Manuscript writing

At 1:04am, on the 20th of August, after exactly 292 days or 41 weeks and 5 days of writing my first draft of my novel, I wrote those two long awaited words… ‘The End’. I was in bed, in the dark, laptop on my knees, with my sleeping beauty of a wife next to me. […]

Or, Making your Typesetter Love You. This is Part Two on my series of MS Formatting. For the basics of MS formatting, read Part One here. Get a template here in Part Three. Remove all double spaces…

(#31) Compendium of early medieval Christian writers, including Gregory the Great, Dialogi, and Gennadius of Marseilles, De ecclesiasticis dogmatibus, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [north-eastern France (perhaps Lorraine or Alsace), eleventh century]

Wonderful samples of Devanagari script on palm leaf manuscripts! 1 2 3 4 Interesting non-connecting characters and some strange vowel maatras. Hosted by Columbia University, where these resources were also linked: Resources for S and SE Asian Languages and Cultures, SARAI, and SAJA.

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A Common Mistake To Avoid When Submitting A Manuscript Is To Beware The Rogue Agent Author: Mark Walton Many aspiring authors rush into the process of finding an agent and overlook a common pitfall - the rogue agent. Agents work hard for their money - or at least good ones do. Bad ones find easier

Submitting a piece of writing for publication is easier now than it's ever been. Unfortunately agents, editors, and publishers are flooded with manuscripts. If you want to stand out as a professional author who knows a bit about the publishing industry, you need to submit your writing in Standard Ma