That's really exciting. What do you think of these high words from high places?A NYT Bestselling author has informed me that my book could be "Gaiman-big." A NYT Bestselling editor has informed me that my book is "really promising." I have also been told that I need to knock it down by a third. But I have also been informed that Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel was trimmed down from 600,000 words to 220,000 so no real sweat, right?
"Hollywood's the only town where you can die of encouragement." - Pauline Kiel Turns out that isn't entirely true. I find that promises are cheap. You can always find fans of your writing. Buyers for your writing? Another matter entirely. I've had between 4 and 5 figures thrown at my writing in the past. It's validating but it isn't a living. So far, all the money on the novel is flowing the other way. Confidence is high that the velocity is due to change but there's a lot of road betwixt here and there.