Web Serial Fiction discussion

Just wondering. I'm getting ready to launch a new web fiction serial and getting a kick out of the process. Enjoying the format. Have been looking at other's projects and developing my own approach. Would love to connect with others writing & reading in this format.

What group am I even receiving notifications on? ;)

Dunno, but I'm interested in Kindle Vella and this looked like a good place to learn.

Val wrote: "Dunno, but I'm interested in Kindle Vella and this looked like a good place to learn."
Hummm...Kindle Vella. That's interesting. Competing with Royal Road & the others, I suppose. I went a different direction with my web serial...built a website so I could add multiple elements along with the chapter releases.

This group is barely active, alas :(
Sad. It seemed promising.

Yup. So...are you writing or reading a web serial right now?

Kate wrote: "Yup. So...are you writing or reading a web serial right now?"

Writing ("Cold Obsidian" - fantasy novel) and drawing ("Gifts of Wandering Ice" - sci-fi comic).

I'm very new on Goodreads. Still trying to figure things out.

Ah, did you start the "cold obsidian" group? I just opened your website and will explore after lunch. I'm not a fantasy reader, but intrigued by what you're doing. Are you looking for any feedback? I'm willing.

Kate wrote: "Ah, did you start the "cold obsidian" group? I just opened your website and will explore after lunch. I'm not a fantasy reader, but intrigued by what you're doing. Are you looking for any feedback?..."

Oh wow, would be happy to hear some feedback :)

Which group do you mean? If it's the one in Webserials, then yes, it's my doing.

I've been writing a webserial since 2007. If you're looking to talk to people involved in doing that, you might try a Discord group called Handwritten Cafe.

https://discord.gg/U3YS8b7F

Thanks for Discord invite. I joined, but it might take me a minute to figure out how to engage on Discord. Do you want feedback there or here or somewhere else?

I still follow this group, but to be honest, it's never really been a major center of discussion of webserials. Goodreads seems like the kind of place where that should be done though.

If you want to talk, I'll see it in both places, though I'm on the Discord group more often.

If you want to take a look at my webserial, it's called The Legion of Nothing and can be found at http://inmydaydreams.com. Honestly, you don't have to unless you're interested in it. The basic concept is that the grandchildren of World War 2 era superheroes recreate their grandparents' group in the modern day.

The earlier books in the series can accurately be described as YA. I'm not sure if that's true of later installments of the series.

I'm looking at the Legion of Nothing now. I like it that the front page starts with a story, but it looks like part five. I jumped down to part one, although I'm not sure that's the beginning. Yes, I eventually found the beginning. I like the story and your writing. Great feel and pace.
I gave you a vote on top fiction. I haven't registered my story there yet, but I'm reminded that I need to. Thanks. I see you've published books. Do you take the web serial season down once you compiled it into a book? That's what I intend to do.
One challenge for me... There's so much content and so many links on the website that I'm a bit confused about what's what. Sorry about that. Oh, and I don't quite understand the "arc" numbers. Is that like subchapters?
Anyway, I like it, although for sure, it's not my genre. I hope it's been well received.

by the way, if you'd be willing to take a look at mine and tell me what you think...I'm at www.ourohiostory.com. Mine has more than the webserial chapters, but it's brand new. I'd love your thoughts.

Kate wrote: "Yup. So...are you writing or reading a web serial right now?"
Hi Olga, I'm looking at obsidian trilogy now. It's a fun front page! And the navigation module it's great! It's a little slow for me to read in English, though. I'm guessing that's because it's a translation. Mine's at www.ourohiostory.com if you want to take a look.

What appears on the website is the first draft. What’s on Amazon is the final draft. Since this is a webserial and I want the webserial to grow, I leave everything up. It’s a series, so if I took the ones I’ve put on Amazon down, I’d be removing the first and second books.

People who like the webserial do want to read the final version, so I link to it and make it easy to find.

For the purpose of the site, an arc is a chapter-though it doesn’t always correspond to a chapter in the books.

It’s been reasonably well received. Most days I have more than 1000 page views. I successfully did a Kickstarter to pay for editing on the second and third book. A small press that went out of business published the first. Also, I’ve recently licensed the story to a comic company. That should start appearing in the fall if things go as planned.

That said, I’ve been doing this since 2007.

Since 2006, myself. —I need to work on my marketing; my page views on good days measure in the dozens.

Kate wrote: "Kate wrote: "Yup. So...are you writing or reading a web serial right now?"
Hi Olga, I'm looking at obsidian trilogy now. It's a fun front page! And the navigation module it's great! It's a little s..."

Kip wrote: "Since 2006, myself. —I need to work on my marketing; my page views on good days measure in the dozens."
You're definitely on the long haul. Can you post a link to your webserial here. By the way, I'm not doing a good job of posting my comments in the right way. My apologies. I'm still figuring this out.

Jim wrote: "What appears on the website is the first draft. What’s on Amazon is the final draft. Since this is a webserial and I want the webserial to grow, I leave everything up. It’s a series, so if I took t..."
Hi Jim, that's fantastic! Thanks for explaining what you're doing. I love it that you're getting some good traffic.

Kate wrote: "Can you post a link to your webserial here."

The table of contents is available here: http://thecityofroses.com/contents

The book-shaped collections are available here: http://thecityofroses.com/book

Kip wrote: "Kate wrote: "Can you post a link to your webserial here."

The table of contents is available here: http://thecityofroses.com/contents

The book-shaped collections are available here: http://thecit..."
Thx. I'll take a look at it later, hopefully today.

Kate wrote: "Kip wrote: "Kate wrote: "Can you post a link to your webserial here."

The table of contents is available here: http://thecityofroses.com/contents

The book-shaped collections are available here: h..."
Really interesting story & writing.

Kate wrote: "Just wondering. I'm getting ready to launch a new web fiction serial and getting a kick out of the process. Enjoying the format. Have been looking at other's projects and developing my own approach..."

I just launched my first piece of serialized fiction on Amazon Kindle Vella, and I am in the same boat you were in a few years ago, as I see here by your comment. I hope it went well launching yours and you are still enjoying the process.