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It's up! See the brilliant @Caitlin_Renata's Notes From The Slushpile: Intern Edition: manuscriptwishlist.com/2016/03/notes-… @MSWL #MSWL
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Be careful of coincidences in your story. Too many comes off as sloppy plotting. #amediting #writetip #slushpile
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Make Your Manuscript Stand Out: Tips for Better Beginnings relentlesswriters.blogspot.com/2015/05/tips-b… via @LisaAbellera #askagent #writetip #pubtip #slushpile
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Jane Friedman @JaneFriedman
A perfect gift for that special editor in your life - Stamps of Disapproval: buff.ly/1JrImu7 h/t @gooddirt pic.twitter.com/4869YkHizlIs it just me or don't these stamps also sound like reactions to online dating profiles? #agentlife #slushpile twitter.com/JaneFriedman/s…
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"Dear Kirsten Wolflit literary." Swing and a miss. #slushpile
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"Dear Sir/Madam," makes my teeth start grinding. #slushpile
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Van Morrison in background while reading submissions. Makes me more accepting than if it was say, Black Sabbath (who I also love) #slushpile
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Be careful when spelling "thorough." See a lot of "She was very through in her search."#writetip #slushpile
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Ah! Three page query in all blue font! My eyes! My eyes! #slushpile http://t.co/Mckgj54dML
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Happy hump day. When I see a submission I like I'm like this guy:
#slushpile #amediting http://t.co/AnqRWzHCo5
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Things that make me happy: finding graphic novel #submissions in the #slushpile.
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Around twenty percent of submissions are well written. Acceptance or rejection are subjective at that point. #askagent #slushpile
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W/memoir, I want to see how the past shaped the narrator but don't want a linear telling of the past. #slushpile #amediting #amwriting
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Catching up on #slushpile reading-seems like I've saved all the #nonfiction mss for today. #amreading #amediting
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Number 1 grammar error - it's vs its. Know the dif: data.grammarbook.com/blog/pronouns/… via @GrammarBook #writetip #slushpile
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"seemed to" is 99% of the time an unnecessary turn of phrase #writetip #slushpile #amediting
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Well that's one way to pitch: Woman Sues Halle Berry and Amanda Bynes So She Can Pitch a Script jezebel.com/woman-sues-hal… #slushpile
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Watch out for "then" versus "than" in your submissions. Take the then/than quiz: waikato.ac.nz/students/stude… #writetip #slushpile
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Query actually had "unfinished manuscript" in subject line. Sigh. #slushpile http://t.co/DxKzl4RGw1
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It's amazing how many submissions start with a dream. It's not an instant rejection, but it doesn't help. #writetip #slushpile #ameditor