Not-so-old faithful
Jul. 20th, 2005 11:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pbrayI'm grateful that my laptop survived long enough to allow me to complete THE FIRST BETRAYAL, but I think it's time to face reality and look at getting a new computer.
The current laptop is only three years and eight months old, but it's already had two hard drive replacements, the current hard drive is acting wonky, and the CDROM burner will no longer format new CDs so I'm reduced to reusing old CDs.
Now is a good time to get the new computer and make the switch from Windows 98SE to a new platform before I get deeply involved in the new book.
I may also upgrade my printer. My current printer is an HP inkjet that I purchased back in 1997 to celebrate the release of my first book. By today's standards it's a tad slow, with a paper tray that holds just under 100 sheets, and it takes around two and a half hours to print a manuscript.
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The current laptop is only three years and eight months old, but it's already had two hard drive replacements, the current hard drive is acting wonky, and the CDROM burner will no longer format new CDs so I'm reduced to reusing old CDs.
Now is a good time to get the new computer and make the switch from Windows 98SE to a new platform before I get deeply involved in the new book.
I may also upgrade my printer. My current printer is an HP inkjet that I purchased back in 1997 to celebrate the release of my first book. By today's standards it's a tad slow, with a paper tray that holds just under 100 sheets, and it takes around two and a half hours to print a manuscript.
Be sure to check out bear knocks on door for food and engineering jobs available at Google.
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Re: Writing Question
Date: 2005-07-28 03:08 pm (UTC)Courier is still standard. Production editors like to work with it since it's a known quantity, so their formulas are designed to say that X pages of 12 point Courier = Z book pages.
Some editors/houses will take Times New Roman, Arial or other fonts, but others will see these as a sign that you don't understand how to properly prepare a manuscript. Unless you know for certain that the editor or agent looking at the manuscript is open to other fonts, it's best to stick with the industry standard for mansucript submission which is Courier (or Courier New).
Re: Writing Question
Date: 2005-07-29 04:47 am (UTC)Now that's something I never knew. Courier, who'd a thought? I really did think that everyone had graduated to Times New Roman. I'll add font preference to my list of questions to ask first.
Still, courier is really ugly (wrinkles nose) and Arial is so...blah.
Cheers,
From a curious JD (who is quite tickled that you took the time to answer my questions. Wow. How cool is that?!)