Sentences with phrase «picked out of the slush pile»

My first published novel was an unsolicited ms that was picked out of the slush pile at Pan Macmillan.

Having read the thread and seen his lack of understanding of the process, of the constraints Baen operates under (which are kind of known when it comes to distribution) as well as him not knowing about the authors who have been picked out of the slush pile or through the self - publishing route, I believe you are right.