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'The Wandering Inn' is a serial webnovel with a substantial following. It seems somewhat like what you intend. https://wanderinginn.com/

The first time around, the edits were so severe - several per page, plus plot fixes - that I deleted the old books and released new ones. (Twice.) This last time around, as it was mostly trivial grammar bugs (1-2 per 8-10 pages), I just updated the interior. (No new edition.)

I have not read 'Reverend Insanity,' but the concept reminds me of the webnovel 'The Wandering Inn,' a sort of RPG fantasy featuring classes and levels. 'The Wandering Inn' topped several million words, with weekly additions.

My relatives want signed author copies on the off chance that I will be a best-selling author someday. My amaged hand makes my signature more of a scrawl, but whatever...

Welcome! I am staring straight at 63 myself in a couple of months. And yes, I'm retired. Facebook is about it for social media. It has become infuriating these last few years. I mostly write dark fantasy, though Amazon classed my last book as 'friendship fiction' and most of the others as...

NANO used to have competitions in April and July. The first drafts of a few of my books originated during those periods. But NANO seems to be dead.

Most of my plot bunnies grew into stories and books of their own.

Welcome? Are you published?

I mentioned this in the other thread, but it seems worth repeating. Amazon seems to have glitched. Two of my reviews apparently posted, but Amazon did not notify me. After ten days, Authentic contacted me, explained the situation, and gave me the points. This seems to be a general issue with...

Welcome.

I found 'Easth Abides' depressing. 'Wizard of Earthsea' remains a favorite of mine.

Aging eyes and old injuries to my hands are coming back to haunt me, resulting in a lot of typos. Grammarly is way better at spotting those than I am.

I trained myself to read very fast. Back in Junior high, I had two classes that were in the same room with a ten-minute break between them. In that room was a rolling bookshelf cart stuffed with Scholastic novels of about 80-100 pages each. I set out to try to read one of those books during that...

Welcome! I did a lot of worldbuilding back in the day, mostly for AD&D. I built half a dozen worlds with varying degrees of detail. But, back then, I rarely finished any stories. I drew on all that material when I dedicated myself to writing. I have a dozen books out in the world, set on three...

When you finish the rough draft, set it aside for a few weeks or months and work on something else. AFTER that time, read through it. It will 'read fresh.' Both the good and the bad parts will stand out, as will plotholes. Your first rewrite will be patching the big plot holes and other issues...