Well, I've knocked out just over 4000 words from Forever Home. I've been trying to figure out where I can cut all these words out (30K) and realize that's a whole sub plot. Problem is that I like all the subplots. I really don't want to cut any of them.
Of course there's a lot of narrative I can get rid of to tighten it up. But 30K? Yikes!
So this makes me wonder where else I could send this baby. It doesn't have to go to Harlequin. I'd love love love love to see it in print. I'd love for it to go to a NYC publisher. There must be plenty out there who want more than just 60K stories.
I won't totally give up on the idea of HQ but I don't want to sacrafice the story just for the sake of making it HQ length.
Now back to edits.
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Try:
Dorchester
Avon
Sourcebooks
Kensington
Most want 70k - 90k+ books.
I'm sure you'll figure it out. Marianne's got some great suggestions if you really want to keep the length. Me? I'm just looking forward to reading it when it has a home. :)
Can I just say, WAY TO GO! Okay, I feel better, hope you do too. But, yeah, what Marianne and Sarita said. :-D
I liked the sound of Dorchester, but then I saw that they want their contemporary romances to be fun and whimsical. I don't do either. LOL. I write contemporary, but it's all drama. hmmm...
LOL... I love the idea of Dorchester, but probably because I DO write fun and whimsical *G*
I'll tell you what... If I wrote longer, dramatic books, I'd seriously consider Sourcebooks. They're up and coming, their marketing dept is aggressive, and their books are carried everywhere (including stores like Target). My .02 :-)
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