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From the slush minion's diary #13: confidentiality10 comments

pattyjansen wrote 9 months ago: This is a hard one, and a subject I offer here for discussion. Supposing I received in the slush a s … more →

Tags: rejection, writing, slush

From the slush minion's diary #12: stories that are boring4 comments

pattyjansen wrote 1 year ago: When I started reading slush, I feared the onslaught of the great unwashed grammar monster and the e … more →

Tags: writing, Beginnings, Short Stories, Plotting, slush, Story Beginnings, boring stories

From the slush minion's diary #11: problems with Open Office (or LibreOffice) and RTF files6 comments

pattyjansen wrote 1 year ago: Let me preface this post by saying that I don’t work for, and neither am I subsidised by, Micr … more →

Tags: asim, slush, Open Office, rtf files

Will your story get rejected on typos?1 comment

pattyjansen wrote 1 year ago: Writing post today. As usual, leave it, or take it with a good dose of NaCl and humour. Sometimes, y … more →

Tags: Technicalities, rejection, Editing, writing, slush, Grammar, typos

from the slush minion's diary #9 long stories1 comment

pattyjansen wrote 2 years ago: I see the following question being asked a lot by writers: which magazine accepts stories over 10,00 … more →

Tags: Editing, Short Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story, slush, cutting story length

from a slush minion's diary #8 do your research4 comments

pattyjansen wrote 2 years ago: I’d like to talk about an issue that has made me feel a bit sad about some competently-written … more →

Tags: asim, Research, reasons stories are rejected

from the slush minion's diary #7 stories that turn me off

pattyjansen wrote 2 years ago: I’ve noticed a trend lately. I don’t know if it’s me or if it’s coincidence, … more →

Tags: writing, Disgusting stories

from the slush minion's diary #6 stories that sell2 comments

pattyjansen wrote 2 years ago: Today, fellow WOTF-er and WOTF forum master Brad Torgersen posted a very informative interview with … more →

Tags: Short Stories, asim, Writers of the Future

from the slush minion's diary #5 slush summary

pattyjansen wrote 2 years ago: I’m editing an issue of the magazine and in the process, I got more than my regular share of s … more →

Tags: writing, slush

the slush minion's diary #4: sympathetic characters10 comments

pattyjansen wrote 3 years ago: This ‘slush minion’ post is more of a question than anything else. There is a school of … more →

Tags: writing, Reading, Technicalities, Characters

from the slush minion's diary #34 comments

pattyjansen wrote 3 years ago: I’d like to talk about something positive. All this don’t this and don’t that talk … more →

Tags: writing, Technicalities, Word choice

from the slush minion's diary 23 comments

pattyjansen wrote 3 years ago: Here’s another reason why stories are rejected, dare I say, some pretty good stories are rejec … more →

Tags: writing, Technicalities, reasons stories are rejected

from the slush minion's diary 11 comment

pattyjansen wrote 3 years ago: I have now logged more than 150 slush pieces for ASIM and I thought I’d write a bit about the … more →

Tags: writing, Technicalities, Beginnings, Characters, POV, reasons stories are rejected


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