Something nasty in the slushpile : how not to get published
Looker, Sammy2014
Book
Most publishers keep a 'slushpile' - the stack of unsolicited manuscripts which contains a large percentage of preposterous or frightening book proposals, which might just conceal that one jewel of a bestseller or classic novel lying near the bottom. Authors discovered via the slush pile include Roddy Doyle, J.K. Rowling and Philip Roth. Written by a reader with over a decade of slush pile experience, this text takes a tour through the 'do's and 'don't's of book proposal, including many examples of hilarious, misguided and plain weird approaches.
Main title:
Something nasty in the slushpile : how not to get published / Sammy Looker.
Author:
Looker, Sammy, author
Imprint:
London : Constable, 2014.London : Constable, 2014.
Collation:
184 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781472111029 (hbk)
Dewey class:
808.02808.02 LOO808.02LOO
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1562373