How Many Books Has Mary Higgins Clark Written
Suggestions for a holiday book to read.
I have a Goodreads group that covers different genres every month or two. For November and December we will be covering Holiday books. I’ve been looking around and have a couple of ideas, but I really need help with the following categories:New/Popular: I need a holiday book that has bee released recently or...
How ab out any of these books.The Christmas Shoes (Christmas Hope Series #1) by Donna VanLiereThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Spy Who Came for Christmas by David MorrellOperation: Christmas Hearts by Kay SpringsteenSanta Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins ClarkStarry Night: A Christmas Novel by Debbie Macomber
How much sleep does a writer get. Is it really hard to publish a book if you were a writer.
I always wanted to be writer but i am afraid I might not get enough sleep if I wrote my stories over and over again. Plus it takes a while to become a good writer if you tried to sell your books in the bookstore.
Well – that is entirely up to the writer and how he/she sets up his/her writing schedule. Nothing is forcing them to stay up late – unless they have a deadline the next day or they are so caught up in writing out an idea, which is possible. But most of them have a set schedule that they follow.I cannot remember correctly – but I remember reading once my one favourite author, Mary Higgins Clark, was talking about the schedule she has for herself while writing a book. But, of course, she is an author who lives off of her work. Many cannot just have writing as one job.You are write – it does take a while to become a ‘good writer’ – in fact many writers remain unknown, even after they are published.I wish you loads of luck.
Children’s book manuscript to publisher: Add picture.
I’ve written a manuscript for a children’s book, I know publishers have their own ideas on how to market a book & often are not interested in pictures/illustrations unless you yourself are an illustrator.Although I’m not bad artisically, I thought of adding a pic of my kids (with the…
Send only what they ask for now. Quite honestly, you are up against a hard enough time without complicating it.The children’s book market is the hardest of all book markets to crack. Over 40% of the market is books published by celebs like Madonna and Jamie Lee Curtis. Another 40% is established reputable children’s authors with proven track records like Eric Carle. Another 15 – 20% is reprints of children’s classics like Curious George. That leaves about 5% tops for new authors. Add to that, many adult authors like Carl Hiaasen and Mary Higgins Clark are now writing childrens books and cutting into that 5%. Also, the major companies have huge backlogs of childrens books they have purchased that are waiting to be produced. Many if not all major publishers are not reading children’s books at present – which means agents arent reading them if they have no way of selling them. It is very tough. Your book must be extremely exceptional to get through. And if it involves holidays of any kind, they just arent interested because the time frame for sales is too short..Therefore, if you find an agent or a publisher who is accepting children’s books, make sure you follow their submission guidelines to the letter. Otherwise you are just asking to be rejected. Also, publishers dont like to be told what to do so dont push your ideas on them until the ink is dry on your contract. Then they will hire an illustrator, and if you are lucky, they will ask for your input.Publishing is a business – publishers do what they have to do in order to make money. Pax- C
How much influence does gender have on someone’s writing.
I don’t remember where I heard or read this, but someone stated that women can’t write. I disagree, of course, and can name quite a few great female authors and poets; however, I can name many more great -male- authors/poets.Here’s an interesting link: …
That’s absurd that someone would say women couldn’t write. Along with the great female writer list, which I agree with, I would also add Virginia Woolf – she’s highly regarded as an author not just among females but in literary history in general. I’d also add Agatha Christie.There are some terrific modern day female authors: Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Sara Gruen.Other female authors that I am familiar with: Patricia Cornwell, P.D. James, Janet Evanovich, Mary Higgins Clark, etc. If women couldn’t write – they wouldn’t be major bestsellers.So whoever said that – needs their head examine pronto.
So I’m writing a book… I need some help on the chapter lengths..
I’m writing a book in Microsoft Word 2007. I know everyone says that a chapter can be as long as you like, but I just need some basics please.How many Word pages would make up a chapter book page? How many Word pages should equal a chapter?How long should a chapter be?If you can’t figure out the…
Actually – it’d be easier to figure out the pages in a chapter than the words in a chapter. Publishers will have number of word requirements for the complete, total book – they really won’t care how long or short your chapter is.Chapter length all depends on how you want to tell your story.Take fore example: James Patterson. He writes thrillers. His chapters are never (or seldom) longer than three pages, because he likes to keep the pace up.Mary Higgins Clark writes classic murder mysteries. During the sequences in the book where she is building up the story, her chapters will be longer – perhaps about five to seven pages. But when it gets to a climax her chapter length will drop down to three or less pages.J.K. Rowling always uses long chapters, because in each chapter is a different segment to the novel. She essentially tells a different story with each chapter.
