[Guest]

For those who write both short stories and novels, do you indicate in your novel blurbs/descriptions that it's a novel? I indicate my shorts are shorts, but I was wondering about if people do the opposite too.

 

[jasonzc]

It's really sad that we probably should. Personally, I don't want dumb people reading my books at all.

 

[L.E. Parin]

I put a word count, but that's it.  I notice some put " full-length novel" though.

 

[Hildred]

I would only go out of my way to indicate that my novel was a, well, novel, if I were primarily a short story writer and that's what I was well known for.

 

[Charmaine]

I would only go out of my way to indicate that my novel was a, well, novel, if I were primarily a short story writer and that's what I was well known for.

This. Most of my work is going to be novella length with a few sprinkles of full length novels.
So I plan on indicating they're novels in the blurb.
Although I think a price difference would be a good indicator.

 

[Guest]

I would only go out of my way to indicate that my novel was a, well, novel, if I were primarily a short story writer and that's what I was well known for.

My best/deepest/most important works are the novels but I currently have 6 shorts and only 2, soon 3 novels out. Guess it might be time to add that descriptor...