tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32528082.post8499335168004024975..comments2023-08-11T04:33:49.146-04:00Comments on Books, beer and barbarians: The next writing projectTyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192814826756623212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32528082.post-44139049153863896362011-01-22T02:18:10.025-05:002011-01-22T02:18:10.025-05:00I tend to think of 40,000 as a novella but the way...I tend to think of 40,000 as a novella but the way it's definied goes in and out. A lot of the pulp "novels" that were advertised in mags were way short of 40,000. I personally like novella length work for a lot of different genres.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32528082.post-72302003380771464892011-01-22T01:58:02.690-05:002011-01-22T01:58:02.690-05:00I always thought of anything above 10K but short o...I always thought of anything above 10K but short of 40Kish as novella. <br /><br />And I can think of a handful of other writers with books in the 40K range that classify them as novels.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32528082.post-85227190349673718552011-01-21T23:23:26.131-05:002011-01-21T23:23:26.131-05:00I sidestep your question in that, for me, "no...I sidestep your question in that, for me, "novella" and "short book" are synonyms. Novellas (and novels) are short books (and books) that get a lot of good reviews.<br /><br />I think there's a wide interface between "Long Story" and "Short Book" that occurs somewhere in the 10k to 20k word mark. "Book" occurs around 40k-60k, then "Long Book" happens at 80k.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701186474452272514noreply@blogger.com