Podcasts about slush pile

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, and Jena Brown as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Oracle, TikTok, the Slush Pile, and LibGen. Then, stick around for a chat with John Scalzi!John Michael Scalzi II is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, where he has written on a number of topics since 1998.

We start with an extra "cold" cold open as Caleb talks about his recent illness and working in frigid temperatures. After that, we read an AMA from the Editor-In-Chief of Story Magazine and learn about their submission reading practices. We discuss how different publications handle submissions, what we think is fair, and what is absolute garbage. Overall, this is a really informative episode.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

Thom Francis welcomes another married couple to the stage - local poets, artists, and authors Julie Lomoe and Robb Smith, who both shared their work at 2024 Word Fest Open Mic at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts on April 27, 2024. Julie Lomoe has published two mysteries, both inspired by her personal and professional experience - "Mood Swing: The Bipolar Murders" and "Eldercide." "Hope Dawns Eternal" is her first venture into paranormal fantasy fiction and the first of a series featuring soap opera characters Jonah McQuarry and Abby Hastings. She graduated from Barnard College, received an MFA from Columbia University and an MA in Art Therapy from New York University. Her art has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, The Brooklyn Museum, the 1969 Woodstock Festival, and many Manhattan galleries. In 1979 she moved with her family from Manhattan to upstate New York, where she became a creative arts therapist at the now-defunct Hudson River Psychiatric Center. Her full-time immersion in the world of the institutionalized mentally ill inspired her to turn to fiction as a creative outlet. Julie has published poetry as well as articles on home care, mental health, aging, and women's issues. Robb Smith is a writer concentrating on fiction. Robb is the author of more than a dozen published books on photography. He's a non-theist, humanist pagan, which has influenced his science fiction novel in progress. At the Word Fest Open Mic, Julie read from her newly self-published chapbook, "Proof of Process: Poems from my Slush Pile," a poem in the persona of Donald Trump. Her husband, Robb read a series of Haiku that he began writing for National Poetry Month.

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In this episode, hosts Alix and Kelly interview prominent literary agent Suzie Townsend. They discuss Suzie's journey in becoming a literary agent—her decision to move across the country and work her way up from intern to agent! They also explore what it's like working in the publishing industry, signing book deals and film deals, and wearing all the hats for their authors and clients. Guest Bio: Prior to joining New Leaf, Suzie graduated film school, earned her Masters of Education, taught high school English, and coached a swim team. In her spare time, she read everything she could, which prompted her move to publishing. She got her start as an intern at FinePrint Literary Management where she was hired as an assistant before making the move to literary agent. She's been part of the team at New Leaf Literary & Media since its inception in 2012.Suzie represents all brands of children's and adult fiction. She loves women's fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir, and debut fiction. On the children's side, she is interested in select YA and MG. In this episode:Suzie's journey in becoming a literary agent [2:40]Finding her people and Vampire Romance shame [7:40]Manuscripts Suzie read as an intern that made it to publication [9:50]The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab [10:50] book audiobook e-readerWhat is "The Slush Pile"? [11:40]The most unique query letter gift box ever! [14:30]Lucky by Alice Sebold [17:00] book e-readerSigning her first author and falling into becoming an agent [23:30]The process of agents pitching books to publishers [28:10]When a book "goes to auction" [33:15]Film rights and selling film rights [38:00]Divergent and the reach of film to the masses [49:00]Divergent by Veronica Roth [50:00] book audiobook e-readerThe many hats that a literary agent must wear [52:00]How many authors Suzie represents and keeping busy with her clients [54:57]Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros [57:10] book audiobook e-readerInk Girls by Marieke Nijkamp [57:40] book e-readerResources mentioned in this episode:For more info on Suzie's clients, recent sales, and forthcoming projects, please go here.For submission information go here. What's Next?Alice in Wonderland Illustrated Collector's Edition is available now!! https://litjoycrate.com/alice Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A man faces the harsh reality of working in the publishing industry, as an author or otherwise. “The Slush Pile … More Season 4 Episode 11: The Slush Pile Demolitionist by Les Zig →

