tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post5369765882929175324..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: Short fiction vs. novelstate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-41472389478849279102008-11-20T15:41:00.000-06:002008-11-20T15:41:00.000-06:00I like novellas, aka short novels, a lot. It's a h...I like novellas, aka short novels, a lot. It's a hard length to sell, though there are some markets: the prozines publish some novellas, and there are small press publishers who do chapbook editions of noevellas. <BR/><BR/>I have thought about going over to YA because that is a market for stories at the novella-novel border. The thing that is great about novellas is -- they have some of the richness of a novel without the bloat and fluff that comes from a story that has been forced to novel length. There's a wonderful line that comes (I think) from a theater review: "There is less here than meets the eye." And this is true of many novels.Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014586558046317266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-11659694745512318022008-11-19T19:39:00.000-06:002008-11-19T19:39:00.000-06:00What about novellas? A couple of my stories are to...What about novellas? <BR/><BR/>A couple of my stories are too big to qualify as short stories, but too small to be a novel. One of them was an idea I had for a longer novel, but after I fleshed it all out and all that, it was way too short. Most publishers ask for something 50,000 or more words (some 100K). <BR/><BR/>For the moment, I'm just keeping them on my website as a free download to reward surfers that follow the link on my longer, soon-to-be-released novel.<BR/><BR/>Any other ideas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com