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Getting Beyond the Slush Pile
Lessons in Submission

Getting Beyond the Slush Pile

Josina Guess
Dec 02, 2020
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As the winter days come to Georgia, it seems a good time to write about the slush pile. No, not muddy, icy rains that never quite turn to snow, but the metaphorical slush. In publishing, “the slush pile” is the pile of unsolicited manuscripts or query letters that pile up like dirty snow on a street corner. Even though almost all submissions are handled…

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