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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 2041584" data-attributes="member: 5171">Hey Pencilone,No clue on the mailing question, sorry.Re: Number of pages in chapter-by-chapter: They've really just said "Three to five sentences per chapter", which means that it's going to vary hugely depending on the number of chapters you have.  Mine was six pages, single-spaced, and I had a novel with thirty chapters.  I think that as long as you make the effort, and make it interesting to read, you're fine just going with three to five sentences per chapter.  Or fewer, if you've got a ton of chapters.Never heard about there being a correct number of chapters or scenes.  Twenty chapters sounds fine, though -- enough to have your synopsis tell a good detailed story, not so many that you're sending them the novel already.I think you're bang-on about format not mattering, provided that we're talking about "number of chapters" and such.  (Make sure that you've got the submission formatted the way that they want you to have it formatted, though, with the appropriate spacing and font and included stuff.)If you haven't been previously published, I just wouldn't even mention it.  It's not something to explain or apologize for.  Just make the cover letter short and sweet and let them get to what's really going to sell your novel -- your novel.Good luck!</blockquote>