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		<title>How long is my novel supposed to be?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most commercial novels, substantial but not intimidatingly long, are 75,000 to 100,000 words, which is about 300 to 400 double-spaced manuscript pages. A slim genre novel might run 55,000 to 70,000 words, and YA novels can be as short as 40 to 45,000, with a new upper limit of Harry Potter. A double-spaced page in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howardmittelmark.com&amp;blog=15297032&amp;post=228&amp;subd=howardmittelmark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://howardmittelmark.com/2010/08/25/novel-length/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re here because of How Not To Write A Novel, a book I wrote with Sandra Newman, you&#8217;ll probably want to visit our website for the book, here. Our new book, Read This Next, will be published in the US in November, and in the UK in December. If you&#8217;re interested in having me work with you on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howardmittelmark.com&amp;blog=15297032&amp;post=1&amp;subd=howardmittelmark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://howardmittelmark.com/2010/08/19/permanent/</link>
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		<title>How do I format a novel for submission?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Double-spaced; one-inch margins; do not print on both sides of the page. The preferred font is 12-point Times New Roman. Do not use any unusual or interesting fonts; do not use colors other than black. Number your pages sequentially; that is, do not start from one at the beginning of each chapter. Along with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howardmittelmark.com&amp;blog=15297032&amp;post=62&amp;subd=howardmittelmark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://howardmittelmark.com/2010/08/19/how-do-you-format-a-novel-for-submission/</link>
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		<title>Does the world need another novelist?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to be a novelist, it&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve ever dreamed of doing, but the world is in such a bad state, and it&#8217;s getting worse all the time: global warming, resource depletion, species becoming extinct, deforestation. Is it selfish to spend all my time making up stories instead of getting out there and helping? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howardmittelmark.com&amp;blog=15297032&amp;post=119&amp;subd=howardmittelmark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://howardmittelmark.com/2010/08/10/does-the-world-need-another-novelist/</link>
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