Scaling the slushpile

Keith

Thanks for this. As someone trying to break into professional writing, That WSJ article was depressing the crap out of me.
Anonymous

The Slush Pile is not dead…so says us.

I work for Slush Pile Reader, Press a publisher in San Francisco. And much like Authonomy, we allow authors to upload their manuscript so members can read and vote for their favorites; however, we go a step further with a promise-to-publish for the highest ranked manuscripts across all genres. All of this, with no charge to the author – ever.

As writer and author forums and online communities abound, so does the level and breadth of support and significance for writers and their craft. Fictionaut is another great resource, for short-story writers, with an elite group of writing communities embedded within the site to hone and sharpen one’s craft. The stereotype of what one expects to find online and in the slush pile, online and off, is vastly changing.

Many have been rescued from the slush pile, and many, many more have been lost within it. Just makes me wonder what we’re missing.

Cheers and thanks.
Vincent Chandler
gollux

Cut out the middle man, use the internet for your P/R and self publish. Avoids the disappointment of rejection by the publishing industry dinosaurs. You might not make so much, but it won’t take decades of dismissal to at least get something in print.
technogeek

Absolutely. Sounds like the WSJ didn’t talk to actual editors…