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    High word count expectation is not fair!

    I write kidlit (mostly) and the general range is ~40,000-70,000 for middle grade. But if you write for adults/general market, you can try places like Tor.com (closed indefinitely but supposedly plan to reopen eventually) and The Fantasist (you can join their mailing list for info on when...
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    Worlds between Worlds?

    Off the top of my head, the Neitherlands in The Magicians is this. The Dark Tower in The Dark Tower is between worlds, and so is Cittàgazze in His Dark Materials, while also being a world of its own. It doesn't have a world between worlds, but you might be interested in the Wayward Children...
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    I'm reading The cruel prince ...

    I'm generally a fan of Holly Black, but I couldn't get into the Folk of the Air series (The Cruel Prince, etc). If you're into the idea of modern fairies and whatnot but not that specific book, you might like her other one, The Darkest Part of the Forest, better. I did. (I also found it a really...
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    Fan Fiction

    Fanfiction.net and Archive of Our Own (AO3) are absolutely not related. AO3 is part of a bigger nonprofit, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) that advocates for the legality of fanfiction, among other things. (They also run Fanlore, a wiki history of fandom, and an academic journal...
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    Hi, there!

    Hi, I'm Meep. I'm not new to writing, or forums, but I am new to this writing forum. (If you were on The Young Writers Society forums from 2004-2007 or so, "hi!") I've been writing somewhat seriously on and off since I was a teenager (early 30s now), but this year I started really trying to...
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