Do you have a Favourite Author for the books you like to read.
what are you reading now? I read many books, magazine articles and I read the Bible daily. But I was interested in knowing what your interests are? RIght now I have 5 John Grisham books waiting for me. I read J.D.Robb by Nora Roberts, Mary higgins Clark, How about you?
Any book that tell’s a good story. It is not always the author. I might not know the author. Right now I am reading ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ written by Philippa Gregory. Remember Anne of a Thousand Days? Mary was her younger sister. Anne married King Henry the VIII. I am sorry, I don’t mean to imply that you don’t know your history. Sometimes I am thoughtless. Forgive me please. Poppy
how many pages in a chapter should there be.
I am writing a novel and was wondering how many pages in a chapter should there be. . . .I was thinking of writing 6 or 7 pages but it seems to little. . .yet I don’t want to write to many pages either
With each author – the length of the chapters vary.James Patterson for instance has only 2-3 page chapters. Mary Higgins Clark varies her chapters throughout the book. 2-3 pages or 6-7 pages.Look at other masters of the craft and see how they do it.
How many chapters in a 200 page book.
Okay, so I’m thinking of writing a book, I know that their is no definite answer but how many chapters would roughly be in a 200 page book?And how many words per chapter? As a guess?Many thanks 🙂
With each author – the length of the chapters vary.James Patterson for instance has only 2-3 page chapters. Mary Higgins Clark varies her chapters throughout the book. 2-3 pages or 6-7 pages.If it was me, I would say about five pages a chapter. So in your case, you would have roughly 40 chapters. 🙂
I URGENTLY need info on Mary Higgins Clark, her writing style and etc. Not her bio..
any info would surely be apprecitaed. Answer A.S.A.P. Thanks a lot everyone how answered.
Mary Higgins Clark uses characterization, setting, and the cliffhanger in her style of writing suspense and mystery novels.Clark’s use of characterization is very important to her style. Clark gives the reader so much information about her characters: (such as, how they look, what they are feeling, and how they interact with other characters) that you can almost imagine the people.Chapters and chapter titles are also important in all of her books. She titles her books with names of song titles. She says all songs have a deep dark side to them just like her books.Clark uses many alternative settings in her books, flipping around from setting to setting, and this often gets a little confusing; but if you stick with it, you can follow it. She describes the settings so well that you can really feel that you are there.Clark leaves the reader with a cliffhanger quite often, leaving the reader in suspense. This makes the book really good. Something exciting is about to happen and you want to keep reading to find out how it ends.
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The person who stated that probably can’t read.I love Pat Conroy (Prince of Tides, The Great Santini, Beach Music, etc.) I also love John Grisham. I recently read Dispatches From the Edge by Anderson Cooper. That was a very good quick read.
Plus, 90% of my favourite writers are women. And I’m one of the biggest bookworms you’ll ever meet.
Sometimes you can automatically tell if the author is male or female, and other times, it’s so well-written that you can’t tell what sex the author is. It just depends on the person’s writing skill, not their gender.Marian Zimmer BradleyI think we all ask each other this question once a week, and the answer runs from “I don’t sleep” to maybe five hours.Diane Duane
I think its 10
Some write for a short time each day, while others don’t write anything for months then have a crazy idea at 3am, and write solidly without sleeping for the next few days.
the thing is, the lenth should be in keeping with the style and tone of the book. if you write rambly romantic books then short punchy chapters aren’t going to feel right.Morgan Llywelyn
so in short, the chapter should be only as long as it needs to be.
Langston Hughes is my favorite author. I also love to read biographies(just finished one on Clint Eastwood). Right now I’m reading, “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian” by the Native American author Sherman Alexie(it’s a novel and very funny!).
depending on the type of your novel and amount of chapters 15-30 maybe
J. K. Rowling
i read j.d.robb tooStill, I guess if you want a scene to really stand out, you would give it a shorter chapter.My favourite author, goes in phases. I have every book Deepak Chopra has written, then Dr. Wayne Dyer now it is another great writer. When I was younger I read dozens of fiction but during the last 20 years have no interest in fiction, except for some of John Grishoms’.Noel-Anne BrennanI hope this helped.
You’re free to decide that yourself. Look through some books you like and see how other authors choose chapter breaks.there is no word limit, there are no guidelines. it really doesn’t matter.First, let me point out that 95% of writers have to have a day job. Very few can make a living entirely from writing. If you are like me and hold down a full time job, go to school part time, and write, then you don’t get nearly as much sleep as you should be.books rock !!!Anne RiceMaria Montessori,
I believe gender can affect how one writes, but not because we’re inherently different, I think that’s more due to a cultural factor.
No …. the way things went , men did get a head start i suppose ifi read alot too . and bless my mom daily for giving me the gift of reading at an early age .I keep my chapters around 6 pages. Here’s the thing you need to remember. Each chapter is telling it’s own little story that moves the plot forward. When you’re writing your chapter, think about how you would begin it and how it would end if it were its own book.
