Mar 25, 2019
I am a writer. Most editors and agents will not open attachments and request we paste our manuscript into the body of the email. But, when I do this most of my formatting goes away and looks awful. My margins, paragraphs, line spacing, font, etc. all go away. I want (need) more formatting options, PLEASE.
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Mar 25, 2019
Unfortunately, Gmail is not a full-featured word processor like Microsoft Word. Copy/pasting from other sources may not render correctly in Gmail.
Original Poster Carin Milburn marked this as an answer
Mar 25, 2019
Hi Carin Milburn!
Although @bkc56 will continue to support you in this thread, I found your predicament curious.
I can certainly understand why some Editors and Agents would want to be cautious with attachments, but have they not provided you with an alternative method for supplying the manuscripts?
Asking because I happen to have a number of semi-famous authors as friends and typically if an email attachment is not a permitted form of submission then the Editor/Agents provide a way for the author upload/share/etc the manuscript in another way.
Original Poster Carin Milburn marked this as an answer
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Hi Carin Milburn!
Although @bkc56 will continue to support you in this thread, I found your predicament curious.
I can certainly understand why some Editors and Agents would want to be cautious with attachments, but have they not provided you with an alternative method for supplying the manuscripts?
Asking because I happen to have a number of semi-famous authors as friends and typically if an email attachment is not a permitted form of submission then the Editor/Agents provide a way for the author upload/share/etc the manuscript in another way.
Original Poster Carin Milburn marked this as an answer
Mar 26, 2019
Mar 27, 2019
Carin Milburn,
Yes I understand. I reached out to several people I know that work exclusively in that industry. I gave them a brief description of what was required and, well, to quote them: "That's bizarre. It's unprofessional. I'd find an agent/editor that is running their business as a proper professional."
They did also wonder if it's just a way to get you to go away. They also pointed out that for editors, which typically are involved in "editing" the manuscripts, and such submission could not be easily "marked up".
2 of my friends indicated that they just submitted via uploads to DropBox accounts setup by the editor/agent's company, and the other 2 used Google sharing tools.