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shanasilver

The Friday Five

Feb 20, 2009 09:50

1. This morning I witnessed a live slush pile read through. At least I think so. I was sitting on the subway into NYC and a woman near me had a file folder with lots of slots. Each slot contained a small packet of paper, about the size of a first chapter. They looked like manuscripts with headers. She took one pile out, read a few pages, then put ( Read more... )

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bec_fitzpatrick February 20 2009, 17:20:10 UTC

How interesting that you saw an editor/agent/assistant reading partials! I would have stared too :)

shanasilver February 20 2009, 17:41:33 UTC

I actually see people reading large packets of paper often, sometimes even marking them up with comments, but this is the first time I ever saw what might have been the slush pile.

tamarak February 20 2009, 17:35:27 UTC

Ooh, I would've been right there with you on eyeballing #1. :)

As for good news? Got a revision request. Does that count?

shanasilver February 20 2009, 17:41:55 UTC

A revision request definitely counts! Good luck, my fingers are crossed for you!

veschwab February 20 2009, 17:44:08 UTC

re: #1 I would have been SOOO curious.

shanasilver February 20 2009, 22:04:09 UTC

Glad I'm not the only one!

denisejaden February 20 2009, 21:01:44 UTC

That's hilarious about the slush read!! Oh, to live in NYC!

Thanks for the shout out about my interview with Michelle! It was really fun to do!

shanasilver February 20 2009, 22:05:08 UTC

The interview was great! Everyone should read it.

edgyauthor February 21 2009, 00:17:39 UTC

I've never watched the Oscars. Then again, I'm a very sucky movie-goer (haven't even been to a theatre since 2006), so I doubt it'd keep my interest.

Also, so jealous that you (possibly) saw a slush-pile reading. I would've stared shamelessly, too.