Submission Requirements

Manuscript Specifications

The preferences of Inkwell and Meyer LLC for submissions include: all documents received for editing should be in a Serif font (ex: Times New Roman, Georgia, Baskerville, Garamond, etc.) Files received in a non serif form (such as Helvetica, Arial, or any other straight fonts will be changed upon collection for easier manuscript editing.

• MS Word Document (.doc or .docx)  – 6×9* to 8.5×11 Page. 
• A detailed Synopsis should be included with the manuscript submitted to be used as a guide for clarity of the story. Minor content editing may be performed during the editing process for consistency in the plot. It is less time-consuming if we are able to read a synopsis prior to and during the editing process. The Synopsis should include names and details of characters with correct spelling  along with any special spellings we need to know about.
• 11-12pt Serif Typeface (Times/Georgia, etc. – no straight line fonts such as Arial/Helvetica)
• Single spaces at the end of sentences  (rather than old school two spaces)
• Chapter Headings – All chapters clearly marked 
• Ellipsis. . . will be typed like this. . . three ‘periods’ with no space before, a small space between, and one space after; except no space after ellipsis prior to end punctuation. [[Exceptions made upon request.]]

• .3 to .5 inch indents (NOT Tabs) for paragraphs
• .57 to .75 inch margins – top, bottom, sides & Left Justified (LJ for eBooks–Formatting for print book will then be changed to Justified.)
• Relaxed or 1.15 Line Spacing for editing. 
• NO EXTRA Returns between paragraphs, unless for a scene break (be sure to mark scene breaks accordingly using asterisks ***  (not just with a line of white also known as a hard return) 
• Do NOT use spaces to center text. Use the center button in Word.
• Page Breaks – ALWAYS use the Page Break option in MS Word. Do not use returns to get to the next page or the next chapter.