Yes, it is “really hard” to publish books. Writers have to develop a thick skin because they face constant rejection. No matter how talented you are, it will take tenacity.If it ends up shorter than you like, you can always ‘re read it and add more details.
Virginia Woolf is obviously female. My English Professor in University — who is a man by the way — even claims she is the greatest writer in English Literature.
As for sleep, you get as much as you want! The thing with being a writer is it’s up to you how often and how much you write.It realy depends on the book. Every story should be a mini book and could be read for it own. Some are longer and some are shorter. You simply has to find the natural breaks in the story. And you dont have to use chapters if you dont find any. I think the agent or the bookmaker would be more then happy to help you with that if youre ever get your book published. Try to see if it works for you and if it doesnt work skip it. Johan
Madeleine L’Englein secret were later discovered and so forth.Lisanne Normanyou may like the Pendergast books written with the help of Douglas Preston and Lincoln new child. the first numerous are supernatural in nature and the characters are truly exciting. There are presently 8 or so books contained in the series, and that i presumed the series truly picked up after the third e book. i might want to also recommend The Silence of the Lambs with the help of Thomas Harris. it is with the help of a few distance his proper e book, and is more desirable proper than the action picture. in case you loved the action picture, then you definately might want to probably like the e book besides. i might want to also recommend Black Sunday. His different books depending upon Hannibal Lecter are ok, yet initiate with Silence of the Lambs. For action/adventure try authors which incorporates Clive Cussler, Matthew Reilly (Ice Station, Seven deadly Wonders) or James Rollins. For thrillers, you may like John Grisham (the customer, The attraction, The Rainmaker) or Michael Crichton (Timeline, Jurassic Park, Prey – besides the very undeniable reality that those can be a touch too sci-fi for you). you may want to also be drawn to a pair of works of authors like Harry Turtledove (guns of the South), Eric Flint (1632) or SM Stirling (Islands contained in the sea of Time), who write various commerce heritage – thoughts the position something has replaced alongside the timeline of heritage as all of us know it and that ingredient yet another telling of heritage. i don’t know something about the religion or politics of any of those authors, yet I have examine all of those authors and the books said above and recommend them really. you need to be in a position to discover something to verify your tastes from this record.
bare many children…..also very few were well enough to have the
The Bronte sisters etc etc etc.
on the other hand jrr tolkien is the king of long chapters. the chapter ‘the council of elrond’ is famously 20,000 words (over 100 pages) long.okay, my editor told me that a chapter should be only as long as it needs to be.,
I have two bookcases of non-fiction, all to do with understanding what life is all about, and how I can improve myself in all ways. I definitely am not the same person I was 20 years ago, so I have learned a lot from them and put them into practice. I love where I am now, and my family feels the same way.Ernest Hemingway
What primitive thinking!Great female authors:stability and time to sit and write…….there was in the world
I can’t read too many books by the same author, because after a while, they all are the same style and boring. But lately, Jodi Picoult is really very good, and not just Nineteen Minutes either.
Deborah Halelike george elliot who wrote mill on the floss everyone thought this was a male writing this novel it was not it was a female acton graham bell wrote novels they were the bronte sisters charlotte anne emily so both sexes can write sylvia Plath wrote about concentration camps she had never entered one in fact she was describing her torments on her mental illness depression which led to her suicide she was the wife of the English poet laurate ted hughes so male/female can write read some novels of virginia woolf they are strong novels in context too.
Just from my own personal experiences (I’ve only written two novels so far) I find that I tend to change chapter to denote a change in the circumstance of the story. It really does depend more on the content than on a set rule. The patten for my latest work has been varied and I’ve been changing chapter sometimes after 20 pages or so and sometimes after only 3 or 4.That seems a superb length. for my area, I desire shorter chapters. I study in mattress and constantly attempt to end the financial disaster i’m examining. each and every so often I could in basic terms bypass forward and positioned ther e book down because of the fact I test forward and notice I nonetheless have as much as twenty greater pages interior the financial disaster.
It is so easy NOT to read, and to sit at the computer and learn, but books are precious commodities, and will always have a place in my heart.
I get about two hours of sleep a night, then I crash on one weekend day. Most writers have an unhealthy addiction to caffeine. AMP/JOLT/Vault…whatever. Yes, writing takes a long time. Hours of staring at a keyboard. Sometimes for nothing. Editing is a little easier.and yes–it’s really hard to publish. Knowing your mechanics helps, though. And writing a good query. Also…plots. Plots help. Many people don’t have one.
The writing depends on taste that is all.
