Questions

I am writing a novel that I would consider to be fantasy. I am writing with 1″ margins, single spaced 12 pt font times new roman. How long would it have to be to be considered a novel?
Would steps would have to be taken to submit to a publisher without an agent?
THX
- Noogat

Okay, I’m writing a murder mystery novel. It’s about this serial murderer who is a hot-dog vendor in NYC. He kills people and uses the meat. (YES I know, it’s gross)
Should I come up with a name for him and use it (like Jeffery Dahmer) or should I come up with a fancy name like what the police came up with for the Vampire Killer or the Zodiac Killer?

Help please! I did come up with main charcter’s name:

Amilyn Nicole Hotchner-Wade, age thirteen

Also give ideas for the name of the killer…I need serious help
Thanks!
- Cara Arlene

I have a good story line and everything but I just don’t know how to put a world together. Do you go really outlandish or try to keep it as simple as possible?
- Too Cool For Me

My Serial Killer in my book is extremely smart, and leaves nothing but clues that lead to dead ends. How can he mess up to give the detectives hints to who and where he is.
- Casey

I want to be able to talk about novel writing, character development and to sell the book at the back of the room.
- denniger

I am writing a novel and I dont want to send off for a cd that tells me about all the free grants out. I already know I want a grant for writing a book. I just need to know what govt office I need to call or who to write to an request the application to be mailed to me. I just need the application itself not all that other stuff the internet offers. I just want the application for the grant itself. with application in my hands, I can handle the rest.
- Veronica M

Can someone give me any ideas for what to write a novel on. I’m currently stuck on two categories I would like the novel to be on; murders, stuff like that and stuff like hurricane survival or tsunami. Stuff that will make the readers feel a tear to their eyes. And something gripping.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.
- John S

in this case, a person who is narrating his life as he goes through living and surviving in a war-torn country
- Darkprince

Have you ever written a story or plan on writing a novel? How do you come up with ideas ( this is to all you writers out there)?
- Blazin_Frizzard

can a man live with his books?
- byron.cel