“Kindle Worlds is now closed…”

That's what it says on the Kindle Worlds website. I am sorry to see it gone, but I am not surprised. The only reason I knew about it was because Kevin J. Anderson asked me to co-author a story for it with him. (A crowning moment in my career, let me tell you!) Most people I talked to had never heard of it, and I never once saw Amazon advertize it in any way. (I'm not saying they didn't-- I don't know. But I never saw anything.) So I am not surprised it "failed". Actually, I am not really sure…