From The North Rim 45

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My thriller/suspense novella ‘Clans’

is now live on VitalTek’s platform Readict.

Readict Novel

Here is my pitch for it:

A young female elementary teacher is in a tavern celebrating the end of the school year with three other teachers when she notices a man she has never seen before watching her. When she goes home that night she is attacked and nearly murdered on her doorstep. Her attacker delivers a cryptic message just before killing her. Which is just before he is killed by the strange man who had been watching her in the bar. Who then flees after saving her life. The police detective investigating the case tells her the name of the dead man who attacked her and where he was from. That knowledge, plus the words the man uttered just before dying, sends her from her home in Cincinnati, Ohio, off to the mountains of Appalachia to learn how she is involved in such lethal events. Once there, she becomes embroiled in a brutal fight not only for her life, but for the very soul of the violent world she has been drawn into.

It is currently listed in the new and trending category, but I don’t know how long it will stay there. You can search for it by title. It is a short free read of about 23,000 words.

Here is how their platform works. You download their free app for a smart phone or a Google device, then go to their website – Readict Novel – and join for free. They claim to have over a million users, and there are hundreds of books to choose from. At the moment most of the selections are romances, but, as evidenced by ‘Clans’, which is definitely not a romance, their range is expanding. You select the book you want to read from your phone or tablet and it’s free. It’s all free. The app is free and their service is free and the books are free to read. The only catch is you have to watch commercials (which run about 15-30 seconds) or take a 2-question survey. How it works is you read a chapter, watch a short commercial, then read the next chapter. With all their services free, the site makes its money from ad sales.

This novella has been sitting on my virtual shelf for years gathering virtual dust. That is why I was willing to risk it on a new concept. If nothing comes of it, no big deal. That is also why I don’t self-publish. Even if you don’t publish something right away, there is always the chance an opportunity might come up later. If you’ve already self-published, then that opportunity is lost. Most publishers do not want reprints – they want first rights.

I read ‘Clans’ on my tablet from their site to see what it looked like. There were 5 or 6 instances where a line was duplicated in a separate paragraph. I informed them of this error, and they responded they would correct it. I’ll give them a week or two, then I’ll read it again to see if they have taken care of the problem. In the meanwhile, as soon as I finish what I’m reading I’ll select a book from their site to read. It’s important to support whoever is publishing you. Also, I’m curious as to what kind of books my novella is competing with.

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