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MaryRobinette
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John Joseph Adams, the slush reader/assistant editor at Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF) is doing an interview series on his blog about slush readers and writers who've recently escaped the slush pile. It's interesting reading and fairly insightful.

http://www.tuginternet.com/jja/journal/


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Silver3
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Thanks for the link. It sure makes for interesting reading (a bit frightening, though, when you realise how many stories from the slush are actually bought, at Scifi, for instance...).
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ely
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slush?
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EricJamesStone
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The "slush pile" is the term for unsolicited manuscripts. Slush readers are those assigned to read the slush pile and select manuscripts worthy of the editor's time.
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Interesting info. Thanks for the link, Mary! I didn't read all of each interview, but I made a point of reading everyone's comment about what is overdone as a story idea in SF/Fantasy. I'm always glad when the list does not include the major plot threads from my WIP.
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