GUIDE FOR GCA
ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS
Email or submit a plain text draft in MS Word to each of the below:
Dave McClain: dhm@dwmcclain.net
Scott Duff: sdufforder@alltel.net
Bob
Seijas: Seijaro@aol.com
Use Times New Roman font at 12 point size or any normally accepted and readable
font, and do not insert formatting or print controls. Use single line spacing.
DO NOT EMBED PHOTOS IN THE TEXT.
Email the text draft as an attachment. You may submit a typed draft on paper,
but it is not preferred. Send photos as separate attachments, do not
place them into the text.
You may include suggested photo placement notes in the text, but actual
placement will depend on how the article lays out. Notes should be in the form
[Insert photo #1 “Handguard”] with corresponding photos labeled or numbered.
Photos should be in color, large, and high resolution. Set your camera to
“Fine” or whatever the highest resolution setting is. Ideally, photos should be
300 dpi and 1200 x 1600 or 1500 x 2100 (4” x 6” or 5” x 7”). Do not edit,
sharpen, or crop the photos, we will do that if needed.
PROCEDURE
We will offer edit suggestions to you, including grammar, punctuation,
technical accuracy, additions, and deletions. Material must be original and
previously unpublished unless permission from the editors is granted in
advance. Email your plain text draft without formatting, bullets, headers of
footers in MS Word or WordPerfect to Dave McClain, Scott Duff or Bob Seijas or
to all three. If you did not take the photos, submit a name of the person who
did for proper credits.
The draft it will be submitted to the Journal publisher who will lay it out in
PDF form after the issue deadline. You will receive a copy of this for final
approval and any last-minute corrections before final publication.
As an author, you will receive an advance copy of the Journal by First Class
Mail, and you will receive your regular copy as part of the normal
distribution. You may not use the advance copy to purchase items from the
Marketplace until the membership receives it via regular mailing.