I read an interesting article that was published in an e-zine the other day. It went on to explain the varying lengths of written works and how those pieces were categorized. The purpose of the article was to explain how length can obviously equate to the cost of publishing a book.

At any rate, I thought that I would share a few of the numbers to those that may have an interest in writing. The number of words in a manuscript determines what sort of work an author has created.

• Short stories…………….under 15,000 words
• Novella……………………..between 15,000 and 29,999 words
• Short novel………………..30,000-49,999 words
• Novel…………………………between 45,000 and 69,999 words
• Plus or Super Novel……over 70,000 words

You can rest assured that the products that I will be developing will fall into the latter category. Lifetime Loser and Finish Line were both well over 100,000 words. Believe me, that is quite a challenge. Hopefully that is a comfortable length for those readers that enjoy a thorough story.