Just to be clear--You own your story. We don't ask for any right other than the right to display the story on our web site. Your name will appear on the story as copyright holder. |
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Important: We do not copy edit for you. We don't have time. Unless there is an error in the story that we put there, we don't like to make corrections to the story once it is posted. It doubles the work involved. If you aren't finished with your story then wait until you are before you send it.
Sorry, we can't accept traditional manuscripts.
Sending Text By E-Mail
Send your story file in the body of an E-mail or as an E-mail
attachment. You can send it as a text file or as an HTML
file. Your story will then appear on our site pretty much
the way it did on your computer, so be sure you've copy edited it
and checked
the spelling.
Be sure to have clear divisions between paragraphs. Double space
is best. Many manuscripts arrive with the text all continuous, so
we can't tell where paragraphs end or start.
Be sure you've titled the story. It's surprising
how many come in
with no title.
If you think you might want a pen name, think hard. They make it
a pain
in the sit-down place for us to remember
who you really
are.
Besides, most are no better than the name you got when you were
born.
However, if you
must, you must.
We like to use a short author's introduction to the beginning of each
story
and a brief biography of the author
at the
end. Send these
along in the body of your E-mail.
Include your regular mailing address and telephone number for our
records.
All your personal information is
kept
strictly confidential.
Note that we invite readers to contact you, but their messages are sent
to us. We then
redirect
them to you.
This assures your privacy.
To contact us with questions or to send a story by E-mail Click
Here!
Regular Mail
If you can't figure out how to send your story files by e-mail, just send your story on a CD or chip. Please send in a standard PC format (Open Office or Word is best for us). You can send the introduction, biographical sketch, photo, and personal information on the same CD or chip. Our mailing address is:
The
Preservation Foundation,
Inc.
Attn: Richard
Loller
2313 Pennington
Bend
Road
Nashville,
Tennessee
37214
Sending Illustrations
You can send photographs or other images as E-mail attachments.
If
you've seen our pages you'll be aware
of how much
illustrations
add to the stories.
Send your photo as a JPEG or GIF image. You can send it along with your
story or in a seperate E-mail. Try
to keep photo
files
under 300kb in size. If you don't know how to crop your photos
and
compress them we will
do it
here.
The web can utilize a moderate amount of detail, the rest is
wasted.
Also, our web space costs money,
so we utilize
small
files for illustrations.
If you have non-digital photos, but have no way to scan them, we
can do it here. Just send us the photo with a suitably stamped and
addressed return envelope. Send it to the address above.
Still have questions? Contact us.