Too Many Words? Too Few? — #MFRWauthor

Good morning, world. It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another entry in the MFRWauthor 52-Week Blogging Challenge. It’s week 23, and our prompt is: Word Counts Matter…How Much? How Often?

So yeah. Word counts. They are the bane of my existence and the love of my life. They matter–to publishers who are trying to create a line of similar books that will give readers a similar experience time after time. They matter to some writers, I guess. Some people may like having a set number to work...