interview section.

In writing and publishing things, well Amazon announced the end of Kindlevella this week,

saying Kindlevella hasn't caught on as we'd hoped. It will wind up in February 2025.

So I was never in Vela. I don't write serials. I don't read serials, and it also remained US only throughout

the whole time. But lots of authors did get involved with it and other serial fiction platforms.

So it is time to find a new home, maybe Wapad, Royal Road, some people even using substack,

but make sure to check the contracts. And remember, the contract is the terms of service when you upload to a site or you use a site for publishing.

And some of the serial platforms have stricter terms.

So definitely read those.

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