Editorial Anonymous

A post from Rejection Collection: This happened about ten years ago. I wrote an African folktale which was actually a project for an English...

I've been reading http://www.rejectioncollection.com/ , where people post the decline letters they've received and talk about how th...

Agents who represent themselves. Every once in a while you see this from legitimate agents, and it drives me up the wall. An agent sends us ...

Once again, someone in my hearing has been complaining about the lack of good chapter books for boys, and spreading the idea that this is be...

Underestimating the slush. Really, I shouldn't term this a "mistake," singular. The fundamental lack of understanding about ho...

1. Insurance 2. Calculus 3. IRS audits 4. Shakespeare 5. STDs It's been a bad week in the slush.

Okay, I have a question about similar concepts. Good God, no, not another Harry Potter rip-off. Fairies. Two or so years ago I began submitt...

From twiddling their thumbs. Dear EA, I have interest in my manuscript from a couple other presses, but my preferred publisher hasn't re...

A woman calls me up about her manuscript. She sent it in a while back and hasn't heard from us. I have no record of it getting declined,...

Publisher Wanted for Children's Story Reply to: job-280141904@craigslist.org Date: 2007-02-17, 10:32AM EST Looking for a publisher inter...

I opened just one piece of slush today, and what was at the very top of the cover letter? "Within this 6,000 word picture book you will...

A woman emails me at work: "You were nice enough to give me some advice and feedback on my manuscript, and I was wondering if you would...

Who needs a social life? There's more than one submission from a lawyer, tonight. (On behalf of someone else, of course.) Why do people ...

Ok, I'm not serious. But if I get one more "You've never seen something like this before!!" pitch this week, I'm going...

and then follow them. Thinking of sending in a submission by fax, or on a CD that we're never ever going to look at? Thinking that if yo...

Another quiz! What the children's book market needs more of is books about: a. morals b. how much mommy loves you c. kids who find out t...

And a message on my phone: "Hi, this is Patrick Ring. I sent you my manuscript Tipsy Toodles Off a while back and got a rejection lett...

Take this short quiz! a. You're writing about your pet. I know you think your pet is darling and precious, but try to wrap your mind aro...