slush pile

Writers' Roundup: January 22

January 22, 2010

Some weeks I scramble to find enough links to make this roundup worth your while. But like last week, here again I’ve got plenty to share: For the Love of God, People, The Slush Pile Isn’t Dead at The Rumpus. A rebuke to a well-read Wall Street Journal article. In the New York Times, one […]

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Start your Monday with a Kick in the Butt

July 13, 2009

An author wrote to me last week with this advice: “There’s no substitute for finding your voice and writing brilliantly.” While he seemed to think my travel memoir had potential, he told me, very frankly, that I was spending too much energy figuring out the publishing industry when I should be focusing on writing a […]

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