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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 1:40 pm | |
| Don, the word count is negotiable. What I really want to see is fifty people signing up.
The list so far is:
1. Shelagh 2. Pam 3. Abe 4. Karina 5. Sue 6. JoElle 7. Malcolm 8. D.J. (Don) Stephens
We only need 42 more! There is no deadline for sending stories but we could aim for by the end of August, so get writing!
The theme is: Friendship.
I've added another title:
Writers' Woven Words World Wide Writers Writers on the Block Worldwide Web Writers Word Wide Writers Word Wise Writers A Volume of Friends Tales of Forum Friends For Whom Friends Write Friendship Ring
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Don Stephens Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1355 Registration date : 2008-01-25 Age : 85 Location : Wherever my hat's hanging today!
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 1:58 pm | |
| I would be glad to submit a poem, but my short stories are all too long. |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 2:08 pm | |
| Thanks Don! I've added your name to the list. |
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P. Gordon Kennedy Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1076 Registration date : 2008-01-13 Age : 35 Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 4:23 pm | |
| - E. Don Harpe wrote:
- "Your Amazon Shorts anthology will be a hard sell and you will be lucky to sell 200 copies."
Shelagh, I'm just not sure what you're basing this on. The Amazon Shorts stories are capped at 10,000 words, and they will actually let you get by with more words if you need them. Readers will read a 5,000 or 10,000 word story if the story is worth reading at all. I would think the quality of the story, rather than the 2,000 word count, would me what you should strive for. I have somewhat over 40 shorts placed in various places, and most of them are over 5,000 words and so far I've been pretty successful with them. I usually have one or more in the top 100 stories in the Amazon Shorts program, and get a royalty check on a regular basis. 2,000 words is to me entirely too short.
Good luck with your anthology, but I just don't think you have any basis at all for your assumptions on what readers will or won't read, or whether or not a book of shorts with stories around 5,000 words will sell.
And I agree with Elf. If I were she I wouldn't cut my story in half either. Actually, I think 10,000 words could be classified as a novelette. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] uses the following classifications: 7,499 or words or less = short story 7,500-17,499 words = novelette 17,500-39,999 words = novella 40,000 or more words = novel There are many differnt ways of catagorizing stories by length, but I usually use the SFWA classifications to catagorize my works. |
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P. Gordon Kennedy Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1076 Registration date : 2008-01-13 Age : 35 Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 4:31 pm | |
| I've got two poems I'd be willing to submit. I've already posted them under the poetry section of the forum (I'm not sure if you want already posted poems). The poems are entitled "Three Feet Beyond" and "Beyond Eternity" they're both relatively short (far less than 2,000 words when combined). Check them out under the poetry section and please let me know if you'd like to include them. |
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E. Don Harpe Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1979 Registration date : 2008-01-17 Age : 82 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 6:19 pm | |
| "Actually, I think 10,000 words could be classified as a novelette."
Actually, it depends on who is making the classification. Here's what I found after a google search.
A novelette (or novelet) is a piece of short prose fiction. The distinction between a novelette and other literary forms, like a novella, is usually based upon word count. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula awards for science fiction define the novelette as having a word count between 7,500 and 17,500 in length.
"A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. While there is some disagreement of what length defines a novella, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000."
"Determining what exactly separates a short story from longer fictional formats is problematic. A classic definition of a short story is that one should be able to be read it in one sitting, a point most notably made in Edgar Allan Poe's essay "The Philosophy of Composition" (1846). Other definitions place the maximum word length at 7,500 words. In contemporary usage, the term short story most often refers to a work of fiction no longer than 20,000 words and no shorter than 1,000."
Personally, I don't know which is right, I just know that I don't like to be restricted to 2,000 or less words. |
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P. Gordon Kennedy Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1076 Registration date : 2008-01-13 Age : 35 Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 7:00 pm | |
| It's easy to write a poem with far fewer than 2,000 words, but it's not easy to write a story shorter than this. The shortest story I currently have in the inventory of stories I've written is about 3,600 words in length; this story is currently unpublished. As for short stories, I've heard the definition that one should be able to read them in one sitting. I think 20,000 words is probably a bit long for one sitting for the average person (unless you're a speed reader). I think the cap of 7,500 words makes more sense than 20,000 words on those grounds. I think 20,000 words falls into the catagory of being longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. |
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E. Don Harpe Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1979 Registration date : 2008-01-17 Age : 82 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 7:45 pm | |
| Personally, I don't know which is right, I just know that I don't like to be restricted to 2,000 or less words. |
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lin Five Star Member
Number of posts : 2753 Registration date : 2008-03-20 Location : Mexico
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 8:13 pm | |
| That's when I get warmed up.
I'm a literary motormouth and proud to blather on indefinitely. |
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 8:59 pm | |
| - lin wrote:
- Amen, sister
and Ahhhhh Women too Shelagh! |
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lin Five Star Member
Number of posts : 2753 Registration date : 2008-03-20 Location : Mexico
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Mon May 19, 2008 11:09 pm | |
| In de vintertime in der valley green ven de vind blows on der vinderscreen Ven de vimmenfolk from der vaudeville ride velocipedes on the der vindowsill....
