by Caroline Hiley, editor There is no rigid rule about how long a novel must be to get published. Indeed, length trends come and go in the industry like hemlines do in fashion. Currently shorter is better, with a commonly accepted range of 40,000 to 120,000 words for commercial fiction. Novels of 40,000 to 50,000 …
By Carly Cantor So, you’ve finished your novel and have had it critiqued by a professional, tweaked and road-tested, inspected and corrected, line-edited and copy-edited and proofread. You’re satisfied that it’s as good as it’s going to get, and you think it’s…well…pretty great. (Yay, you!) I would imagine your thoughts are running something like this: …
How To Leap Over The Slush Pile To Non-Subsidy Print, Part 2 Read Part 1 here. Copyright 1994, 1996, 2000, 2010 by Mark Orrin, M.A. Author/Co-Author of 17 Non-Self-Published Books IF THE EDITOR AGREES TO READ YOUR MANUSCRIPT AND PROPOSAL, CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE LEAPED THE SLUSH PILE! NOTE: Leaping the slush pile DOESN’T GUARANTEE your book …
Alice Day has edited fiction for numerous award-winning authors–Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/Faulkner Award—and first-time novelists. She performs detailed manuscript evaluations, as well as developmental/substantive editing, and is also a skilled copy editor. ———————————————————————————————————————————- One of the delightful attributes of books and publishing is that they’re anachronistic. Where emails …