Archive for April, 2008
“Five Words You Can Cut,” is a helpful reminder. I would have added “very” to the list (I almost used it in the previous sentence). My personal weakness is for “perhaps.”
What is you special weakness? What word attracts you but is not helpful to your writing?
Since one of my jobs at S&Q is literary agent, I found this blog entry by Colleen Lindsay to be really helpful. Here are the bottom line facts that she lists:
YA fiction 50k - 80k
urban fantasy / paranormal romance 80k - 90k
mysteries and crime fiction = cozies: usually 60k - [...]
