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Editorial Anonymous' anecdotes are mostly true. Names of authors, illustrators, editors, agents, publishers, manuscripts, and a few random nouns have been changed to protect her ass. Slush Monster courtesy Melinda Beavers. www.melindabeavers.com
August Order of the Monster of Slush
a blog of a children's book editor
Ask Editorial Anonymous
If you have questions, email them to editorialanonymous (at) hotmail.com and I'll try to answer them.
But seriously, don't try to query me or submit to me. I'm anonymous.
If you submit to me or query me at this email address, I will use your letter/submission on the blog. Be warned.
But seriously, don't try to query me or submit to me. I'm anonymous.
If you submit to me or query me at this email address, I will use your letter/submission on the blog. Be warned.
EDITORIAL ANONYMOUS
Editorial Anonymous' anecdotes are mostly true. Names of authors, illustrators, editors, agents, publishers, manuscripts, and a few random nouns have been changed to protect her ass. Slush Monster courtesy Melinda Beavers. www.melindabeavers.com
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August Order of the Monster of Slush
Livejournal feed, thanks to literaticat:
Things Not To Send in Slush Ever Again
- flashlights
- shoe shine kits
- dead bugs
- photos of you
- photos of you dressed in formalwear
- photos of you dressed in your Halloween costume
- photos of you not dressed
- glitter
- confetti
- glitter confetti (I'm serious)
- dolls, handmade or otherwise
- dolls, especially not santa dinos
- tea, coffee, hot chocolate
- seed packets
- money
- dental x-rays
- farting handpuppets (mini whoopee cushion)
- woolen stockings full of jellybeans
- crates of tangerines
- contraceptives
- fake contraceptives
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Quick Reference
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- age groups (11)
- agents (37)
- author interviews (3)
- awards (6)
- beginner's guide to publishing (10)
- board books (1)
- book buyer guest blogs (2)
- celebrity books (2)
- conferences (10)
- contracts (11)
- copyright (3)
- cover letters (5)
- digital books (3)
- editor speak (14)
- editor-author relationships (7)
- first lines contest (17)
- graphic novels (3)
- hooks (13)
- how to tell you're never going to get published (26)
- I'm So Going to Hell (2)
- illustration (27)
- intellectual property (7)
- links (53)
- marketing (3)
- marketing and publicity (3)
- pitch contest (17)
- poetry (9)
- publisher rep guest blogs (1)
- publishing dictionary (25)
- publishing myths contest (3)
- queries (27)
- query contest (23)
- rejections (6)
- revision (7)
- rights (3)
- scam agents (3)
- self promotion (15)
- self publishing (17)
- series and sequels (6)
- slush and punishment (31)
- slush monster (8)
- submissions (106)
- synopses (9)
- The 8 Rules of Rejections (1)
- the bookshelf at the top of this blog (4)
- the industry (58)
- The Kitchen Full of Slush (6)
- the publishing process (17)
- translations (4)
- trends (6)
- what's it like to be an editor? (14)
- word count (10)
- writing (34)
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- A Series of Risks
- The Editorial Shot Put
- The Good, the Bad, and the Marketing Director
- Charming Things to Say to Editors
- The Finest Literary Sawdust
- Now, If God Had Had a Book Trailer...
- How to Stalk an Editor (Handy tips!)
- Introducing: The Editor Tan
- Quickies
- Agents, Reviews, and Ipecac... sorry, I mean Disney
- Agents to Smooth the Bumps, and Agents Who Are the...
- You've Seen This Monkey Flinging Crap in the Movie...
- Publishers: Crushing Your Aspirations Since 1440
- Lost in (the process of) Translation
- You're Being Repesented by Whom?
- Read This
- A Force Beyond the Scope of Man's Imagination
- Counting Pages, Words, and Advice
- Misc Q&A
- What Rhymes with 'Misdemeanor'?
- The Short Demand and the Long Haul
- Could You Change... Everything?
- This Manuscript Has Been Rejected Because
- Some Questions Regarding Agents
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