The Marshall Plan is where the U.S. government gives me oodles of money to reconstruct my novel.
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Betsy HP - Oct 21, 2003 11:24:01 am PDT #2398 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Astarte - Oct 21, 2003 11:25:26 am PDT #2399 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Betsy, I think that's a different plan.
Unless you're a former CEO of course...
deborah grabien - Oct 21, 2003 12:18:25 pm PDT #2400 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
suh-NERK!
Astarte - Oct 21, 2003 2:07:14 pm PDT #2401 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Woohoo, time to bring out the toys!!!
Rebecca Lizard - Oct 22, 2003 6:47:25 am PDT #2402 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Most of the manuscripts-- short stories (and poetry, but those are single-spaced, of course)-- I see have serif fonts, double-spaced.
I don't care what font someone submits in, as long as it's not too fancy or unreadable. But, Jesus, I hate single-spaced MSes. It's practically impossible to edit.
deborah grabien - Oct 22, 2003 7:38:36 am PDT #2403 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Most publishing houses are really tight about that one, Liz. It does make sense; when you're reading through a slush pile, looking for a gem to rec, you want the content to stand out. All the deliberate attempt at quirky does is make the editor grind his or her teeth.
Waaaay back in the mid-seventies, I worked for a small childrens' educational publishing house here in SF called Troubador Press. The big thing was the illustrations, but we had the form letter that went out to everyone we were considering: "blah blah fishcakes all text doublespaced".
We were less picky about typefaces as I remember, because it was the age of the IBM Selectric and there were no home computers.
erikaj - Oct 22, 2003 7:53:06 am PDT #2404 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I just thought I'd share this here. Just got done talking to Case Management Gal, who asked me about writing. Me:Yes, I've had articles published but no fiction as yet. Don't know why...tough beast. She: What stops you? Me(thinking) If I knew that would we have this conversation? No. You'd be referred to my publicist.
Betsy HP - Oct 22, 2003 9:01:57 am PDT #2405 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
erika, remind yourself that J.D. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book while on welfare.
Slap me down if I'm being sappy; I just cling to examples of people like me who succeeded. (e.g. Harriet Doerr, whose first novel, Stones for Ibarra, was published when she was 80.)
erikaj - Oct 22, 2003 9:06:29 am PDT #2406 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yes, she is "as a god" to me at the moment.
Deena - Oct 22, 2003 9:07:07 am PDT #2407 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Betsy, no slap, but more stories like that would be encouraging. I'd heard that about Rowling but forgotten.