When to break a line, Slushies. And why? What's the shape your poem takes, and how does the poem's form serve its complexities, subtleties, and heart? Three poems by Karl Meade are up for consideration in this episode of The Slush Pile, and they call the editors into conversation about trauma in literature, narrative (in)coherence as craft, and the pleasurable risks of stair-stepped stanzas. Poet L.J. Sysko joins the conversation on this  episode  of The Slush Pile as we discuss “Beach Fall,” “Christmas Break,” and “Doom Eager.” (If a tree falls in the woods, Slushies. Ammiright?)   At the table: Kathleen Volk Miller, Marion Wrenn, L. J. Sysko, Jason Schneiderman, Samantha Neugebauer, Alex J. Tunney   Karl Meade's work been published in many literary magazines, a few of which he didn't even donate heavily to, or previously serve as editor—including Literary Review of Canada, Tusculum Review, Arc Poetry Magazine, Grain Magazine, Chronogram, Umbrella Factory Magazine, Contemporary Verse 2, Event Magazine, The Fiddlehead, Open Letter, Under the Sun, and Dandelion. His work has also been mistakenly longlisted for four CBC Literary Prizes, shortlisted for The Malahat Review's Open Season Creative Nonfiction Award, and Arc Poetry Magazine's Poem of the Year. His novel, Odd Jobs, written as a solemn literary manifesto, was a finalist for the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year for Humor, and an iTunes Top 20 Arts and Literature podcast—“Laugh Out Loud,” one listener said of this grave work.   Karl's chapbook “Doom Eager” has just been released in September 2023 by Raven Chapbooks, just in time for us to publish this podcast, which has waited longer than it should for release!    Author website: www.karlmeade.com Guest Editor: L.J. Sysko   L.J. Sysko's work has been published in Voicemail Poems, The Pinch, Ploughshares, Rattle, Best New Poets, and elsewhere. She is the author of a poetry chapbook, BATTLEDORE (Finishing Line Press, New Women's Voices series). Poetry honors include several Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg awards, two fellowships from Delaware's Division of the Arts, and poetry finalist recognition from The Fourth River, The Pinch, and Soundings East. Sysko holds an MFA in poetry from New England College.   X: @lj_sysko Instagram: @lesliesysko Facebook: @lesliesysko Author website: http://www.ljsysko.com   beach fall for Holli and Terry   Mountain to stone, prairie to sand, redwood to ash, from here I can see the heart of the sea, but not the beach   he fell on. I can see the picture window you sit in—waiting, watching the shore, iPad in lap, short-haired   Flossy at your side, the one who dug your dad's water bottle from under him. I don't know why   you brought his suitcase to his wake empty—what it was between you. Only he knew the words   you could not say. The doctors' words for you—non-verbal, spectral—sent him back to rage. He said they weren't worth the hair   on a dead chicken, that aut-ism was just too much self for them to take from you. He knew what his raging   love could do: four hours a night on the couch, talking through your iPad. He called himself Manitoban, the prairie farm-boy   who watched his dog run away for three days, the rain-man to lead you out, teach you how to mouth the O, the awe   in Holli. Yes, from here I can see the redwoods fall, the mountains decay, his sea-bed—   they say all the big hearts of the earth love where they fall, that his heart stopped   before he hit the beach. But we both know why his mouth was full of sand.     Christmas break for Doug and Arlene   The earth heaves, the ice cleaves. Erosion cuts the heart from every stone, while every night   I watch you drive your family past a starving glacier, turn from a truck laden with salt. You head off   the head on, take the bumper to the heart, leave your family straining your lungs' last   words from the floor of the minivan. I'm on the floor beneath my desk, straining   to plug in the phone that I will blame for years: why did I plug it in? Every night   I watch the driver's stoned eyes, petrified as your broken daughters in the back. Every night   I piece you all back together: brake, I say, turn over and over while the glacier leaves   its terminal moraine. I gather the stones, offer them to the moon, last witness   to your last turn. I turn to your wife, try to face her head on   with what the earth knows: core to crust, mouth to lung   the rupture comes, the rupture stays. Every Christmas   she wakes to the words brake, turn.     doom eager*       because one of us took a spike to the lung               a minivan to the chest                            hit the beach with his heart                                          to say nothing of the one                                                       whose only breath was broken water   because I believe               the hand, the wound, the moon                             is how I show you where I fell                                          through the hole I thought I was                                                       diving for pearls through the green                                                                     fuse of ice in my dream of you                             because I run naked                                         through the forest on a moonless night                                                        with a penlight in the hand that broke                                                        my mother's heart waning at the seed                                                                     of light the moon won't show me                                                                                    because its dark side calls all of us                             because I believe                                         I'll find your heart in the east                                                      your marrow in the moon                                                                     fever just before the sun rises                                                                                   I'll swim for it all day forgetting                                                                                                how the earth turns east south west                                                                                                                        circling all night forgetting                                                                                                                                                                                 there is no moon                                                                                                                                                                                 in the new moon                                                       because the only way out                                                                   is my hand on your chest                                                                                  I walk the shore all night                                                                                               dream back the back of the moon                                                                                                                                                               because the only cure                                                                                                                                                                                   for the wound                                                                                                                                                                                      is the wound     *after Ibsen, Graham, Moore: an Icelandic term for the isolation, restlessness, caughtness an artist experiences when sick with an idea

