I am currently editing a science fiction anthology.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

And I'm totally astonished at how many do not know proper manuscript format. Oh, dear lord, it's not as though this was established a week ago last Thursday. It's been this way since the typewriter became the standard way of producing a manuscript.

For those of you who might want to submit something somewhere, here's a link to the very best information out there: https://www.shunn.net/format/story/

I'm amazed at how many stories I simply won't look at because they are not formatted correctly. Okay, so I'm not a complete jerk. I do email the author and tell them they need to resubmit after they've formatted properly and send them the link above. What's really astonishing is how many of these people claim to have been published lots of times. Really? I wonder. Larger markets than mine would probably just ignore an improperly formatted submission and they'd never know why.

Other than that, I really love being an editor.