Heh. I always like the general order that told us we had to "salute all officers and standards not cased." I'm all for saluting "uncased" officers, anyday. Especially, if they start by saluting me.
Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?
Snyder ,'Empty Places'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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SailAweigh - May 22, 2005 11:39:02 am PDT #2260 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
SailAweigh - May 22, 2005 11:39:05 am PDT #2261 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Oops.
deborah grabien - May 22, 2005 1:51:45 pm PDT #2262 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
have just written another 3600 words of new novel that makes nearly ten thousand words and nearly fifty pages in three days for god's sake someone send help
Lilty Cash - May 22, 2005 1:53:14 pm PDT #2263 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Sends tea and bon-bon bearing monkeys.
Good job, Deb!
SailAweigh - May 22, 2005 1:58:09 pm PDT #2264 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Whoot! deb! I have got to ask, because I've never written a novel, how many words in a decent length one?
Cashmere - May 22, 2005 1:59:55 pm PDT #2265 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
have just written another 3600 words of new novel that makes nearly ten thousand words and nearly fifty pages in three days for god's sake someone send helpI wouldn't want to cap that gushing well.
deborah grabien - May 22, 2005 2:09:10 pm PDT #2266 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
No such thing as good length, Sail. Depends entirely on the market, the genre and the writer. Minotaur likes the Ballads books to be between 70K and 80K.
If I keep writing at this rate - and I think that may be what's happening, since I'm basically channeling this sucker - I'll be done in a month.
SailAweigh - May 22, 2005 2:13:23 pm PDT #2267 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Depends entirely on the market, the genre and the writer.
I guess I should have been more specific. I was thinking of 250 pages as "decent." So, 70-80K sounds about right.
deborah grabien - May 22, 2005 2:23:17 pm PDT #2268 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
The thicker a book, the higher the cost of producing it and the higher the retail price on the book. My Word program, which defaults to novel submission formatting, averages 235 words per manuscript page; of course, I tend to use a lot of longish words. Call it a flat 250, and you get just about a 300-page manuscript - not the final printed book, the manuscript - at between 70K and 75K.
I'm still coming down, here. I think maybe this particular book has wanted out for, oh, 28 years or so. Right now, I'm fucking stoned on it.
It's only rock and rolllllllllllllllllll...
erikaj - May 22, 2005 3:00:14 pm PDT #2269 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Damn...