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For a first time author beginning in this business, is it possible that a Publishing House would consider a 250, 000 word action/adventure fantasy?
Gillhoughly said:You've already asked this question on another thread.
I thought that since this thread was called 'Editor", I might recieve advice from actual editors, although that might sound stupid; I thought that agents and editors visited this site. Their opinions are very valuable, you know? Furthermore, I just scrolled down and found all of this at the bottom (I was not aware of these threads). I've heard your advice; it's just that I have faith in my manuscript. I may not be good at a lot of things, but writing is my life...
argenianpoet
Gillhoughly said:I'm also an editor, and editors and agents do check out the various threads on AW. If the question interests them they will reply. If the previous posts answering a question have covered the angles sufficiently they will move on. The replies on your previous post covered everything very well, indeed.
The moderators tend to mesh identical threads together, especially when a single writer starts the same thread in two different areas. They may take a dim view of repeat threads, though since you're new here they might cut some slack, just not much.
Nomad said:Hi Argenianpoet,
I am an editor (caveat: I work in nonfiction at the moment), and can tell you that 250,000 words is a lot longer than almost any manuscript needs to be. I'll assume that every word of your manuscript is vital and terrific, so the publisher who takes you on will need to think about publishing a book that's hovering around the 500-page mark. That's an incredibly expensive book to produce, which means the publisher is going to have to spend more to print it, meaning they'll have to count on a higher print run to make it worthwhile, meaning they'll have to count on a higher-buy in, meaning they'll have to spend more to promote it, meaning that the risks involved in taking on a brand-new writer with no name recognition are very, very great. It's not impossible, but it's really unlikely. And honestly, most books that have enormous word counts really, really need some good chopping.
Good luck!