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...so, a novel should really be about 80 or 90k words, right?
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
Simon ,'Safe'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Fay - May 12, 2007 11:59:49 pm PDT #8934 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Amy - May 13, 2007 4:35:42 am PDT #8935 of 10001
Because books.
Most of them, yeah, Fay.
But children's or young adult novels can be (and often are) much shorter, maybe 50K or 60K.
Fay - May 14, 2007 12:19:53 am PDT #8936 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I'm aiming for about 90k, so that's cool.
(Have had writer's block for ages, and so put novel on backburner again. But have recently had an 'aha!' moment, and am now writing manically.)
erikaj - May 14, 2007 4:51:28 am PDT #8937 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
It's all in the game.
Atropa - Jun 03, 2007 6:51:01 pm PDT #8938 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Eeeep. Book proposal now sent off to the Nice Agent Lady. Goodness, I'm nervous.
-t - Jun 03, 2007 7:09:50 pm PDT #8939 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
WOOOOOOO! Go Jilli! Best of luck.
Lee - Jun 03, 2007 7:12:35 pm PDT #8940 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What -t said!
Liese S. - Jun 03, 2007 7:40:05 pm PDT #8941 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Go Jilli! Spread the Jilli-fabulousness.
SailAweigh - Jun 03, 2007 9:37:17 pm PDT #8942 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Good luck, Jilli!
sj - Jun 04, 2007 2:42:00 am PDT #8943 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, Jilli! Best of luck.