Submissions and style issues

Style issues.

We have several pending articles by others. Here is what we expect:

1. Submit articles in Word format or Word Perfect if you must.

2. Use Times New Roman at 12 point, justified. The British version of word is set to another font. When you are done writing, select all and chose Times New Roman. If you do not follow that procedure, I end up with a mass of conflicting code. It is very frustrating to fix Word code.

3. No spaces between paragraphs. Set that to 0. Again you present me with code issues if you set it to anything else.

4. Set your paragraph format to first line indent .5. You can do that by simply hitting the tab key ONCE as you start a new paragraph. If you hit it multiple times, you’ve nearly ruined your document.

5. Block quotations should be formatted with margins set at .6 both sides. A block quotation does not need quotation marks; that it is indented serves the same purpose as quotation marks. Any quotation five lines or longer should be indented to this standard.

6. The footnote format we use, and that we want you to use, is:

Ima Author: I Wrote This¸ My Publisher is an Idiot, New York, New York, 1985, page 88.

or

Ima Author: I Write Articles, Nonsense Monthly, June 2, 1881, page 19.

or

Birthed Boy: My Memories of Chaos, typescript manuscript reproduce at [web page] or alternately [Found in the Harvard Mss collection.]

7. Check your format settings for background color. Chose default or you will end up with a white or colored background.

8. Put your name on the article. You may use your first name or any alternate name. But be consistent. Match your comment persona. Full, real names are desirable if you are building a c.v.

9. Your article should be, when possible, sourced to original documents. If that’s not possible, let me know in advance.

10. Articles should focus on the Russell era when possible. If you have an idea for a later era, pass it by me first. There is no sense in writing about something we do not find suitable for the blog.

11. This is a history blog. We do not want a polemic. We want well-researched articles that focus on Watch Tower history. That does not mean that we will reject a controversial topic. Good, solid research trumps all.

12. If English isn’t your first language, we will work with you to put your article in proper, grammatical condition. Make it worth our while. Write good stuff.