Aaaaaaamen
Aaaaaaaaah vimmen |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 12:30 am | |
| - P. Gordon Kennedy wrote:
- I've got two poems I'd be willing to submit. I've already posted them under the poetry section of the forum (I'm not sure if you want already posted poems). The poems are entitled "Three Feet Beyond" and "Beyond Eternity" they're both relatively short (far less than 2,000 words when combined). Check them out under the poetry section and please let me know if you'd like to include them.
Could you write a friendship poem? Or a short story about friendship? I'll add you to the list and you can decide what you are going to submit. Rick, you're on the list. About the word count. I'm willing to double the word count to 4,000 words. There is no restriction on words for poems, just not more than 24 lines -- so that each poem can have a single page with title, by-line and brief bio. See this page for an example: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 5:07 am | |
| - lin wrote:
- In de vintertime in der valley green
ven de vind blows on der vinderscreen Ven de vimmenfolk from der vaudeville ride velocipedes on the der vindowsill....
Aaaaaaamen
Aaaaaaaaah vimmen Wunderbar mi amiga cooo I'm multilingual:lol!: |
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 5:11 am | |
| Rick, you're on the list. Cool thanks, where and when do we submit, our words that is, not personally? Personally I don't mind if it never makes a brass farthing (ColonialSpeak: red cent) It would be great to be included in such illustrious company |
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A Ahad Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1102 Registration date : 2008-03-25 Age : 55
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 5:58 am | |
| Hi Shelagh, I don't feel brave enough to ask... but do you think my piece on the Sombrero Night: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Could it be classed as a "short story" (1,870 words) and, more to the point, would it be suitable for this anthology? Love to have your honest opinion. |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 6:41 am | |
| I think you could adapt the story for inclusion. The theme of the anthology is Friendship. I would recommend leaving out the astronomy (although you could link it in some way to white rabbits) and continue the story of how the tabby cat befriended the rabbits by frightening off a fox that was prowling around. You could also bring the black cat into the story some way.
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 6:44 am | |
| - rainbow689 wrote:
- Rick, you're on the list.
Cool thanks, where and when do we submit, our words that is, not personally? Personally I don't mind if it never makes a brass farthing (ColonialSpeak: red cent) It would be great to be included in such illustrious company
I'll ask for submissions as soon as it becomes clear that we will have enough contributors to give the anthology a chance to make reasonable sales. |
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A Ahad Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1102 Registration date : 2008-03-25 Age : 55
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 8:21 am | |
| Hi Shelagh, I think it's too far out of the "friendship" theme to be worth including, so I'll leave it out.
Thanks for your advice all the same. |
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zadaconnaway Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4017 Registration date : 2008-01-16 Age : 76 Location : Washington, USA
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 8:42 am | |
| Shelagh, I would love to be included. Any exposure is good, and keeps our names out there, I think. I will work on a couple of ideas I have and see if you wind up with a story or poem from me. How much time do we have? |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 8:48 am | |
| Approximately three months, but that could be extended nearer the time. |
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P. Gordon Kennedy Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1076 Registration date : 2008-01-13 Age : 35 Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 3:50 pm | |
| - Shelagh wrote:
- P. Gordon Kennedy wrote:
- I've got two poems I'd be willing to submit. I've already posted them under the poetry section of the forum (I'm not sure if you want already posted poems). The poems are entitled "Three Feet Beyond" and "Beyond Eternity" they're both relatively short (far less than 2,000 words when combined). Check them out under the poetry section and please let me know if you'd like to include them.
Could you write a friendship poem? Or a short story about friendship? I'll add you to the list and you can decide what you are going to submit.
Rick, you're on the list.
About the word count. I'm willing to double the word count to 4,000 words. There is no restriction on words for poems, just not more than 24 lines -- so that each poem can have a single page with title, by-line and brief bio.
See this page for an example:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Currently, I don't have any poems on the subject of friendship, but I'll try and see if I can come up with something. If I come up with something good, I'll post it under the poetry section. How much time do we have? |
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P. Gordon Kennedy Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1076 Registration date : 2008-01-13 Age : 35 Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 3:52 pm | |
| - Shelagh wrote:
- Approximately three months, but that could be extended nearer the time.
Oh, I guess my question about the time is already answered. |
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Ken K. Chartrand
Number of posts : 4 Registration date : 2008-01-15 Age : 74 Location : canada
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Tue May 20, 2008 5:12 pm | |
| Friendshipping! What is is it to be a friend? To be there for that certain buddy especially when needed. That is a friend. To be there to the end. though the way be hard and muddy. One thing to be heeded... do not feint your friendship. Just be clear from the start that what you do do, is done from the heart. This is what it takes. Perseverance and trust- Dooms day or bust. You're there for each other's sakes Not just for the hotdogs and steaks. Yes , you are on the helm sometimes but circumstances will tell you what ship you're on a Friendship! By Ken K. Chartrand |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Published Authors Anthology -- sign up here Wed May 21, 2008 1:01 am | |
| Thanks Ken! I'll add your name to the list. |
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