Submission formats?

[thegreyelf]

Any specific format you want us to follow, with formatting codes, etc? Or should we go a head and format the submissions ourselves?

A lot of publishers use a variation on HTML for formatting codes, with B for bold, I for italic, etc., in triangular brackets bookending the text to be formatted, and square brackets with indicators for boxed text, etc, as follows:

[BOXED TEXT]
boxed text here
[END BOXED TEXT]

Just a suggestion

A more complete version would be as follows:
In triangular brackets (<>), bookending text to be formatted. Do not use slashes to indicate closing text, as with HTML...just use another copy of the same format code.

B=bold
I=italics
U=Underline

1 = Biggest header (as chapters or major sections)
2 = Section heads within chapters or major sections
3 = Subsections.

Square brackets

[BOXED TEXT] [END BOXED TEXT]
[FICTION] [END FICTION]
[STAT BLOCK] [END STAT BLOCK]
Also, any art, editorial, or other notes would be in square brackets.

[harmast]

That's an excellent suggestion.

I can also accept RTF or Open Office formated documents.

[thegreyelf]

I presumed RTF.

I just figured instead of including bold, italics, etc. in the body of the submissions, using codes like that would enable you to have a uniform set of documents to begin with, making it easier for you to format and layout consistently.

[harmast]

That is a very good idea.

Of course, I could require TeX or groff...

Actually, I'd say yes...I'll write up your [] rules and make them a sticky tonight...then I can macro them to groff and use it to feed a pdf creator...