slushpile

As a beginner, it’s much easier to see the issues as they pop up in slushpile works than to pick them out of professional work or your own.

Learning to Teach Writing at SF Novelists 2009

That doesn't mean that it's actually going to stand out in that slushpile.

pessimist nathreee 2010

With only a few meager semi-pro markets to his credit, Harris is no match in the slushpile against the likes of King or Rowling.

I got a chuckle out of this. wendigomountain 2010

A few years ago when I decided to take this whole writing thing semi-seriously, it was right around the birth of my son, I started using the JBU slushpile, back when the thing was called the Baen's Astounding slushpile.

A Thought on "Free Fiction" wendigomountain 2009

And as a person who beats his fists against the slushpile daily, whenever I hear POD or vanity press talk from other aspirants, I want to tell them about this bridge in Brooklyn I've got posted for sale on Craig's List (if you are interested).

Thoughts about Publishing wendigomountain 2009

I strongly suggest gathering it under subtopics; otherwise it will be a huge slushpile of stuff.

The (Nearly) Ultimate Resource: 176 Tips for Writers | Write to Done 2009

* Gawker spoils the end of Remember Me, which apparently has the same surprise! ending as 80% of the stories we got when I was reading the slushpile for Greensboro Review and Backwards City Review earlier this decade.

Wednesday! « Gerry Canavan 2010

Also on the slushpile: I could check back on the thousands of email submissions I read for Interzone (although I don't really have the time for that right now), and I'm certain that these would show a huge majority of downbeat stories.

MIND MELD: Why is Genre Fiction Bleak and What Can Be Done About It? 2009

That doesn't mean that it's actually going to stand out in that slushpile.

pessimist nathreee 2010

Those whom I will call, for lack of a better word, 'foreign submitters' were few and far in between in the IZ slush, but were considerably thicker on the ground in the Shine slushpile.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jetse de Vries 2009