Remember when I had a nibble from that UK publisher?
I finally had my Zoom meeting (cameras off) with the guy. He likes my writing style but says he likes his books to be around 35K rather than the 90K I’ve got now. My dictionary says 35K is a novella not a novel, but whatever, right? Now I have to retool the novels to see if I can get something down around that level instead of the normal sized novels I have written out now. Must remember to toss in more conflict, too. If I’m going small, I have to go tense.
My alter ego still has had no luck with the anthologies, but she’s plugging away at them. Working on a gay-friendly theme now called “It Can Only Get Better” about the (fictional) future of the LBGT culture — or a fictional account of an alien society with one. Sounds perfect for the velyr, no? And a couple of anthologies are judging this month and should send word out in early March.
What are your experiences with publishers (or agents)? Good? Bad? Indifferent?