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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
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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
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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
- acquisitions (9)
- 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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- Whoops! A Query I Missed
- I've Changed My Snarky, Pessimistic Mind. You Hav...
- Knowing When To Stop
- The Zen Center of the Writer's Life
- TMI vs TLI / Prolix vs Laconic
- The Internal Critique, the External Critique, and ...
- Proof That It's Still Happening
- Something to Watch
- Whew! And the Results Are In
- Query 20: Walloped by Mutton
- Queries 18 and 19: Two That Are Too Short
- Query 17: James Joyce Writes a Query (After His Lo...
- Query 16: I'll Never Eat Tuna Again
- Query 15: Can't Find Uranus with Both Hands and a ...
- Query 14: I'll Buy the Polar Bear
- Query 13: Sold!
- Query 12: Tune In Next Time for "All's Fairy in Lo...
- Query 11: You're Not Fooling Me, Cause I Can See t...
- A Short Interlude
- Query 10: Thar She Blows
- Query 9: Misplaced Bodies, Ideas, and Punctuation
- Query 8: Reservations
- Query 7: Can You Spare Some Brains?
- Query 6: Death Comes for the Pooka
- Query 5: Too Confusing
- Query 4: The Reader Ducks
- (just to let you know we're not done)
- Query 3: No, Not Bad Enough
- Query 2: Eeeewwwwwwww.
- Query 1: Do Not Include Gifts Better Than Your Query
- Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Stop Obsessin...
- Because Just Getting Published Isn't Hard Enough
- Short Answers
- An Award? For Me?
- Stick Figure Theatre
- Goddamn Unicorns
- Not a Frequently Asked Question contd
- My Manuscript Has Had Puppies. Want Them?
- The Visual Query Letter
- Children Are So Precious! (a short quiz!)
- How to Write a Synopsis
- Not a Frequently Asked Question, and Dammit, Why Not?
- So You Want to Be an Editor
- Customer Service for Non-Customers
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