Thekherham
Is there still room for novella-length stories? You know, the ones that are longer than novelettes, but shorter than novels. Or will editors not accept this length?
I'm Russian and isn't it amazing that on the Russian literary market novellas are always welcome and most Russian readers prefer them both to short stories and novels? Quite a few young Russian writers I know have just had a collection of novellas accepted for publication. Strange, how tastes differ.
Craig Shaeffer said:This belongs in the "Self-Promotion" forum, but since it pertains to novellas, I thought I'd mention it here.
As James mentioned earlier in this thread, novellas are a tough sell. I found this to be true after finishing one late this summer. When I researched potential homes for "Witching Hour Theatre," I was discouraged at the lack of possibilities for spec-fic novellas. Plenty of places for works under 10,000 words. Plenty of places for novels.
But very few places for the "tweeners." My story was like a 6'6" power forward trying to make it in the NBA.
So I submitted it to Creative Guy Publishing, which was a market I badly wanted to break into (based on what they'd published before).
Yesterday, it was accepted.
My point is that it is possible to sell a novella, even for a fairly-inexperienced person like me. However, the options are pretty limited, so I'm very thankful that I was able to find a home for it. CGP actually focuses on novellas, so that helped a lot.
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