Whoops I meant pages, not words. Generally I'd rather read a well written 600 page novel than a mediocre one that's 800 or 900 pages. Unfortunately too many authors think that its better to have a novel that's too long than too short.
larry At 09:40 AM 6/20/2003 -0400, Matthew Small wrote: >600 words would have entirely too short for me. :-) > > >Matthew Small >IT Director >Showstopper American Dance Championships >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >843-357-1847 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:31 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Harry Potter madness? > >Adult doesn't mean overly long winded. That for professors and lawyers >and >the like. > >I'm saying that it could have been edited down to even 500 or 600 words, > >and have been a superior book. It the same sort of thing that happened >with >Steven King, Anne McCaffrey etc. As the writer gets more popular and >successful, their editors tend to do their jobs less and less. > >larry > >At 09:26 AM 6/20/2003 -0400, Matthew Small wrote: > >Well, as the story goes on, the details about Harry's life are > >unfolding. I'm glad it's 875 pages - it gives me more to read. I >would > >have been disappointed with 150 pages. The books are becoming more > >adult, like Harry is. > > > >Matthew Small > >IT Director > >Showstopper American Dance Championships > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >843-357-1847 > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:18 AM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: RE: Harry Potter madness? > > > >We got a call on our answering machine yesterday that we can pick up >our > > > >copy at midnight tonight. One thing about it though, why 875 pages? At > >times it seems to me that the bigger the author gets, the less likely > >their > >editor is doing their job. Did the book really have to be that big? > > > >larry > > > >At 02:06 PM 6/20/2003 +0100, Erika L Walker-Arnold wrote: > > >Excellent ... Got confirmation of my Potter book being shipped today! > > >w00t! > > >Based on past experience, that means it should be here tomorrow! > > >W00t! > > > > > >Paid about $15US total including shipping by pre-ordering it back in > > >January. > > > > > >W00t! > > > > > >Cheers, > > >Erika > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
