I've been a professional write (journalism mostly) for decades, but never managed to finish a novel. Fantasy and sci-fi have always been my genre of choice.
Lately, I've begun writing chapters as daily blog entries. My rules: 1. Keep each chapter short and essentially self-contained (the "blog" part). 2. No rewriting. (I do occasionally tweak something small to polish continuity, etc.)
The idea is to create a kind of serial that will prevent me from bogging down in endless, navel-gazing rewrites.
(My hope is that the arc of the story will eventually be "done" enough that I can gather it all up, do some polishing and editing, and submit it somewhere.)
I'd love for anyone with a free moment to check it out and give me feedback.
One irritating thing is that the story appears on the website in reverse order -- the latest chapter at the top. So you'll have to scroll down and start with chapter one...
www.blueoriole.blogspot.com/Best,
Captain Marsh
