[Stylist] Remember Lucy and Lithe?

[Barbara HAMMEL]

That's awesome, Thea! Barbara Hammel

> On Jan 9, 2018, at 14:39, Miss Thea via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey, writers, what’s up?
> A year or so ago, some of you read a story I was writing called “Lucy and Lithe”.
> It was about a little girl on a war-torn Earth, who had a blind schoolteacher, who wasn’t what she seemed.
> Anyway, this young girl went to a planet whose culture was based on romantic love, called Andorpha.
> A lot of you asked me questions about the teacher.
> So I went back and really worked hard on this book. Now it’s a 52 thousand word novel, and it’s being published.
> I wanted to thank all of you for your input.
> Your feedback made this possible.
> 
> I’m using a Canadian publishing company called Tellwell. They’re quite expensive, though. But they offer a lot of services, and they do take credit cards.
> At this stage, I’ve received an editorial evaluation. I’d say a glowing evaluation, containing my strengths and areas for improvement, plus all the little stray punctuation marks I didn’t pick up on.
> So I revised the book. At that point, it was 35 thousand words. By the time I rid my document of the typos and answered the editor’s questions about the characters, plot, etc., I had 52 thousand words. (They charged me for the extra words)
> I never thought I could write a 50 thousand word novel.
> At least, I never did during NanoWrimo month.
> I expect another evaluation within two weeks, and then it’s time for layout and design. 
> I just wanted to thank everyone for their support and feedback as I was writing the seed copy. That is, the very first draft.
> By the way, while they’re working on the first book, I’m starting the second. Looks like Lucy’s going to be a series, maybe four or five books.
> Thanks.
> Thea
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