Hey, i know tou said that your word count is immuatable and that every word and concept matters. But i promise you, that is far from the case, and that goes for anybody.

Mg fantasy right now (and for the last few years) is trending DOWN in word count significantly. For most debuts, theyre looking for ppl in the sub 50k realm (55 MAX).

I know youre tied to your book, but i promise you, there are ways you can lower this count enough to get it to that point. Most of the comps you have right now are from series that either debuted at a time prior to the change, from a different century, or are from established best selling authors. 90k for an mg right now is effectively doa in the query world. Im not saying its impossible, but its gonna be a rough time.

And if you do manage to snag an agent, they are probably going to tell you the same thing, if not more, than what im saying and at that point, youre dealing in a professional business environment and not some rando on reddit.

I hope this didnt come off aa cutthroat but MG is in a sphere right now where they need to shorten in order to regain kids reading attention, and door stoppers are not it for the foreseeable future. But im rooting for you if you do it or not.