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Re: I'm new!

From:Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
Date:Sunday, October 22, 2000, 20:32
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, John Cowan wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, daniel andreasson wrote: > > > In Swedish, a short story is called 'novell' and a novel is > > called "roman". Confusing, isn't it? :) > > Hmm, a little German influence here, I suppose? But the word "novella" > is current in English, though not as well known as "short story" or > "novel".
<rueful look> SFWA has word-count definitions of "short story," "novella," "novelette" and "novel," though I only remember than short story is < 7500 words and novel is > 40,000 words. I don't know how common this division is outside of sf/f, but you do occasionally have to be familiar with it when looking at magazine submissions guidelines. YHL