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Anonymous
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 04, 2005 - 10:40 pm: | 
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Advise and/or suggestions needed re: A short story copyright 7yrs. ago. In responsse to some submissions have received encouraging feedback, with suggestions for improving the story, but never a request for resubmission. The offerd suggestions resulted in numerous rewrites, revisions and word count reduction to 5712 from approx. 7200.
In researching places to submit short stories, noted that all limit submissions to 2-4000 words. Do you think it would b e wise to ignore submission guidelines and send 5712 mms?
At the bottom of each page is the copyright symbol, name and year. Given that the copyright is 7yrs. old, do you think this is viewed negatively and should be removed from the bottom of each page?
Do you know if the word count includes name, address, phone, etc., title, pg.# & copyright info, or just the body of the document?
Thanks for your help!!
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kola@aalbc.com
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Username: Kola
Post Number: 493
Registered: 02-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 04, 2005 - 10:48 pm: |
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Good God! DEFINITELY remove the copyright at once!!
Break the rules. Total your word count from BODY TEXT ONLY.
Send it in even if it's a little longer than they request.
ALSO when submitting----get the name of one of the EDITORS and take a sticker and write REQUESTED MANUSCRIPT and paste that on the front alongside the ADDRESS and ON THE BACK as though that editor asked you to send in your manuscript.
The secretary always makes sure they read the ones they requested RIGHT AWAY.
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Mahogany Anais
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Username: Mahoganyanais
Post Number: 132
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 04, 2005 - 11:00 pm: |
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And screw what Writer's Digest says, putting that little copyright symbol on your submission screams that you are a rank amateur. Some places have been known to toss such submissions unread, on the basis of that alone. |
Mahogany Anais
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Username: Mahoganyanais
Post Number: 133
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 04, 2005 - 11:07 pm: |
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Some helpful links:
http://www.fictionwriters.com/tips-submissions.html
http://www.sfwa.org/Beware/copyright.html
http://www.writersdigest.com/qadisplay.asp?id=1066&secondarycategory= |
Anonymous
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 07:24 am: |
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Thanks Kola & Mahogany Anais for the advise that will be heeded immediately. --Just hope the whole file is not deleted in the process, tech skills very, very limited.
Mahogany thanks for the informative links --much apopreciated. Congrats on your accomplishments! Like the Jeffersons, you're moving on up. Keep on keeping on & you'll get your piece of the pie!!
Kola enjoying the informality of your site that exudess energy generated through the variety of post and images. You must hae a library of images, do you? Please post a link to the stop smoking program that you used.
BTW tried to order Flesh & Lost Girl(not released)through AALBC/amazon, but could not get free shipping, so canceled.
Again thanks Kola & Mahogany |
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