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The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...  

A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.


deborah grabien - May 10, 2006 8:28:19 am PDT #6673 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Of course, long docs in Word are also notoriously buggy.

I've been lucky, but then, there's no graphics or tricky formatting or anything for straight fiction submission format; it's my Word doc default and it's yet to mess with me.

I imagine that a document with graphics, imported text, bullets, footnotes etc would have the potential to be buggy as hell.


Volans - May 10, 2006 8:31:53 am PDT #6674 of 10001
move out and draw fire

I use a separate document for each chapter and then create my own master document. Word's is aw.ful.

This does mean that I have to print and collate manually, but the ToC and index are in the master and they come out right.


deborah grabien - May 10, 2006 8:32:25 am PDT #6675 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

BTW, I've got a story - The Gravekeeper, based on "Long Black Veil", in this anthology.

This will likely be the first in a series of these, assuming it sells. Second would likely be Bob Dylan, and that one might have stories by both erika and me.

So here's hoping it sells.


Typo Boy - May 10, 2006 9:25:45 am PDT #6676 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I imagine that a document with graphics, imported text, bullets, footnotes etc would have the potential to be buggy as hell.

Sobs.

IOW Yup.

Question - if you do chapters in seperate documents, how do manage cross referencing on end notes?


lisah - May 10, 2006 9:34:36 am PDT #6677 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

how do manage cross referencing on end notes?

umm...I don't have end notes. I imagine that would be a pain.


Allyson - May 10, 2006 10:03:55 am PDT #6678 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Man. I can't believe how much Word blows.

However! I have a new poll:

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Typo Boy - May 10, 2006 11:24:05 am PDT #6679 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Question: you can send out multiple queries correct? But if they ask for a book proposal (not yet), then one publisher at a time, cause evaluating a book proposal is major work for editor and publishing staff - true?


deborah grabien - May 10, 2006 11:26:42 am PDT #6680 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

TB, yep - that's the way it works in fiction, at least.

Our basic is, initial query can be multiple, but if they want to see more or ask for an exclusive, the rules change.


Jesse - May 10, 2006 11:52:25 am PDT #6681 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

This blog is mostly about fiction, but answers a ton of questions about dealing with agents (and some about publishers, too): [link] I'm not trying to sell a book, just obsessed with advice columns.


Typo Boy - May 10, 2006 12:16:07 pm PDT #6682 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

That link aalso says that synopsys in a query should be single spaced not double spaced. The refererence work I own on how to write a book proposal say everything should be double spaced, but I do see how the synopysis could be an exception. So the question is where to I go to get a really reliable guide to proper formatting for a book proposal. I gather that there is not absolute rule; that there are varietions. Still is there some way I can get less of the marketing 101 more of the basic mechanical formatting as "no more than x words" , x format. Right now I'm just doing everything double spaced 12 point Times Roman font 1 inch margins. Anything besides the synopis that should be an exception to this? Anyplace that is a good nuts and bolts source for this?

Also this articles says skip the query, go right to proposal. I'm guessing that may be one of the differences between fiction and non-fic.