July 2023 Update: Sarah is preparing to appear at the New York City Poetry Festival at the end of July. Sarah will read a poem and be interviewed as part of an appearance with the monthly poetry show "There's a Lot to Unpack Here". Sarah also has a new book of poetry, “The Familiar”, coming out from Texas Review Press in Spring 2024. Welcome to Episode 19 of Slush Pile! For this episode, we have two “creepy” poems submitted for our Monsters Issue by Sarah Kain Gutowski. While these poems, part of a suite, did not get unanimous votes, we all felt they enveloped us into a universe of magical realism. True to the tradition of scary stories, these poems demand to be read slowly, deliberately, and out loud. Additionally, Gutowski's work is more than simply scary. Like Kathy says, “Sometimes freaky shit happens,” and these poems force our team to consider the ambiguities of life, or pre-death, as Tim puts it. Listen to the outcome, but one thing is for sure: these poems are stronger together. Comment on our Facebook event page or on Twitter with #frogtongue and sign for our email list if you're in the area, and even if you're not! Read on!   At the table: Kathleen Volk Miller, Lauren Patterson, Tim Fitts, Caitlin McLaughlin, Jason Schneiderman, and Marion Wrenn   Sarah Kain Gutowski is the author of two books, The Familiar (forthcoming) and Fabulous Beast: Poems, winner of the 14th annual National Indies Excellence Award for Poetry. With interdisciplinary artist Meredith Starr, she is co-creator of Every Second Feels Like Theft, a conversation in cyanotypes and poetry, and It's All Too Much, a limited edition audio project. Her poems have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, The Threepenny Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, and The Southern Review, and her criticism has been published by Colorado Review, Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, and the New York Journal of Books.   Chapter VI: The Children Have a Request The season stretched itself thin, weakened by storms and heat. Inside the damp, shadowy space of the children's fort, the woman with the frog tongue wove baskets and bowls with tight, interlocked laces, while her silk stitches began to fray and lengthen. The gap between her lips widened to where the children could see the white of her teeth. They stared at her, sometimes; she saw them clench their jaws and try to speak to each other without moving their mouths. Before long they'd begin to laugh, and she'd shake with relief at the sound. Then one day, when the trees broke into glittering shards of gold and red and green, and light spun pinwheels above their heads as they walked together between the falling leaves, the girl looked at the woman and asked if she had a name. At this, the woman jerked to a stop. The old surge, the impulse to speak that rose within her belly and chest, overwhelmed. She wanted the girl and boy to know her name. Her tongue, rolled tightly and barred from moving inside its cage, strained against her teeth and cheeks, contorting her face with its rage. The boy stepped back when he saw the change on the woman's face. The girl moved closer, though, to pat the hand she held like she might a frightened kitten or skittish, fallen bird. Let's guess your name, she said. The woman's jaw fell slack, as much as the stitches allowed. Her panic passed away. The boy saw her relax and began to hop around. A game, a game, he chanted. Across her eyes the sun sliced its blade, and though her vision bled with its light, she felt cheered by the girl's hand and the boy's excitement. Aurora. Jezebel. Serafina, guessed the girl. Her brother laughed and grabbed a fallen branch, whacking the moss-covered roots of the trees surrounding them. The woman laughed, too, short bursts of air through her nose. Her happiness shocked them all. The boy laughed again, a raucous sound, and she looked the little girl in the eye. A curve tested her mouth's seams, more grimace than grin, but the girl smiled back and sighed with some relief. Then she reached toward the woman and pulled her close, until they were cheek to cheek. The girl's face, cold and smooth, smelled of the moss and earth her brother lashed and whipped with vigor into the air. The woman with the frog tongue hugged the girl loosely, as if those little shoulder blades were planes of cloud, a shifting mist she could see and feel between her arms but couldn't collect, or hold, or keep for her very own. The girl stepped back yet kept her hands by the woman's face. Her small, thin fingers hovered before the fraying threads. Why don't you take these out? she asked, as she touched each ragged end. At this the boy stopped his joyful assault of the trees and ran to see for himself what they discussed each night when walking home: her muffled, choked murmurings, the gray lattice unraveling across her mouth. He peered closely at each loose stitch, searching beyond her lips for whatever monster she'd locked so poorly inside. He found no monster, just a hint of pink tongue. So he shrugged, said Yes, and spun on his heel to resume his game. The girl jumped up and down, shouting: And then you'll tell us your name! The woman watched the boy whip tree roots free of moss, the tufts spinning into the air and separating, becoming dust, the dark green spores like beaks of birds that plummet toward the rocky earth without fear. She watched the girl's hair lift and fly away from her head, the wind dividing its strands, the way it hung, suspended like dust in the sun, then sank like spores: a sudden drop. She worked her mouth from side to side, and by degrees opened her lips enough to burble a sound that said: Maybe.   Chapter VII: She Grows a Second Heart That night she woke to find another oddity: during sleep her heart had split or twinned itself, and where one muscle pumped before, now beat two. Her blood coursed through her veins twice as fast as before, and over those paths her skin buzzed and stammered, like wire strung tautly between two poles and charged with load. As if she'd run for miles across rolling hills, as if inside her chest two fists beat time all day, beneath the bone she sped at death in the most alive way. The day crawled while her two hearts raced. Above the fire she set a series of clocks to ticking. She watched the flames, sometimes leaning close enough to feel the heat singe her stitches a deeper shade, their fibers scorching until they curled, like dark froth spilling from her mouth. But when her hearts began to flicker more, and faster than she could stand, she turned her eyes to the clocks' marked faces and drew comfort from the second hands' neurotic twitch. Every minute witnessed meant another minute lived. Beneath her breastbone her strange second heart pulsed harder. She sensed the muscle, like her tongue, would leap and fly away from her body if her body let it go. She took the silver-handled knife and incised a cross above the cavity where her hearts ballooned together, jostling for room and dominance. The flaps of skin, pale as egg shell, trembled slightly. A head appeared. A bird with obsidian eyes emerged wet with her blood, shook to shed its burden, and leapt toward the rafters above. She watched the bird and felt air seep into the space it left behind, her single heart unrivaled but lonely in its great room. The wound bled slowly, healing fast to a pale silver scar, flaps falling back to close neatly over the bone, which laid itself again like lines of track or scaffolding across her chest. The bird flew to the window's sill, and ticked its head to look back at the woman. A slight breeze, cool and calm, caressed its dark wings, and it leapt for the steady branch of that arm.

