A new author pack with the new (much simpler) Mortons paperwork and refined advice for submissions is now available and has (hopefully) been sent to everyone who requested one.

If you would like to receive one, or have asked and it hasn't arrived for some reason, please email me using this link:

REQUEST MEW AUTHOR PACK

Aside from the new forms and payment arrangements, most of the changes are minor.

I hope to receive many requests, and many great artilcles as a result!

Many thanks,

Neil

Editor, MEW

Some people do.

But I get lots of questions, so the guide tries to address these. Also, some things make articles difficult to edit; for example I can get articles with a few dozen photos, but no captions, and no indications of where they go in the text. Or articles that describe a device, but forget to explain exactly what does or include a useful photo of what it looks like.

Then there are all the issues of sending files I can't view or transferring them in ways that lock me out from downloading them. Then there are things like avoiding lots of complicated formatting and making sure photos have sufficient resolution. Also that pictures aren't edited or manipulated in ways that make them difficult to use.

Naturally, people like an indication of when their article will appear and what they might be paid, how and when as well.

Plus, the pack hopefully has some encouragement for new authors by explaining what the key requirements are in a simple summary document – and reassuring them that things like dyslexia or English as a second language are not barriers to contributing.

Neil

Just a note to confirm the pack has been updated for 2023.

Neil