have you considered xml + xslt stylesheets? something like docbook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DocBook) markup, for which many tools and editors exist - and which has an abundance of stylesheets to convert to other formats. Docbook is in most respects *simpler* than html, short and easy learning curve - at least for the part's you'd use in a fiction book ;o) and by applying the appropriate xslt stylesheet it can output rss, html, pdf, etc. I'm a software engineer, with many years of web development under my belt, and I'd be happy to discuss it and help set things up if it's something you're interested in. I'll even tweak the xslt stylesheets for free ;o)
rss and other formats
something like docbook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DocBook) markup, for which many tools and editors exist - and which has an abundance of stylesheets to convert to other formats. Docbook is in most respects *simpler* than html, short and easy learning curve - at least for the part's you'd use in a fiction book ;o) and by applying the appropriate xslt stylesheet it can output rss, html, pdf, etc.
I'm a software engineer, with many years of web development under my belt, and I'd be happy to discuss it and help set things up if it's something you're interested in. I'll even tweak the xslt stylesheets for free ;o)
you can contact me at robbhammack@gmail.com