Manuscripts

This can be seen in manuscripts from the Freiburg and Strasbourg houses where pronouns like eo are changed to ea. 47 This rewriting of the text extended beyond simple endings that indicated the gender of the readers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then you have to find an agent who not only deals in manuscripts like yours but one who is taking on new clients. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was left with the distinct impression that Interzone would be happier if all these people would stop sending in manuscripts and take out subscriptions instead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The layout is simple: each chapter tackles some fixable weakness the authors frequently see in manuscripts from both novice and experienced writers. ❋ Ulysses (2009)

It gets more difficult when you throw in manuscripts, proof copies (or ARCs - Advance Reading Copies), and books with introductions by Joe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And part of the power of the manuscripts is hearing the voices overlay each other and not always being absolutely certain which voice is speaking. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You will find everything from honest-to-goodness illuminated manuscripts from the depths of the Middle Ages to 1950s church-design manuals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Quite often in manuscripts the protagonist is an ordinary person. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So, if nothing else in 2009, you've made someone else happy when they were not and saved all my manuscripts from a big winter bonfire. ❋ Ulysses (2009)

As to your comment about fiction that wants to be thrilling, suspenseful, non-stop ... editors routinely praise the writing, characters and choice of topics in manuscripts, then reject them as "too quiet." ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)

Semiseriously, the reason you're getting inundated with unsolicited manuscripts is because damn near every wannabe writer around is looking for an "in" with an established writer or other celebrity. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

Since agencies and publishers spend most of their time signing certain manuscripts and rejecting others ... should we call it censorship every time a manuscript gets rejected? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fri 9: 00 AM - 12: 00 PM: Writers 'Workshop (for those who sent in manuscripts in advance). ❋ Unknown (2010)

She rescued manuscripts from the trash, gave me pep talks and bought books to encourage me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I have [a few] manuscripts [at home]!" The [author] answered. ❋ Sealz888 (2017)

"Damn Jane how'd you get those notes for your book [turned around] [in a week]?" "[Manuscript dust]," ❋ Manuscripit_dust (2021)

Hey, [Rob], I can't [talk] now - I'm working on my manuscript. I'll call ya [tomorrow]. ❋ Poetintern (2010)

The infuriating "Morse-code manuscript" [debacle] tends to manifest itself all the more whenever you're either in [a stew] or pressed for time, since your hands will tend to perspire a lot more during "nerved up" periods like this, and so [the ink] will not readily adhere to all of the damp/salty/greasy spots where you've been holding the paper steady while writing. Also, if the paper itself is not the best (like if its surface is excessively flaky/textured, or is coated with a foreign substance, like a cash-register receipt), you may have problems here, as well; this is an especially [exasperating] dilemma because this type of "inferior" foolscap-scrap may sometimes be the only writing-material that's handy at the time when you unexpectedly have to [scrawl] down a phone number or other important info/reminder, and so you may encounter this debacle more frequently/unavoidably than you might expect. ❋ QuacksO (2018)