Deb

I'm assuming I have the latest as you sent it this morning...? Prisoner at the inlaws at the moment but I had a few little picky word choice comments (mostly glowing praise) to offer since it was quite polished in the form I got it. I can send it (I tracked changes in word) tonight when I get home.

Kristin, definitely. I'll send you most recent. Changes aren't huge, but they might be telling. Brynn, pretty sure you have the most recent.

Deb, insent.

I've just completed a marathon edit on an article that will only make me $10. Nothing like waking up behind. Damn.(Editor's in Munich, not ME as I assumed...had to tap-dance around six hour time diff.) And why didn't anyone tell me I punctuate like a feral child? Felt like such a loser. But I made it. Barely.

If some nice person could assemble me a very simple, yo-tech(almost no-tech) explanation of preparing manuscripts properly with Microsoft Word, I'd much appreciate it. Y'all have been so generous, I didn't know that I didn't know, and "Beg Deb for help," isn't always a choice. Also, anyone have a favorite punctuation refresher book?

Also, anyone have a favorite punctuation refresher book?

Here is a good online resource.

Offline, my default reference is Strunk & White's The Elements of Style. [link]

Deb, insent.

erika, I'll ask The Husband (ours, of course), but basically he just set my default settings in Word to standard manuscript format. Those paramters are Courier 12, double space, title upper left, page number upper right. Paragraphs have two carriage returns between them.

I can never figure out how to do or even explain the margins, since this frelling program doesn't use that language; it uses inches and columns and stuff.

Thanks. Because it's come to my attention that I suck at that. And that I use punctuation like I picked it up off the street. And I looked to Crush Guy to console me(and I don't mean porn) and he was more like "Well, yeah, but it's not like something you just blurt out." Smartass. He is so not getting any of this. What was I thinking?! I'll just leave him to the girlie that gets "monogamy" and "monotony" mixed up.

I'll just leave him to the girlie that gets "monogamy" and "monotony" mixed up.

"I'm not spending another night with a woman whose favourite colour is beige." Incredibly Hot Scots Detective Andy in Minette Walters' perfect first mystery thriller, "The Ice House".

Also, in terms of punctuation, who is it who always yells "Fragments! There are too many sentence fragments!"

Huh? Huh?