Hi Charisma, A blank line before and after asterisks isn't necessary. But that said, if during proofreading, it helps you to have them there, go ahead and have them. They harm nothing. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charisma Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:25 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks in nonfiction? WAS: asterisks white space? and italics OK, one last question. Do we do a blank line before and after the set of asterisks and spaces, as we do with a page number? Thanks Charisma To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.