So I was perusing some shelves, doing some general lurking, and have discovered some misconceptions.

Several people have shelved "My Time in the Affair" as a short-story, or as a novella.

It is not. It is a full length novel, over 85,000 words. Kindle sets the book length based on kindle parameters, which basically means nothing. If I were to print this book in Arial 12pt font in a 6x9 paperback, it would be almost 300 pages.

But in a word doc., at Arial 12pt, it's 170 pages.

See?

So I go by word count - I almost wish it was a requirement to list them on Amazon and Goodreads. For me, personally, I consider anything less than 70,000 words to be a Novella (Completion was 50,000 words). I would probably never buy a book that was under 30,000 words - just personal choice.

Most literary agents won't look at a manuscript that has less than 70,000 words, and they prefer at least 80,000, but less than 100,000. I go by that guideline for my own books.

I have also seen shelves like "Waiting for Entire Reading List" and "Series" - this book is a stand alone, not a series.

I have also listed all this information in the synopsis.

So no worries! There's no waiting for books two, three, and four, and no buying it only to find out it's teeny tiny.

Just your standard novel.

.... that might make you cry and hate me at certain points, but sometimes that's good ;)



Releases May 2nd

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