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58645 / 80000 words. 73% done!

I have been asked by several different people to go into more detail on who The Goblin Corps is, and is not, appropriate for.

My answer is this: "Appropriate"? Nobody. If you’re a human being between the ages of zero and 247, and are not currently serving a life sentence, the book’s probably not "appropriate" for you.

But as to who would enjoy it? Well, a lot of you. If you don’t mind rooting for the bad guys (and I don’t mean bad guys who are cleaned up and are basically good guys with a little gray, or antiheroes, I mean bad guys); if you enjoy wading knee-deep through sarcastic humor; if you aren’t fucking offended by shitloads of profanity; if Conan doesn’t have nearly enough blood for you; and, mostly, if the idea of "Quentin Tarantino meets J.R.R. Tolkien" appeals to you, then I think you’ll enjoy the book.

Just don’t expect anything "appropriate." 😉

Yesterday’s word count was sacrificed on the altar of "Another freelance assignment," but here’s today’s.

53774 / 75000 words. 72% done!

Yes, I’ve finally broken down and upped the target word count by 5K. 😛

Sadly, I’m still not sure that’s going to be enough, but dang it, it’s what I’m going with.

51428 / 75000 words. 69% done!

Forgot to post a status update yesterday, so here’s two for the price of one. Or, well, one that includes the value of two. Or something.

I should also say that it’s starting to look absolutely inevitable that I’m going to have to increase the target word count on this book, but I’m still not doing so purely out of a meaningless stubbornness. 😛

49108 / 70000 words. 70% done!

So, having come up through the ranks with fantasy novels, that’s the genre whose word count requirements I’m most familiar with. But I’ve noticed that horror novels are often substantially shorter.

So, horror writers (or editors, agents, etc.): In your experience, what’s the minimum word count for a horror story to be published and accepted in the market as a legitimate novel? (Talking about adult fiction, here, not YA.)