Some authors seem to get really hung up on word counts. No great novel has ever been rejected because it was 89,000 words instead of 90,000. If your story is complete as it is, I would just go with it. And if that means you’ve written a novella instead of a novel, so be it. [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Padding Your Story is Like Padding Your Bra: When Someone Gets Close to the Goods, You’re Going to Be Embarrassed
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged Novel, Novella, Publishing, Query, Submissions, Writing on April 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Finding your right length: short stories, novellas, novels, and young adult books
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged character, Novel, Novella, plot, Publishing, publishing business, short story, short story collections, Submissions, Writing, young adult books on April 5, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I find writing a novel to be the toughest thing I have to do as a writer. I also think I would be excelled at the form 50 years ago when most novels were just 40,000 words. I’m certain I would have been doomed a little further back in time, when 150,000 words was the [...]
Obsessing About Distance and Time
Posted in Apple, Running, tagged iPod, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, Nike+, Running, Walkman on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I’ve mentioned before, I love the Nike Plus system for my iPod Nano. Even when I was just running around the block in high school (1/2 mile loop), I kept track of the time and distance. It didn’t feel right not knowing how far or how long I had run.
So when my wife bought [...]
iTunes Doesn’t Recognize Your Nike Plus Account After You Restore Your iPod Nano
Posted in Apple, Running, tagged Apple, iPod Nano, iTunes, Nike+ account, Paula Radcliffe, Paula Radcliffe glitch, restore on April 1, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Since it took me a little while to figure this out again tonight, I thought I’d post the information for anyone else and for my future self when this happens again in six months:
I had to “restore” my iPod Nano tonight, but I couldn’t figure out how to get the “Nike + iPod” tab in [...]
