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- 2010.03.15: Publishers who ask for camera-ready copy
- 2009.10.11: Composing a cover letter
- 2009.08.20: Word counts for proposal submissions
- 2009.08.17: Labeling scenes within a chapter
- 2009.08.13: Uncorrecting the ellipsis character
- 2009.08.12: Ending your manuscript
- 2009.07.14: Positioning chapter headers on the page
- 2009.07.12: Confusing book design with manuscript formatting
- 2009.05.11: How line height relates to word count
- 2009.05.10: Some fine points of underlining
- 2009.05.09: When to use a separate title page
- 2009.03.24: Copyrighting your work
- 2009.03.20: Story collection format
- 2009.03.19: Indicating literal thoughts
- 2009.03.16: Proper novella format
- 2009.03.15: Word count vs. page count
- 2009.02.28: Automatic page numbers in Word
- 2009.02.27: Formatting text in interesting shapes
- 2009.02.12: Word count discrepencies in novel submissions
- 2009.02.11: Italicizing long blocks of text
- 2009.02.11: The format to come
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