I fancy myself a novelist. There is something about the short story format that I just struggle with. I like the freedom that comes with a greater word count. Or perhaps I just have a natural inclination towards envisioning grander tales than would fit into 9000 words.
Coming up with the story I was going to [...]
Novels vs short stories
Filed under Writing Journal on June 30, 2004
Keywords: novels, Realms of the Dragons II, short stories
Does page count equal quality?
Filed under Soapbox on May 11, 2004
Keywords: novels, Wheel of Time
The question was raised in another thread why recent novels, and fantasy ones in particular, are so fat? Examples like Wheel of Time and the new Dragonlance novels were sited as books that runneth over, and not in a “bountiful blessings” kind of way.
I have no problem with 700+ page books or series that extend [...]
