I received my Writers of the Future semi-finalist critique, and the
prognosis for my short novella, "Star Heart, Skin of Darkness," is better than I expected (I may cut the last part of that title).
Wolverton/Farland said he wanted more detail (I've heard he's a details
guy and I'm more of a minimalist) but that my novella was actually a bit
too long for the contest. I guess blank space is counted? I suppose
that makes sense for a print publication. So for what I had at 16K words
by word processor count came out closer 22K by his measure. However,
this did not disqualify my entry, which he said was very close to being a
finalist.
What I think could have made it better is not trying to force
the piece into a smaller space. He even said he could see my novella
expanded into a novel. It's probably just the few scattered hours of
sleep I've had (my daughter was up sick last night), but I feel weirdly
giddy.
-RLR
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