Sentence sparring
I knew when I wrote an entry for my formatting blog about sentence spacing that I would probably make some people upset. I just didn't expect to hear about it so soon. Three or...
Manuscript FormatA collection of 5 posts
Updated manuscript format
Since we're only, let's see, a decade into the 21st century now, I figured it was probably past time to revisit my essay on "Proper Manuscript Format." I've...
The formatting grump waxes grumpy
Dear correspondent who just forwarded me the same email he sent two days ago: I understand that you are impatient for a response. However, I receive more email about format questions than I can deal with...
Flogging "Flog"
For well over a decade my manuscript formatting guide "Proper Manuscript Format" has been available online, with the...
Are you paying attention, you two?
Hey there, all you WordPerfect users aspiring to write short fiction! For you maligned folks and you folks only, I've added a new feature to my inexplicably popular manuscript formatting instructions. I created a...