In response to Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:28:25 -0500 > Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<SNIP> > <SNIP> > > It does seem to me that the manuscript format recommended by the web > page is somewhat outdated. Even the author notes that an earlier > version was "reprinted" in 1998 and he cites a "VERY HELPFUL" work from > 1990. How is that relevant? They haven't updated their payscale since 1950, so the fact that the format is dated by at least 20 years is hardly a surprise to me. Or something I care about in the least. > I write fiction and legal textbooks, and I have never had a > publisher call for a manuscript in the form that Shunn recommends. Your legal textbooks are of no interest to me, as I've noticed that different markets have different rules. So, while you may have completely different requirements for submitting legal documents, it simply doesn't matter to anyone submitting fiction stories. As to people who request documents in "standard manuscript format", how about Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, probably the most prestigious market in the scifi genre: http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm Their guidelines point to an article on SFWA's web site, which basically mirrors the guidelines I mentioned earlier: http://sfwa.org/writing/vonda/vonda.htm What fiction markets have you submitted to and what are their guidelines? > However, as Rich said, LaTeX is so versatile that you can force it to > make ugly manuscripts. I don't know how this is relevant. To return to the original point of this thread: I'm looking for something superior to OOo for formatting my manuscripts. They are required to be in "standard manuscript format" as described here: http://sfwa.org/writing/vonda/vonda.htm and a tankful of other places. Does anyone know of a pre-existing template so that I can evaluate Lyx for this purpose? At this point I'm guessing that I'll have to learn to make my own template. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
