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Hey, yo, fellow SFF author peeps. If you debuted in Sci-Fi or Fantasy (or both) from a major or medium sized publisher within the last 7 years or so, can you reply to this with the word count of your debut novel and its subgenre?
Noumenon, 2017, is sci-fi and ended up at 124k when published, I think.
Oops, asked for subgenres then forgot to put mine. Space Opera.
(watched a thread elsewhere absolutely devolve into nuttiness over some weird prescriptivism about the word count lengths agents and publisher are willing to accept as SFF debuts, so I thought a thread with real-world numbers might help illustrate the range.)
Gonna tag in some peeps (word count thread, y'all) @AndreaGStewart @MeganEOKeefe @marshallmaresca @RoanhorseBex @kuangrf @nickydrayden
Also people following the thread, please don't reply to this particular tweet, don't need to flood inboxes.
Also people following the thread, please don't reply to this particular tweet, don't need to flood inboxes.
Oh shoot, I should have specifically mentioned age group too. Makes a big difference if it's middle grade, young adult, or adult.
