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[nicksgal]

Sorry, I'm going to school to be a teacher too. lol

But you know what they say, if you work hard you get results. I'm sure if we all keep working hard, we'll get what we want eventually.

[RokofAges75]

Yep... like I said, Mare is an inspiration!  I have low expectations; if I could just get a book in print and available on Amazon, I'd be satisfied!

[nicksgal]

I thin that would be really cool! I do wish they were available in bookstores though....

[RokofAges75]

I know... I wish Mel's Tree was.  I went to the Barnes & Noble store to order my copy, thinking that if they had to order one, they might order a few just in case... but they didn't.  I got my book, and when I checked, there were no others on the shelves.  Blah to Barnes & Noble.

[Rose]

You're gonna be a teacher too Dee? Damn what is with writers being teachers? lmao  . We need more writers majoring in psychology darn it. But literary agent would be nice, or at least very handy.

hehe.

I hate formatting. Any story I know is going to be a fanfiction I write in AC mode with the italic coding and such. My original fiction I format properly cause I know it isn't going anywhere near alone lol.

[nicksgal]

I know... I wish Mel's Tree was.  I went to the Barnes & Noble store to order my copy, thinking that if they had to order one, they might order a few just in case... but they didn't.  I got my book, and when I checked, there were no others on the shelves.  Blah to Barnes & Noble.

I can order it from the bookstore? Will it be cheaper?

[nicksgal]

You're gonna be a teacher too Dee? Damn what is with writers being teachers? lmao  .

It's more because it's what I'd be good at, than because I want to write. lol

[RokofAges75]

I can order it from the bookstore? Will it be cheaper?

You can order it from the bookstore, but I don't think it's any cheaper.  And then you have to go pick it up at the bookstore instead of having it shipped right to you.

[nicksgal]

You can order it from the bookstore, but I don't think it's any cheaper.  And then you have to go pick it up at the bookstore instead of having it shipped right to you.

Ahh..... I wish it were cheaper... lol

[julilly]

Has anyone been successful in typing a story in Word, correctly formatted, with indented paragraphs and no space in between, and been successful posting it on AC without the formatting getting screwed up?  I've tried it all the different ways I can think of, and no way is perfect.

I write mine in word, put the html into word as a type it, then I copy/paste into the text box (not the rich text one) and I haven't had problems... not that I ever post anything :\

[RokofAges75]

I write mine in word, put the html into word as a type it, then I copy/paste into the text box (not the rich text one) and I haven't had problems... not that I ever post anything :\

That's what I don't do... because when I post it on my own site, it keeps whatever formatting I do on Word (as in, just highlighting and clicking italics instead of putting in the italics tags), so I'm not used to having to do it by hand.

I figured if I just save each chapter as an html doc and then upload it, it keeps all my formatting, and the only thing it messes up is the indenting, which is all lopsided, but I can deal with that I guess.

[julilly]

To be honest I did notice that the indenting changed, but it didn't bother me

[RokofAges75]

Oh good... cause if I take the indents out, then there's no spaces between the paragraphs, and it's really hard to read.  So otherwise I'd have to have two completely differently formatted versions of the story... one with no indents and spaces between paragraphs, and one the correctly-formatted way.  And since I just finished reformatting fanfic Broken and am working on doing the same with BMS, I know how freaking time consuming and tedious that is.

[nicksgal]

You could always use my method. lol

[RokofAges75]

Also too time-consuming LOL.