The Word On: The Wovel

"Apparently something called a Wovel (Web + Novel, get it?) is the new incarnation of online storytelling. It's like Choose Your Own Adventure books: at the end of each section, readers get to vote which direction the story takes... It seems serialization has fallen out of favor... but it should come back. It's such a great way to hook readers – look at television. Since the internet needs readers to return again and again, and online readers skim... serialized stories should be ideal."

http://www.thejohnfox.com

“This is a really cool idea and something that brings a freshness to the reading experience. It’d be great to have something that I can read on a weekly basis that I can have a hand in influencing the outcome.”

Mark Chitty, http://walkerofworlds.blogspot.com

"The way we read and the way we write is changing, for some more quickly than others... Author Victoria Blake 'wanted to offer exciting, edgy fiction with a touch of the fantastic', and to make her website a primary component of her business. This is a primary example of e-publishing."

http://www.takingaiim.com

"OMFG. Make them stop. 'Wovel' is almost as bad as 'sheeple'. Portmanteau words are generally hideous crimes against language and aesthetics."

Ugh, http://slog.thestranger.com