I just sent out a dozen stories. Wish me luck.
I vastly prefer markets that take electronic submissions. I can't even send postal ones right now because I'm out of paper. Also it's raining and who wants to walk to the post office in the rain.
I also like places that want manuscripts in standard manuscript format. I hate when I have to go through a story and change something little, like denoting section breaks with *** instead of # or not indenting paragraphs and double spacing between them. I understand why editors ask for stuff like that--at least I think I do. It's probably mostly because they don't want to have to do it themselves. It might also be something of a test to see if submitters can follow directions. I can follow directions, but if there are too many silly changes I give up and look for someplace else to send my story to. Of course that also might be what the editors are going for.
I vastly prefer markets that take electronic submissions. I can't even send postal ones right now because I'm out of paper. Also it's raining and who wants to walk to the post office in the rain.
I also like places that want manuscripts in standard manuscript format. I hate when I have to go through a story and change something little, like denoting section breaks with *** instead of # or not indenting paragraphs and double spacing between them. I understand why editors ask for stuff like that--at least I think I do. It's probably mostly because they don't want to have to do it themselves. It might also be something of a test to see if submitters can follow directions. I can follow directions, but if there are too many silly changes I give up and look for someplace else to send my story to. Of course that also might be what the editors are going for.
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