TW K
That doesnt matter. Chapters are to indicate a change in thought or idea or scene. Thats it. As many pages go on describibg the same thing keep them in one chapter….Hi . i have read every grisham book ( you will love The Appeal )Donna Jo NapoliIt’s a risky field. If you don’t love it enough to keep trying, you will never get to NY. And only you can tell if sleeping or writing is more important to you. Most new writers–unpubs–work harder than already published writers, because they know it’s hard to break in so they have to go that extra mile.
for example, terry pratchett famously wrote 30 books without using chapters.she’s like thriller writer that uses murder. i read one of her books.
Of course there are more great male authors than female, men ruling the world = 5,000 + years, women getting a small share = 100 + years. Enough said.
Tamora Pierce
Kate Elliott
There are good writers from both sexes. However, I’m sure if you studied many works written by men and then compared them to many works written by women, you would be able to point out ways in which men and women tend to write differently. For the most part, though, “good” and “bad” are very subjective terms in regards to writing, especially in the genre of creative writing.
pfffft . some of the greatest books every written were by femalesIt’s notoriously hard to get published anywhere. Most writers do other jobs at the same time, and very few live off their earnings, unless they’re extremely lucky.If all your ‘chapters’ are only a page or two, you’re probably doing something wrong, but other than that, no rules. Just break where the natural breaks come.
Absolutely. A male will always see the world through the perspective of a male, because that is how the people around him see him. Same thing with a female. Some authors may choose to expand their writing and write from another perspective, but by and large they come with the perspective of the gender with which they are identified.
right now i am reading a book by daniel easterman , called The Jaguar Mask . really good .
Simone de Beauvoir,There are many, many more great female authors and poets, such as Anne Frank (and she was only 15 when she died), or Helen Keller (she wrote books even though she was BOTH blind and deaf) — and look at JK Rowling who is loved everywhere for Harry Potter. HER writings made her wealthier than the Queen of England.Amelia Atwater-RhodesYou don’t have to have any chapters. It’s up to you. Lot’s of writers experiment with structure of their story.
I have also read both of Borack Obama’s books, excellent reading.
200 Page
There’s absolutely no guideline. Some people write short chapters, some write very long ones. Some people might have 6 chapters in a 200-page book, some might have 20.period …. only because then , women had to do everything andAnd some good female authors
i don’t think gender effect the book at all. take JK Rowling with harry potter
If you think you’ve got what it takes to write stories, then go for it. But learn to write for pleasure rather than earnings, because you’re likely to face a lot of disappointment at first.
It was also considered for a time a male thing…..many who wrote
Robin McKinleyI get obsessed with mystery series. Finished all of Agatha Christie years ago, and all of M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin and Hamish McBeth and up to date on Susan Wittig Albert and the Sue Grafton Alphabet series and currently reading J.A. Jance and Nevada Barr. Used to like Mary Higgins Clark and John Grisham, but not so much anymore.
I think we did not see so much women writers at a particularClarice Lispector,I’ve read that shorter chapters are more attention-getting and make the book feel more like a page-turner, but from some books I’ve read, I thought it felt gimmicky if they were too short.First you should let your family/relatives read it and close friends. Since it’s for a children’s book, especially pay attention to what the children in your family say about it. Ask everyone to be very honest in their opinion about it. Then you can start sending it to publishers. Good Luck!!
Cecilia-Dart Thorntonthe equality is always there….no matter.Sharon Shinn
years and years ago ! And that also implies in quality….i think
Tanya HuffThe people I know who are published in NY live on their writing, but to live on your writing, you have to diversify, or produce fast, and have a House willing to buy from you that fast. Many writers write for two or three houses under different names. And sometimes your editor quits, or doesn’t buy from you anymore, or your house folds.As others have said, shift in scene is a good reason. Shift in point of view (if your story is told from more than one person’s perspective) is another reason for chapter breaks.
An average novel should be about 90,000 words or more, and the industry standard is 250 words per page.you want to look at it that way…..But we well and truly caught up
J.K. Rowling Jodi Picoult Nicholas Sparks J.K. Rowling: 1st book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Favorite book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Jodi Picoult: 1st book: My Sister’s Keeper Favorite book: It’s a tie between The Pact and Nineteen minutes lol Nicholas Sparks: First book: The Notebook Favorite book: A Walk to Remember
Anne McCaffreyJane Lindskoldtake care .d.
It is a varying thing you can’t just decide that this is how many pages it should be the chapters have to end at a point that makes sense. Some books have 700 pages and only 18 chapters and some books have 200 pages and 50 chapters.
both sexes can write it mainly depends on what their subject is they wish to write aboutmichael crichton is the king of short chapters, only a paragrph or a fews words in each sometimes.Stay in school, work hard, and pursue all your passions. Writing takes practice like everything else.
90% poor ….. real poor !I’m a writer, I have writer friends. Most of us are published. Many of us are also editors.
One word or 50,000– it’s up to you.