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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
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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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- 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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- One More
- Hook vs Gimmick
- A Couple More
- How Awesome Are My Readers?
- Blog Mascot
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret Wins the Caldecott!!
- Quick Reference
- Pigeon, Meet Hole. (except no, not really)
- The Yellow Brick Blank Wall of Despair
- Yea, Verily, Coff Thee.
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- Before We Begin...
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14 comments:
Wow, now that's a slush monster! No cuteness there :)
Very cool!
It's perfect!
Love it!
He's awesome!
Ha! He's awesome--who did that?
The eyes and hands are creepy. The only thing it needs now are drops of ink drooling from its mouth. *Shudder*
I wouldn't want that thing in my closet or under my bed...(or slushing around on my desk, for that matter).
Check out those beady eyes. [Shiver.]
I love it....except for the weird "hole" between his legs.
My son made a snowman one year that looked a lot like that, only he carried a stick. It was about nine feet tall and stood near the curb. Cars screeched to a halt in front of the house as people stopped to take a closer look. I imagine this guy is about nine feet tall, too. Maybe taller.
Definitely not cute.
He needs to be shedding the little sparkly confetti things that some clueless queriers conceal in their query letters. Perhaps as dandruff.
Fearsome!
My suggestions:
Separate the feet and add a splash of stationary and Overnight Mail envelopes to the mix.
Um, I meant STATIONERY. :)
Even my spelling got rattled.
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