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Formatting, formatting, formatting.
7 years ago
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The other day was waiting (well, I am still waiting!) but today is formatting.
Every publisher has their own desired formatting standards. It's really flipping annoying, because of course I got into writing habits built around how FA displays things, how I was taught to type in middle school in fricking 1991, and the way I post stories to Fimfiction.
None of those are especially useful in light of what certain publishers want. >.< Though at least Jaffa Books doesn't require smart quotes. I hate smart quotes with a burning passion. Ugh. They're the worst. They break all kinds of things, and their only actual useful function is to look pretty. The last publisher I sent something off to wanted them, and it was an absolute nightmare.
Even putting formatting of the story aside, there's also cover letters, W-9s, and tons of other folderol one has to mess with. All this shit is why I swore I'd never submit things for publication. Maybe past me had the right idea there. Not that self-pub is any better, really. Posting here to FA is still pretty damn easy, but of course that's hardly a career, all things considered.
I am cranky as fuck lately. If all this work turns out to be for nothing, I'm going to be even moreso.
Every publisher has their own desired formatting standards. It's really flipping annoying, because of course I got into writing habits built around how FA displays things, how I was taught to type in middle school in fricking 1991, and the way I post stories to Fimfiction.
None of those are especially useful in light of what certain publishers want. >.< Though at least Jaffa Books doesn't require smart quotes. I hate smart quotes with a burning passion. Ugh. They're the worst. They break all kinds of things, and their only actual useful function is to look pretty. The last publisher I sent something off to wanted them, and it was an absolute nightmare.
Even putting formatting of the story aside, there's also cover letters, W-9s, and tons of other folderol one has to mess with. All this shit is why I swore I'd never submit things for publication. Maybe past me had the right idea there. Not that self-pub is any better, really. Posting here to FA is still pretty damn easy, but of course that's hardly a career, all things considered.
I am cranky as fuck lately. If all this work turns out to be for nothing, I'm going to be even moreso.
