Sherrie Lord, novelist
Book
contracts aren't based on how many PAGES are in the
finished manuscript will, but rather how many WORDS.
90,000 words — that’s the count Christian publishing houses want.
As of Monday, April 13, 2009
90,000 Target word count
110,017 — Words in Draft 1
55,003 — Words in Draft 2 so far
55,014 — Words left to edit
20,017 — Words I need to whittle out. I’ll probably end up cutting entire scenes!