Thank you for the advice. I'm open to hear it.

I meant an invitation, rather than a demand or badgering. I'm sorry that it came across in that negative way.

I guess a point about newbie mistakes is that they're new and exciting mistakes to each generation making them, but old and tiresome to those who've seen them before. I've seen that in the things other than fiction writing, where I have had some successes. Thanks for your patient tone, assuming goodwill and naivety - which is indeed accurate about me.

I have had some nonfiction work published. The fiction is an entirely different thing. I don't see any likely carry-over from the business and technical nonfiction audience to the magic/fantasy fiction audience. The fiction is so different and "out there," relative to "day job land," that I've assumed a need to build the fiction audience from scratch. I'm using a unique pen name for the fiction.

You suggest three specific ways to let people discover my fictional work in shorter form. That's very helpful!

I can see how all three could work to build an audience over time.

Now, I need to look at the strategic choices that come to mind: whether to break up the existing novel; or write short pieces in the same universe, but save the novel's story for book length once I'm known and so is the setting; or write something completely different, self-contained, to introduce myself as a writer first, then later offer the novel as a whole new world to people aware of my writing.

I appreciate your advice. I'm taking it to heart.

I'll continue to participate in your comment section, and refrain from further pitches. Thanks for your patient and kind way you shared your advice.