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   William Vetter to Jymesion   
   Re: electronic vs. printed story submiss   
   17 Oct 15 22:49:09   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Jymesion wrote:   
   > On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:02:47 -0700 (PDT), burlwood    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> I've just finished a short story and am now looking to submit it. I was   
   >> wondering about whether there were any advantages to submitting a paper   
   >> copy. I was thinking perhaps it would get the editor's attention more   
   >> readily. Also, are there any differences in the way it should be formatted   
   >> depending on whether the submission is electronic or physical? Different   
   >> font, single spaced, etc.? Thanks in advance.   
   >   
   >   
   > I'm wondering about this, too. Ususally they say embed in text or   
   > attach as .rtf file, so that's pretty straightforward formatting.   
   >   
   > But what about when they want a .pdf?   
      
   What editor asks you for that?   
   >   
   > Do you still include headers / page numbers?   
      
   If they print it out, then maybe they want the headers.   
   >   
   > Do you still underline to indicate italics?   
      
   I have only seen one editor who tells people not to do that in his   
   guidelines.   
      
   > How free are you to play with fonts to make it look better (Courier   
      
   I think you aren't.   
      
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