What does an eight-month high slush pile even look like?
Unfortunately I’m not in a position to make personalised responses to writers whose work I turn down. But I can say why I chose the stories I did.
…about 2% of submissions make us excitedly reach for the phone to call the author and offer representation.
It’s another lit-tastic ‘Top 20′ Links and resources for writing, publishing and more…
Rejection from a competition or publication is not the same as getting a poor mark at school. Great work will get rejected until it finds the right home.
There is a conspiracy amongst inanimate objects and just about everyone else in the world to provide valid excuses to you, The Writer, for why you are have not yet completed and submitted your manuscript.