Showing posts with label novella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label novella. Show all posts

Friday, December 22, 2017

Yo Ho Ho! It's the Writer's Life for me!

Can't watch "The Shape of Water" (as much as I want to) until I finish that side project about a young grad student falling in love with her research subject, a mer-man. I wrote most of this story long before even "Avatar" -did some artwork on it, also- and still had people comparing my story to that film. This also happened with the dog historical being compared to a cartoon in the 1990s. Oy, the writing life.

Thursday, April 7, 2016

This is subject to change

When doing freelance writing, there are so many rules. These standards are not etched in stone and may be subject to change, in case you didn't pick up why I used such as my post title.

Peruse my below list I gathered from search engine research but know that different publishers have different standards and guidelines. And remember! This Is Subject To Change.

Short story - 1,500 to 30,000 words
Novelette - 8,001 - 17,500 words
Novellas - 30,000 to 50,000 words
Novel - 55,000 - 300,000 words

The Influences and Inspirations!

Just off my chest about #RepresentationMatters!  There is a hashtag going around social media until it's expanded to Netflix keywords un...