It’s that time again, my friends. TIPS FROM THE SLUSH PILE! As you may (or may not) know, the window for unsolicited manuscripts opened for the first week of September. When it closed, I logged in to see over 300 submissions. When I went through these new submissions, I kept a tally. And friends, the […]

Tips From the Slush Pile: Known Mythologies You’ve created a beautiful new world with a gorgeous magic system and deep characters that are gonna make your readers *feel all the things* with their struggles. But in the process of immersing your reader in this fantastic world, you gave your characters the names of Greek gods […]

Tips from the Slush Pile! (Because it’s been a while.) (And also because I am annoyed.) Let’s talk rejections. Rejections are hard. They feel personal, like a mini attack on your dreams. But rejections are also a huge part of this industry. Doesn’t make it easier. Rejections are still hard. Celebrate your rejections. You are […]

The Shadow Mountain Slush Pile opens soon so I thought I’d better do another… TIPS FROM THE SLUSH PILE! Shadow Mountain recently made the change to limit submissions to 50 pages. You’ll notice this does not include a word count. Yeah, so did some people submitting. Your 50 pages should have: – 1 inch margins […]