A couple of things occur to me as I edit my first draft. First, the advice to avoid editing as you go seems all the more pertinent. I’m surprised how often I come to a section that I have no
Size Does Matter
I made the mistake several months ago, when I was still hovering around 70,000 words in my manuscript, of Googling “how long should a novel be?” There are plenty of opinions, some from credible sources, and even my literary idol