| This story was an example of running long. It was intended to be a short story, which turned into a novella. |
| Professional publishing is hard enough to achieve. Novellas are near impossible, because they're not a novel, and they're too long for most magazines that publish short fiction. |
| The common thread to most rejection slips that the novella garnered was that they said it was too long for their magazine. All the editors that indicated they read all or part of the story did like it. Knowing by the common positive reaction that the story will someday succeed, I expanded the story into novel form. The table of contents is listed below, and the opening chapters are linked. |
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1. Homicide 2. Adam-12 3. The Practice 4. Cheers 5. Family Ties 6. Real World 7. L.A. Law 8. The People’s Court 9. Kids Are People Too 10. The Pretender 11. It’s A Living 12. Perry Mason 13. Good Times 14. Gargoyles 15. The Wonder Years 16. Keeping Up Appearances 17. Politically Incorrect 18. Real People 19. The Young & the Restless 20. Police Story 21. Perfect Strangers 22. The Equalizer 23. The Edge of Night 24. Hazel 25. Late Night 26. What’s My Line? 27. A Current Affair 28. Inside Edition 29. The Real McCoys 30. Love, American Style 31. The Paper Chase 32. Touched By an Angel 33. The Powers That Be 34. Mission Impossible 35. Are You Being Served? 36. Unsolved Mysteries 37. Night Court 38. Empty Nest 39. Top Cops 40. Kids Incorporated 41. Love Connection 42. Win, Lose, or Draw 43. I’ll Fly Away 44. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? |