That's a lovely cover! A portrait, rather than a piece of a person.
Never follow MS Word wordcounts. They count literal words, but that doesn't map onto book length. Two authors may have the same wordcount, but if one uses a lot of dialogue and the other uses mostly long paragraphs, the dialogue-y book will be longer in print.
One of the reasons for SMF (12pt courier, 1 inch margins all around) is that it's much easier to get a useful estimate of book length. A page in SMF counts as 250 words, regardless of whether it's a string of one-word dialogue exchanges or a solid wall of descriptive text.
If you're one of those people who hates courier, 12pt Times with 1" margins all around counts as 350 words.
(Bona fides: I'm a former text design manager, now a production manager.)
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Date: 2009-03-27 01:25 pm (UTC)Never follow MS Word wordcounts. They count literal words, but that doesn't map onto book length. Two authors may have the same wordcount, but if one uses a lot of dialogue and the other uses mostly long paragraphs, the dialogue-y book will be longer in print.
One of the reasons for SMF (12pt courier, 1 inch margins all around) is that it's much easier to get a useful estimate of book length. A page in SMF counts as 250 words, regardless of whether it's a string of one-word dialogue exchanges or a solid wall of descriptive text.
If you're one of those people who hates courier, 12pt Times with 1" margins all around counts as 350 words.
(Bona fides: I'm a former text design manager, now a production manager.)