Excellent point, Monica. But I do think that there's a difference between someone who gets one fact wrong, and someone who clearly didn't bother to check the...
Was wondering if anyone has been successful working with Mobipocket or the other formats for uploading books; successful in moving copies of their work in...
Good lord, Wensleydale from Somerset? Next we'll be having Cheddar from Yorkshire! Actually, all I know about Wensleydale is that Wallace and Gromit were fond...
Hi all, Here's the December list of e-list members' publications for December If I've left anyone off let me know. Sorry it's a day late, but family matters...
Hello, all! It's been awhile since I've posted, mainly because after preparing for Bouchercon and visiting gorgeous Anchorage, I've been hard at work on ...
I was wondering if anyone knew of a victorian card game that ladies would play. Thanks so much ciao Gina ... Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends...
... play.<< Whist would be a safe bet. But there are many card games mentioned in Jane Austen’s novels and most of them went on being popular. See: ...
Thanks, Wendy, and Suzanne and Monica!! I and my lungs thank you for the good wishes. :) I've got to go back to work tomorrow (I'm completely out of sick ...
Yes, it does depend on the facts too. If the error is of importance to the book then it is a bad error. In a novel about English Victorian cooking and food...
Here's another one for the December list See below Susan ... HEROES IN THE DUST, Jennifer Macaire 2nd in the Iskander series. Alexander the Great's campaign...
... Richard Lee Founder/Publisher The Historical Novel Society www.historicalnovelsociety.org Marine Cottage, The Strand, Starcross, Devon, EX6 8NY. UK. ...
I hope it is not an issue, but I decided to cross post this to a couple other groups in the event that no one here has an answer. After months of research and...
Hi Jennifer, As a rule of thumb 100,000 is probably about right. For the romance market it's less. For straight historical I would say that for an unknown...
In e-publishing, the only way word count really becomes an issue is in the amount of time it takes to edit. An editor might well want to cut out material he...
Epublishing is shorter. Most publishers now also bring the books out in print, but the required length for a full-length novel is usually no longer than...
My advice is this: Others can tell you if there's a target length, but the best thing to do is write the story you want to write the way you want to write it...
Hi Jennifer-- I am still unpublished, but here is the advice I have received in my Master of Arts program in writing (genre fiction) at Seton Hill University. ...
Suzanne Sprague, adult fiction editor for Historical Novels Review Online, is looking for several new book reviewers. Historical Novels Review Online is the...
Monica: The piece I'm writing now is a trilogy because otherwise it would have been some 1000 pages long. I've basically split one book into three parts...
Rabagas, Thank you kindly for the advice. I'm planning to just get the novel out the way I planned to originally I'll fret over cutting it down after I have my...
Monica, Thank you for taking the time to respond to my inquiry. I might have to split mine up as well. I'll know much better once I have that first draft...
Dear Jennifer, I think that's the right approach, especially with a first novel, or any artistic creation. The most important thing is to complete it. Once...
... one of my novels - so split it up into a trilogy. It has its advantages - just so long as there is enough gripping action spread evenly along the entire...
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