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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
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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.
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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
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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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- Conclusion
- Several Bulwer Lytton Prizes for
- Two Winners for the Seuss Honor
- Let's Be Serious for Just a Moment
- A very well deserved Drivel Award for
- The Gag Reflex Honorary Plastic Vomit Award goes to
- The Must… scratch… my… eyes… out… now… Trophy goes to
- The Robert Munsch Citation goes to
- "Someone has been rummaging in the Wig Room," gasp...
- Worst Firsts Contest-- an extension
- The Worst First Lines Contest--Go!
- A Tree Grows in the Slush
- Scary Stories vol 2
- Scary Stories to Tell Authors in the Dark
- I've Submitted to a Black Hole. When Will It Get ...
- Miss Snark Retires
- Broken Rhyme and Shattered Eardrums
- Copyright, Intellectual Property, and the Threat o...
- psst! the next contest...
- First Lines Contest... What Not To Do
- First Lines Contest... Honorable Mention
- First Lines Contest... Humor
- First Lines Contest... Rhythm
- First Lines Contest... Voice
- First Lines Contest... Tension
- Enough, enough!
- Ready, Steady, Go! (a contest)
- Self Promotion and Scorpions
- Picture Books for Late-Elementary and Middle School
- Dammit, Enough with the Pirate Manuscripts!
- Trouble Right Here in Homophone City
- Zen and the Art of Submitting to Editors
- The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Slush
- Be Patient. Be Professional. And Submit the Hell O...
- Brains! Braaaaiiiins!
- And In the Crater They Found... Dora the Explorer ...
- Preditors and Editors! Memorize this!
- Mwah-ha-ha-ha!
- Oh, Holy Crap.
- Project on Shelf... Author on Rack
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