Two articles on the slush pile, and a blog

[jacquelineb]

* The negative: When anyone can be a published author - Laura Miller at salon.com

* The positive: In praise of reading slush - Nathan Bransford

* A blog: Slush Pile Hell - hilarious!

Comments

Re: Name seems familiar

[jacquelineb]

Oh god, that one is just daft. Smacks vaguely off the same 'but why are you writing to get published?" schlock that gets handed to fanfic writers. There's more sense than snobbery (though it's there a bit) in the slush pile one.

Re: Name seems familiar

[threewalls]

Ah, I'm glad.