Comments on: Another 13-Line Guideline http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline Writing and Reading. Commerce and Art. Fantasy and Science Fiction. Discuss. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:42:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Erin Underwood http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2246 Erin Underwood Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:53:06 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2246 Luther, just so you know, my post highlights the mistakes I made when sending submissions to the 13-Line critiques. I thought it might help other people avoid making the same mistakes. :-) Luther, just so you know, my post highlights the mistakes I made when sending submissions to the 13-Line critiques. I thought it might help other people avoid making the same mistakes. :-)

]]> By: Katharine Kerr http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2239 Katharine Kerr Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:56:22 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2239 Luther, actually I just finished putting your submission up. See if it looks okay. Luther, actually I just finished putting your submission up. See if it looks okay.

]]> By: Luther Knox http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2227 Luther Knox Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:28:03 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2227 Sorry, I think some of this is directed at the opening I posted late last night. I broke a couple of the rules by mistake and one of them was the Subject Line which you have clearly explained on the main page but above it is a hyper link (submission guidelines) which I clicked on automatcially. On that page, I did not see anything about puting specific text in the subject line. The other was the italics I cut a pasted from an RTF document. Again, it was late and others in my workgroup have been buzzing about this helpful service for a couple of weeks now. I was excited about fresh feedback and didn't search out the required details before hitting Send. Thank you for your patience and attention. Should I try to resubmit the "In Their Image" beginning? Sorry,

I think some of this is directed at the opening I posted late last night. I broke a couple of the rules by mistake and one of them was the Subject Line which you have clearly explained on the main page but above it is a hyper link (submission guidelines) which I clicked on automatcially. On that page, I did not see anything about puting specific text in the subject line.

The other was the italics I cut a pasted from an RTF document.

Again, it was late and others in my workgroup have been buzzing about this helpful service for a couple of weeks now. I was excited about fresh feedback and didn’t search out the required details before hitting Send.

Thank you for your patience and attention. Should I try to resubmit the “In Their Image” beginning?

]]> By: Erin Underwood http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2226 Erin Underwood Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:53:57 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2226 A note to people who are submitting 13-line critiques: - Leave out the tabs/indents since they tend not to come through when the text is posted. - Keep your paragraphs single-spaced, but add an extra blank line between the paragraphs since this will help readers differentiate one paragraph from the next when reading your submission. - I’ve noticed that when I send submissions from my hotmail account the line breaks get a little messy. I’m not sure why this happens. However, remembering to put the extra blank line between paragraphs helps to reduce confusion when the line breaks go wonky. - I just discovered this one myself… If you really need to set off a word/fragment/sentence in italics you can put an _underscore mark_ before and after the text in question to signify italics. <em>(Maybe one of the DG authors should verify that this is ok to do before people starting using underscores to set off text.)</em> - "13-Lines" does not mean 13 sentences. It means the first 13 lines of text on the page. I think Katharine explains in detail why 13 is the magic number in the submission guidelines, so I won’t do it here. … and I think that’s all of the un-asked-for helpful advice that I can muster at the moment. A note to people who are submitting 13-line critiques:

- Leave out the tabs/indents since they tend not to come through when the text is posted.
- Keep your paragraphs single-spaced, but add an extra blank line between the paragraphs since this will help readers differentiate one paragraph from the next when reading your submission.
- I’ve noticed that when I send submissions from my hotmail account the line breaks get a little messy. I’m not sure why this happens. However, remembering to put the extra blank line between paragraphs helps to reduce confusion when the line breaks go wonky.
- I just discovered this one myself… If you really need to set off a word/fragment/sentence in italics you can put an _underscore mark_ before and after the text in question to signify italics. (Maybe one of the DG authors should verify that this is ok to do before people starting using underscores to set off text.)
- “13-Lines” does not mean 13 sentences. It means the first 13 lines of text on the page. I think Katharine explains in detail why 13 is the magic number in the submission guidelines, so I won’t do it here.

… and I think that’s all of the un-asked-for helpful advice that I can muster at the moment.

]]> By: Katharine Kerr http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2210 Katharine Kerr Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:55:43 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2210 You know, we could use a few more professional voices in the critiques -- Sherwood has been heroic, and Mad as well, but it would be nice if <cough cough> we got some different views than mine and Kevin's and the aforementioned Sherwood and Mad.</cough> You know, we could use a few more professional voices in the critiques — Sherwood has been heroic, and Mad as well, but it would be nice if we got some different views than mine and Kevin’s and the aforementioned Sherwood and Mad.

]]> By: Erin Underwood http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2137 Erin Underwood Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:37:20 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2137 Katharine, you've been doing a great job with the 13 line critiques - especially considering that you've received a ton of them over the last couple of days! :-) Katharine, you’ve been doing a great job with the 13 line critiques - especially considering that you’ve received a ton of them over the last couple of days! :-)

]]> By: Katharine Kerr http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2132 Katharine Kerr Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:56:59 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2132 No problem, Kevin! I have finally figured out how to do the posts correctly. I may be slow, but I'm not thorough either. :-) Which reminds me -- I need to send you back-up files of the new book. No problem, Kevin! I have finally figured out how to do the posts correctly. I may be slow, but I’m not thorough either. :-)

Which reminds me — I need to send you back-up files of the new book.

]]> By: Kevin Andrew Murphy http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2127 Kevin Andrew Murphy Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:51:54 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2127 Thanks for having taken up the slack for the con period, Kit. Though it's going to be a few more days before I can get into the swim of things. Post con frazzle and stuff-to-do. Thanks for having taken up the slack for the con period, Kit. Though it’s going to be a few more days before I can get into the swim of things. Post con frazzle and stuff-to-do.

]]> By: Katharine Kerr http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2121 Katharine Kerr Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:46:29 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2121 Kate -- Oh good. I'll continue posting them to "general," then. We are certainly getting a good number of story openings. Kate — Oh good. I’ll continue posting them to “general,” then.

We are certainly getting a good number of story openings.

]]> By: kateelliott http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2115 kateelliott Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:35:25 +0000 http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/katharinekerr/general-announcements/another-13-line-guideline#comment-2115 actually, I find these announcements quite interesting as a measure of what's going on here, and the evolution of the 13 Line Critique section. actually, I find these announcements quite interesting as a measure of what’s going on here, and the evolution of the 13 Line Critique section.

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