So I Am Trying To Become a Novellest

I enjoy reading a lot and have decent talent at writing so I'm gonna try to write a novel and document the process. First I'm submitting some short stories and flash fiction  to a couple competitions. I really need some people who I don't know to read my work and tell me what they think. I just discovered indie books and am really interested in learning how to publish some of my stuff independently.

Also my tumblr: http://nerdrandomosity.tumblr.com/
And my youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/kaaatable/videos