7-5 Publications That Renig on Payment

(c) 2009 by Mona Leeson Vanek

This is probably most relevant for those who write for magazines and such. Writers Weekly has a forum that tracks non-payers. http://www.writersweekly.com/whispers_and_warnings.php. Angela Hoy, owner\publisher of Writers Weekly keeps the site up-to-date.
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Chapter 14 - Tending to Business: http://tinyurl.com/32rr8a5

Next: Chapter 15 - The Many Facets of Freelancing: http://tinyurl.com/36v758m

10-3 Publishing and Book Manuscript Format

(c) 2010, Mona Leeson Vanek

If you aren't sure how to format your manuscript William Shunn's site shows and explains how: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html

Cover page format of the manuscript of your novel
UPPER LEFT OF COVER PAGE:

• first and last name
• address
• phone home
• phone work
• email
• [skip space]
• 100,000 words (round down to next whole number)

UPPER RIGHT OF COVER PAGE (including the agent/agency, is a good reference.)

• name of agent/agency
• address
• phone work
• email

CENTERED ON THE COVER PAGE:

• TITLE
• [skip space]
• A [genre] novel (for example, A mystery novel)
• [skip space]
• by YOUR NAME

OR, if you have a pen name - by YOUR pen name. If you're already published in one genre and are now slipping over into another genre, it reinforces that point, which you should have already made in your query.

Extensive guidelines for preparing a wide variety of manuscripts can be found at The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University, http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/583/01/. Use the links to  find some of the best writing instructions you'll find on the web!

Good guides for formatting e-mail submissions can be found at flashquake,
http://www.flashquake.org/prepnotes.html.
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