Good Afternoon Josiah, I hope this email finds you well today. Further to my below email, I have come across some other issues that I would like to bring to your attention please; The book that was generated from the BookSignal prompt' has duplicated the introduction & sub-chapters, please see attached copy The book length was set at 20-25 Chapters according to the BookSignal Prompt to copy into DesignRR, this produced 21,181 words, some of which is duplicated, the industry standard for a mystery thriller, is approx. 70,000/90,000 words (please see below clip) The only option I could find was, to go to Doc's on the main screen, click on the 3 dots to open, the mini tools window where you can select 'expand' I assume that you then have to highlight each chapter and expand it? However, this must affect the story, as some chapters may not be suitable for expansion? I tried copying the prompt back into DesignRR' this time instead of the suggested 20-25 Chapters, I altered it to 65-75 chapters to attempt to triple the word count to come out at 70,000/90,000 words, however it came out at 25,180? - which is Novella size, not Novel size? It also, again duplicated the Introduction and sub-chapters as before Also, when Wordgenie' suggests 5 possible directions for you book' one of those should be for example my 1st book in the series ' Broken Protocol', however on my 2nd, 3rd, 4th , it finally re-appeared, after closing the browser and re-opening DesignRR several times? If you select the whole manuscript and select expand, will wordgenie' expand the whole story evenly? Is 70,000 words enough for a mystery novel? AI Overview Yes, 70,000 words is enough for a standard mystery novel , especially for fast-paced, plot-driven stories, cozy mysteries, or self-published works. Industry Word Count Guidelines Standard Mystery & Thriller: Generally falls between 70,000 and 90,000 words (though some crime and police procedurally focused books push toward 80,000–100,000). Cozy Mysteries: Often sit on the shorter side, typically ranging from 65,000 to 75,000 words (and occasionally down to 45,000–50,000). Debut Authors: Traditional publishers and literary agents often prefer a sweet spot of 80,000 words for a first-time mystery author, as anything under 70,000 can feel a bit thin for a full-priced adult novel or slip into novella territory. Self-Publishing: You have much more flexibility; indie and cozy mystery authors frequently publish successful books at 60,000 to 70,000 words if the pacing fits the audience. There certainly seems to be some bugs in the system, I hope they can be resolved ASAP. I would share a recording of my screen but the recorder tool I downloaded from yourselves, did not launch as it says it was out of date! Thank you for looking into these points and I look forward to hearing from you.
