re: errors in published story

[carrteun]

re: errors in published story

I submitted Fantasy, Loss, and Summer Love a few days ago. Several comments pointed out there were frequent editing errors. When I compared the published story to the original document, I found that every instance where text was formatted to be in italics, <Itext/I>, was missing.

I'd like to get that corrected. Will I need to resubmit the story?

 

[bushyTrail]

Just a quick note: your HTML is wrong: that's why it was removed/non displayed by the browser. It's
<i>text</i>

 

[ElectricBlue]

I submitted Fantasy, Loss, and Summer Love a few days ago. Several comments pointed out there were frequent editing errors. When I compared the published story to the original document, I found that every instance where text was formatted to be in italics, <Itext/I>, was missing.

I'd like to get that corrected. Will I need to resubmit the story?

Yes. Correct your html coding, resubmit with the same title plus the word EDIT. Add a note to the editor saying you're fixing format errors. It will take a week or so.

Double check your formatting before you submit - when html goes wrong, it can make a real mess. I've been caught the same way by my own errors, and now use minimal italics and bold to make my life easier.

 

[KeithD]

You may be spinning wheels irrelevantly with this approach. The comment I saw noting errors in the work didn't mention italics. It mentioned other issues. And lack of italics is rarely something a reader would notice as long as your treatment was consistent without them. Your response doesn't seem to be to the problem that motivated you to check. That said, I tooled half way through the first page and didn't see anything worth complaining about. The issue may be in giving full credence to readers who are simply wrong.

It's also not clear to me that you'll use coding the site uses when correcting for italics. I don't recognize the code you give as valid on the story side here.

You used a mixed British (single quotes as in the British system, but punctuated in American style) rather than the American quoting system. I've seen posts claiming used single quotes for dialogue and got rejected. Maybe the system would pick up on that when you sent in an edit.

 

[carrteun]

You may be spinning wheels irrelevantly with this approach. The comment I saw noting errors in the work didn't mention italics. It mentioned other issues. And lack of italics is rarely something a reader would notice as long as your treatment was consistent without them. Your response doesn't seem to be to the problem that motivated you to check. That said, I tooled half way through the first page and didn't see anything worth complaining about. The issue may be in giving full credence to readers who are simply wrong.

It's also not clear to me that you'll use coding the site uses when correcting for italics. I don't recognize the code you give as valid on the story side here.

You used a mixed British (single quotes as in the British system, but punctuated in American style) rather than the American quoting system. I've seen posts claiming used single quotes for dialogue and got rejected. Maybe the system would pick up on that when you sent in an edit.

The issue was how I coded the HTML. By not formatting correctly, the text intended to be in italics was deleted. I have submitted updated and corrected text.

 

[carrteun]

Thanks, I checked and you're absolutely correct. I incorrectly coded italics. I feel a bit foolish about it since I've done it correctly before. Thanks for pointing out my mistake.

 

[KeithD]

The issue was how I coded the HTML. By not formatting correctly, the text intended to be in italics was deleted. I have submitted updated and corrected text.

The issue you presented in the original post was readers commenting on the need for tighter editing of your most recent story. Addressing the italics doesn't address your readers' comments, as you presented them. My response said I looked half way down your first page and didn't see much of a foundation for the problem you stated in your original message. We can just leave what I see as a disconnect in your posts.