MS Word will give you the word count at the bottom of the screen. You can also highlight sections to give that word count too.

If you are not using MS Word, I wonder why your word processor doesn't give you a word count.

My first published novel was around 91,000 words and, according to Amazon, 239 Kindle pages. However, in MS Word this works out at 115 regular pages including appendices.

From what I have seen this seems like a good average for a reasonable sized novel.

In my opinion, it's not really the word count that is important, but whether you have written a complete work. If the story stands up then it doesn't matter how long it is. Your goal is not to leave your reader feeling dispointed that the story was too short.

Available on Amazon for the Kindle E-Reader

All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster

And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...