{"id":788,"date":"2015-05-18T13:26:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T18:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/?p=788"},"modified":"2015-05-18T13:28:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T18:28:02","slug":"bloods-force-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/bloods-force-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood’s Force Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bloodsforcecover\"<\/a>Since October, I\u2019ve had my head buried in the manuscript and my editor\u2019s recommendations, which mostly involved expanding the story. After much rewriting and reediting, I\u2019ve passed my manuscript back to my editor for her final review. The original manuscript weighed in at 88,000 words. This one\u2019s nearly 180,000!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re wondering, that\u2019s big for a novel. \u201cNovel-length\u201d typically starts around 80K words.<\/p>\n

So, doing the math… there\u2019s a possibility that I really have two<\/strong> books on my hands, not one!<\/p>\n

If so, I would almost certainly not release them simultaneously. I\u2019d need to secure cover art for the second, never mind make the edits necessary to provide a smooth transition from part 1 to part 2. I\u2019m waiting to see whether my editor even thinks it\u2019s a good idea.<\/p>\n

Plus, there are other possibilities. My editor may send me back to the drawing board, or recommend edits that reduce the word count substantially. (I\u2019m really hoping I won\u2019t have to make huge edits from here, but you never know.)<\/p>\n

I just wanted to share the latest with you! Thanks for your continued interest, and I hope to have more news for you soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n


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