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Fast approaching the 4th birthday of my memoir & it's always wild to remember that on the very day we got an offer from Norton, I got a form rejection from an agent I had queried 7 months prior. It's all subjective, friends. Keep telling your story to those who are ready to listen.

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This week's SlushWire went out later than usual last night. Check your inboxes!

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Print submissions for Protean Magazine: Issue VI are now open.

Send us your most affecting poems, or your best essay pitches and/or drafts—we want to read your incisive, rigorous, lyrical critiques of American decay, social pathology, and imperial decline.

Guidelines: proteanmag.com/submissions

Silence: The New Rejection That's Expanding in Insidious Ways | Jane Friedman When agents and publishers refuse to reply to submissions, is it any wonder that writers end up seeking validation from scammy alternatives?

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between @dimension20.bsky.social’s Cloudward, Ho! and Washington Black on Hulu (not to mention the enduring success of Arcane!), I really really *really* need steampunk to have its comeback in books as well!!! give me goggles! airships! weird retro technology!! magitech!!!! #mswl

Featured on Duosuma: American Poetry Journal American Poetry Journal ⭐ is accepting submissions through Duosuma. #WritingCommunity

American Poetry Journal ⭐ is accepting submissions through Duosuma. #WritingCommunity

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SlushWire Sunday Dispatch delivered!

Thanks again for everyone who contributed during the pre-launch stage!

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Here, I'm taking your FREE PASS away today.

No, you can't lay in bed all day.
No, you can't leave messy dishes in the sink.
No, you can't not do laundry for weeks on end.

Bitch at me later. Stop giving yourself a free pass every time writing feels hard.

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just some writers trying to help other writers

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Big thank you to all our first users!

This will be a paid service starting Monday - so this is last call for those who want find agents FREE

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Also this! Yes!

Also valuable. I think the unique benefit of copying is the passive study of great work.

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Writers when you are blocked or stuck or unmotivated, copy.

Joan Didion used to re-type
Hemingway.

Today I chose Ronald Dahl.

Block might be an opportunity to study by osmosis.

If you’re skeptical, ask yourself “am I better than Joan Didion?”

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Tell your friends!

Our agent matchmaking database launches tonight for Slushwire subscribers only!

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SlushWire Sunday Dispatch is out!

TONS of agent discussions, submission openings, agent interviews, and query tips this week. It's getting busy.

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This tool is free right now before it's launched publicly as a subscription based service. So, please signup to see agents who match specifically with your work. We are looking for honest feedback to make it the best tool in our industry!

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Yes! I’m surprised I don’t see it referenced more.

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Perfectly described and illustrated.

Dang! Thank you!

Thank you!!

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We are finally days away from launch! Querying writers, signup for free at writequeryhook.com OR comment BOOK DEAL and I'll DM you.

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The major agent database platforms (you know the ones) left too much to be desired, so we built one ourselves BUT...

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