tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post1387752402727610828..comments2023-09-20T10:23:05.510+01:00Comments on With ink from the pink pen: "MF"?Colette McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-40428183947388317452009-08-17T23:26:40.368+01:002009-08-17T23:26:40.368+01:00All of your comments just vindicates my decision t...All of your comments just vindicates my decision to stop doing the course that I was on. It seems that they aren't moving with the times.<br />TLH it apparently isn't standard practice on this side of the pond.<br />I tend to put the page number in the top corner Captain but maybe I should put it at the bottom then it would be more like a regular page.<br />Olivia you are definately not an amateur.<br />Jarmara don't worry I won't.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-44107626698442498832009-08-17T21:43:07.517+01:002009-08-17T21:43:07.517+01:00Well, if this is of any help, I didn't put any...Well, if this is of any help, I didn't put anything like that at the bottom of my MSS and it was read in full by a publisher. So I would say no don't do it. <br /><br />Good luck with your book, GWPaula RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550276147711384895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-68841606852517569472009-08-17T20:03:27.943+01:002009-08-17T20:03:27.943+01:00I've never even heard of 'mf', Gonna B...I've never even heard of 'mf', Gonna Be - does that make me even more of an amateur? I've certainly never put it at the bottom of a page. I do number my pages, but that's it!Sheila Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997206301877289623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-21269655355351529702009-08-17T10:15:54.735+01:002009-08-17T10:15:54.735+01:00I'm no expert but that sounds old-fashioned an...I'm no expert but that sounds old-fashioned and a bit pants to me. Personally I would <b>number</b> the pages at the bottom, possibly with the total page count given somewhere - in the covering letter perhaps, or the synopsis.<br /><br />Page 1 of 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-21178522654190408212009-08-17T08:35:06.715+01:002009-08-17T08:35:06.715+01:00I've never heard of it on this side of the pon...I've never heard of it on this side of the pond, but it may be standard practice for you guys. <br /><br />Beyond it being amateur... it seems kind of silly. I mean, if there's another page, there's probably more right? And if you're submitting digitally, which is the case with most agents now, it's obvious that there's more. What's the point?Tara Lindsay Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970258984995282462noreply@blogger.com