Monthly Archives: October 2010
The Word on Word Count and Length
How do you determine word count and length for a book and its chapters? First, study other successful (key word: successful!) books in your genre to discover what length they are. For example, a typical self-help book is between 60,000 … Continue reading
Its vs. It’s, Misplaced Modifiers, and More
Here’s a cute article on some of the more common grammar glitches that plague authors. I see these come up a lot. Regarding misplaced modifiers, remember that the clause at the beginning of the sentence needs to be checked … Continue reading
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Kindle Will Be Publishing Works That Are Too Short for a Book, Too Long for an Article
Often, potential clients will tell me they’ve written a book, but when they tell me it runs 30,000 or 40,000 words, I have to break the news that they’ve written an animal that’s too long for an article and too … Continue reading