In the distant past when typewriters still roamed the earth, people would ask me: “How long should a book be?”
Being the contrary soul that I am, I would answer: “How long is a piece of string?”
Annoying as it was (and it led to people searching out bits of string long enough to strangle me), there was a truth there. A book, any book, needed to be just the right length to complete your intended narrative in the exact amount of detail appropriate.
Observant readers will notice that last paragraph is in the past tense. Personally I would still say a book needs to be just the right length to complete the narrative, but I’m just a writer, so what do I know? Continue reading “How Long is a Piece of String?”
Sandra R. Campbell lives along the tranquil waters of the Chesapeake Bay with her new husband and weight challenged cat. She can trace her passion for the macabre back to reading Edgar Allen Poe as a child, with her pet crow, Big Fellow, by her side. She has since submerged herself in a wide range of dark literature. An avid thrill seeker, Sandra is always looking for her next big adrenaline rush, and when spelunking, climbing, diving and monster hunting fails to deliver, she turns to the creation of through-the-rabbit-hole worlds and sends her characters on their own adventures. Sandra’s first paranormal thriller, Butterfly Harvest, was published in September 2010. Currently, Sandra is at work on Dark Migration, the second in the Butterfly Harvest series, scheduled for release in the spring of 2013, and The Dead Days Journal, a newly, richly-imaginative novel.
