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Tales Of The Slush Pile

By The Daily Dish

Apr 11 2009, 10:57 AM ET

Susan Wise Bauer gets a rejection notice – seven years late:

There are two possible morals to this story.

1. Get an agent. Make use of your agent. Ignore all those publishers who say that they read unsolicited MS. They do, probably, eventually.

2. Develop eternal patience (a.k.a. FIND ANOTHER BREAD-AND BUTTER job).



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