It’s a random Friday and that means it’s guest post today!   I’ve considered serial fiction in the past and it’s in my future writing plans. To find this article from writer and friend Andrew Eckhart was a nice surprise. Andrew’s the writer of the novel Last Mage, written in a serial format over the past year.  Check out his story for examples of how he handles the style and pressure of writing stories...

It began with a challenge. Two figures, standing hip deep in the slime, ichor and filth of a hobby dragging them further from their life’s goal. A call ripped out across the land, beckoning them back. A challenge appears. It lures them away from the murk and oil from their distraction. It refines their choices and guides them on the glory.  I speak, of course, of the wager between myself and one Andrew Eckhart. In the early days of...