Hi @todayslight. I'd like to personally welcome you to The Ink Well and share some overview information about our community. We are all about short stories. Please be sure to read through our community rules, which you can find at the top of our community home page. So, unfortunately, we don't accept novels, chapter stories, or other serialized content. I hope you'll come back with a short story!

All that said, I read your chapter and it's really interesting and readable. What a journey! Especially if it's based on your own real life experience. I hope you continue with it. You can certainly publish the chapters to your own blog.

I'd be happy to give you some additional feedback on your writing, if you like. Since we're not acquainted yet, I thought I would ask.