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by katemcbride
Tue May 03, 2011 1:14 pm
Forum: Site Renovations Writer's Suggestions
Topic: public request messages
Replies: 6
Views: 8506

Re: public request messages

Getting time to write can be difficult for me too with work and young children but I really enjoyed researching the articles I did write on men's health and gambling.I got one article on stammering approved but that was no challenge because that is my work. I am going to open a buyer's account too t...
by katemcbride
Mon May 02, 2011 12:19 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Attention, Newbies:
Replies: 26
Views: 64264

Re: Attention, Newbies:

This topic is a very good one.I wish I had the sense to come on here first instead of submitting articles without finding out how to go about it.I got three articles rejected in a row so I am not motivated to submit any more yet. I also asked for my portfolio (one article lol ) to be deleted. As tim...
by katemcbride
Mon May 02, 2011 11:59 am
Forum: Site Renovations Writer's Suggestions
Topic: public request messages
Replies: 6
Views: 8506

Re: public request messages

Thanks for your reply;it gave me a lot of insight into how the site works.From what I have seen so far, sometimes it is easy to figure out from the request what exactly the customer might be looking for and sometimes it is not.I am interested in writing on different things which is what is good abou...
by katemcbride
Mon May 02, 2011 11:50 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Greetings from Ireland
Replies: 16
Views: 18030

Re: Greetings from Ireland

That is a very wise observation and I will keep it in mind.I liked CC because it was so professional and business-like;am just not sure whether I am prepared to change the default settings on my word processor to write on here but it is not used for anything else so I might as well :-) Also,my time ...
by katemcbride
Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:40 am
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Rejected for having "formatting turned on"?
Replies: 8
Views: 6709

Re: Rejected for having "formatting turned on"?

So,Ctrl A and the funny P symbol as per your advice to Joel above are two things to try to sort this out Celeste.Cheers for that!
by katemcbride
Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:36 am
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Rejected for having "formatting turned on"?
Replies: 8
Views: 6709

Re: Rejected for having "formatting turned on"?

Celeste, I am really glad to hear that this is likely to be an upload/translation issue and I will review your advice about the settings in Word 2003 on paragraphs that you sent me in "Greetings from Ireland".I already did the "0pt" ones last week(they were fine when I checked th...
by katemcbride
Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:13 am
Forum: Site Renovations Writer's Suggestions
Topic: public request messages
Replies: 6
Views: 8506

Re: public request messages

Thanks for that -the expiry date does not apply in some cases then so.In your experience,is it a good idea to get in early instead and go for requests with long deadlines? I want to work here,not just have it as a hobby-there are plenty of other sites who I can write for as a hobby but as you said i...
by katemcbride
Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:54 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Greetings from Ireland
Replies: 16
Views: 18030

Re: Greetings from Ireland

I have seen some other stuff about this carry-on in "Questions about rejections" before I submit again and see what experience others have of this because there is definitely a "spanner in the works" in the editing department. It might be too late to resubmit because I asked supp...
by katemcbride
Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:40 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Greetings from Ireland
Replies: 16
Views: 18030

Re: Greetings from Ireland

I am glad to hear that the site is worth trying to sort this out.Rich text is a good suggestion if it was a font issue but it is paragraph spacing that the editor(s) were messing with-if I double-spaced,(s)he said three spaces.If I used three spaces (s)he said 4. The "blahblahblah" example...
by katemcbride
Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:34 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Greetings from Ireland
Replies: 16
Views: 18030

Re: Greetings from Ireland

Was pressing enter once on first three submissions;changed to twice when instructed and checking your "blahblahblah", which is very helpful by the way,then got all this inconsistent stuff about 3 or 4 spaces on no less than three articles-not a word about the content,grammar or punctuation...
by katemcbride
Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:17 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Greetings from Ireland
Replies: 16
Views: 18030

Re: Greetings from Ireland

Pen name is: Kate Mc Bride.
by katemcbride
Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:14 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Greetings from Ireland
Replies: 16
Views: 18030

Re: Greetings from Ireland

Thanks for that but it was all done.The facts are that I got edits suggesting three spaces and four spaces between paragraphs!!!Copies of these are in my yahoo.It was crazy stuff. I asked customer support if I could get a commitment from editor's department that this would not happen again so that I...
by katemcbride
Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:50 pm
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Rejected for having "formatting turned on"?
Replies: 8
Views: 6709

Re: Rejected for having "formatting turned on"?

Hello there.I will tell you exactly what it means-an editor is messing with you!!I have had one article accepted with single spaces between paragraphs which is supposed to be double,then got no less than THREE articles rejected for unreasonable stuff in "part of the article"???-there were ...
by katemcbride
Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:24 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Greetings from Ireland
Replies: 16
Views: 18030

Re: Greetings from Ireland

Far as I see it wasn't the word processor because I checked that out with someone who knows more about Microsoft Word 2003 and they said it was ok.It was simply a colleague of yours messing about.
by katemcbride
Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:16 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Greetings from Ireland
Replies: 16
Views: 18030

Re: Greetings from Ireland

Thank you Celeste for the prompt,clear instructions in your reply.Single spaces within paragraphs and double spaces between was exactly what I did;there were no indents anyway. The first submissions DID only have one blank line between paragraphs but I corrected it promptly and resubmitted. After th...