Sentences with phrase «of the slush pile mean»

Wade through the slush pile with me, and you may find out how to increase the chance that your manuscript will be one of those that get pulled out (Footnote: What does getting out of the slush pile mean?)

Not exact matches

That means that part of the traditional publisher's slush pile will move online to published books.

As far as I am concerned, the self - publishing «revolution» means that instead of the slush pile being confined to a professional editor's shelf it can now be delivered directly to your e-reader by Amazon.

Which means there has to be an army of authors out there seeking representation, but falling short into the slush pile.

The agent may be so busy with current clients, regardless of how and why, meaning responding to slush pile submissions is # 56 on the To Do list.

In order to level the playing field and have a true comparison, you need to look at everything that gets submitted to the traditional machine — that means all the work that never makes it out of the slush pile — and compare that to all the self - published e-books on Amazon and elsewhere.

But it does means you move out of the acquisitions editor slush pile for good.

This is what Howey means by «the huge percentage of books that never make it out of the slush pile.»