"Contrary to what many of you may imagine, a career in letters is not without its drawbacks - chief among them the unpleasant fact that one is frequently called upon to sit down and write."
- Fran Lebowitz
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Submissions are done via e-mail; upon acceptance into the group, a new member will be given the name of and password to the group's mailbox.
Current members log in here.
Submissions should be no longer than 5,000 words and posted no later than midnight of the Thursday preceding the next scheduled meeting. If, however, the deadline has passed and no one has posted anything, go ahead and post, keeping in mind that some members may not have time to review it.
Proof your submission for spelling and grammar errors and for typos. It is okay if you never got an "A" in English, but it is not okay to post an unproofed submission and then assume that the group will clean up your typos, spelling errors, lack of or wrong placement of quotation marks, etc.
If you are writing a novel, please provide the group with a synopsis so that the other members will have a "feel" for what the book is about. If a synopsis would give away too much of the story, then pretend the book has been published and write what might appear on the inside flap of the dust jacket. If you are posting an excerpt from a novel, include a paragraph or two to bring the group up to speed as to what has gone before.
It is helpful to bring at least one extra copy of your submission to the meeting for whoever might need it - a new member, perhaps.
Scroll down for a rough sample of how to format a submission.
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Approx. 2000 Words
SUBMISSION FORMAT
by
FREDDIE FORMATTER
Start about here - no need to indent first paragraph.
Double space.
Use an easy-to-read font at least 12 pt.
Suggested fonts: Times New Roman, Courier New, Arial
1" margins all the way around.
Black print on white paper.
Number the pages top or bottom right.
[Page] #
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