This was given to me by Stephen Segal of the awesome Weird Tales and I had to share it. If you’ve ever submitted a story or manuscript to a publisher or magazine, you want to read It Came From The Slush Pile.
Trust me. Just read it. It’s funny as hell, but you’ll learn something, too.
The only gimmick worth having is good writing.
“I pulled out the manuscript [from the envelope] and a great big stiff cardboard finger sprung up. This is someone that was so certain they would be rejected, they would be getting their revenge in advance. I was lucky – it could have been a pipe bomb.” – Gardner Dozois
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