12/14/22 - Online form re: The Archimedes Society - quirky/offbeat - 98K
2/27/23 - CNR

Three months after Literary novel submitted. Silence. Done and out.

Did anyone receive an automated response after submitting via their form?

louza9, unfortunately it might be the best you can do. Converting formatting from Word to a browser is very awkward. So most likely they're accustomed to seeing formatting issues and won't hold it against you. Some tips: - You can't change the font or font size. Don't concern yourself with that. It'll use whatever they have set. - Do not indent paragraphs. Use block paragraphs with one blank space between paragraphs instead of indenting. Just because it looks right on your end doesn't mean it will when they view it. Only block paragraphs can be guaranteed to work in this situation. - Italics, bold, etc won't work either, so don't even try. - Make these edits directly in Notepad and save it there, before you paste it into their form. That way you have it to use the next time you run into a disagreeable form. HG Literary uses QueryManager forms, and a lot of work has gone into the formatting issue on them, and it still isn't perfect. Probably never will be.

Patrick, Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't solve the problem completely. I successfully cut and pasted to Notebook, but when I pasted from Notepad to SLL's form, my font was changed and there were still no spaces between paragraphs. The one improvement was that my paragraphs were indented. I could easily insert the few paragraph spaces between lines manually in my query letter and synopsis, but SLL also asks for three chapters which would make for endless tinkering of my manuscript on their form.

HGLiterary also has a submission form. When I queried them and filled out their form, the paste command gave the option of keeping the copied doc's format. So simple and easy! I haven't yet been able to figure out the secret of pasting onto SLL's form. I really wonder how other authors are getting their information to SLL since they do not accept regular e-mail queries.

louza9, try first pasting it into a basic text editor such as Notepad. Then copy it out of Notepad and paste it into their form. That often gets you close. A version of Notepad comes pre-installed on Windows and Mac.

Does anyone have any hints about filling out SSL’s submission form? When I cut and paste my Query letter, synopsis, writing sample, etc, their form does not accept my formatting. I’m using Word. It translates into a tiny, nearly unreadable font with no spaces between paragraphs, no indentation—it’s a mess. Any clues in how to keep my formatting?

I suppose if you do not get a response from Mr. Stewart and someone on the timeline below you gets a request or a decline, if simply means that you have been rejected without any kind of notification.

Email Query: 3.30.22

YA Historical, 97k

EQ. 11/22. YA historical supense.

CNR 2-18 -22

EQ: 2021-09-25 - Historical, Literary, Humorous, 98K
NR: 2021-02-13

EQ (form) 6/27/21 - literary 99k
ER 7/8/21

FQ 6/22/21
FR 7/8/21

MG Literary 51K

Literary thriller rejected @ 80 days.

EQ (FORM) 4/11/2021 specFiction 84K
ER 4/20/21 (form)

@Zamo32, good question.

FQ 2/17/21
ER 2/26/21

literary 97k

FQ 2/18/21

Suspense

11/15/20 FQ
12/2/20 ER
Commercial fiction 60K

Thanks so much for submitting your work to us at Sterling Lord Literistic. Regrettably we're going to pass on the opportunity to represent you on this one, as it doesn't fit our needs at this time.

Best of luck in finding the perfect home for your work in short order, and thanks again for sharing your work with us.

Sincerely,

Maria Bell
Assistant to Douglas Stewart

adult female-driven comm fantasy mag realism, 88k 11/28/20