Editor's Notes

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="077085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>MaryAnka Press Rosary Poetry Publisher </B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MaryAnka Press Rosary Poetry Publisher "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MaryAnka Press"><U>MaryAnka Press</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handmade WireWrapped Rosaries"><U>Handmade Wire-Wrapped Rosaries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Angel Earrings"><U>Angel Earrings</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact us"><U>Contact us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Mary Agnes Dalrymple"><U>About Mary Agnes Dalrymple</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poems from Rosa Mystica"><U>Poems from Rosa Mystica</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poems from Water Tender"><U>Poems from Water Tender</U></A>   |   <B>Editor's Notes</B>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rosary Links"><U>Rosary Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="078d2e83.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Editor's Notes</B><B> </B>(updated January 5, 2010) </div> <bR> <div> <B>Why I do not consider e-mailed submissions ---</B></div> <bR> <div> If I accepted e-mailed submissions, I would either have to read submissions from a computer screen, or print them out using my own ink, paper, printer and time.  So, what is quicker and less expensive for the submitting poet turns out to be more time consuming and expensive for me.  </div> <bR> <div> More importantly, the few times I have allowed e-mailed submissions, I have run into problems.  Often I am unable to open an attached document.  </div> <bR> <div> Even worse, a cut-and-paste poem will arrive on my end with incredibly long lines or very short one-word lines, an indication that the poem might not have come through cyberspace with the correct line breaks.  </div> <bR> <div> Consider that.  When you submit via e-mail, are you 100% sure your poem (as you wish it to apprear upon publication) is the poem being considered by the editor on the other end?  </div> <bR> <div> Lastly, I do not need to have an accepted poem in electronic form, since I prefer to type each poem into the computer application myself.  I then proof-read thoroughly before beginning the printing process.  </div> <bR> <div> I often do not fully appreciate a poem's craft and beauty until I have gotten to know it intimately by typing it myself.  I hope this explains my position on this issue.  </div> <bR> <div> Sincerely,</div> <bR> <div> Mary Agnes Dalrymple, </div> <div> editor of <B>Poppyseed Kolaché </B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>