In this episode of the SCBWI Podcast, we are joined by Deborah Halverson!Deborah Halverson was an editor at Harcourt Children's Books for ten years—until she climbed over the desk and tried out the author's chair on the other side. Now she is the award-winning author of Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies, Writing New Adult Fiction, the teen novels Honk If You Hate Me and Big Mouth, the picture book Letters to Santa, and three books in Remix series for struggling readers. Armed with a master's degree in American literature and a fascination with pop culture, she sculpts stories from extreme events and places—tattoo parlors, fast-food joints, and, perhaps most extreme of all, high schools.In addition, Deborah is a freelance editor, writing instructor, and founder of the popular writers' advice website DearEditor.com. She serves on the advisory board for the University of California San Diego Extension “Children's Book Writing and Illustrating” certificate program and speaks extensively at writing conferences and workshops. She has been working with authors—bestsellers, veterans, debut, and aspiring—for over twenty-five years. She specializes in editing picture books and middle grade, teen, and new adult fiction and nonfiction. The books she's edited have garnered awards and rave reviews, and many of the aspiring writers she's coached have landed agent representation and book deals. She lives with her husband and triplet sons in San Diego, California. For more about Deborah, visit www.DeborahHalverson.com.Follow Deborah Halverson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deborahhalversonbooks/Buy Writing YA Fiction for Dummies here:https://bookshop.org/p/books/writing-young-adult-fiction-for-dummies-deborah-halverson/8821834?ean=9780470949542SCBWI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scbwi/SCBWI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scbwiBecome an SCBWI member today: https://www.scbwi.org/join-scbwi/Shop the SCBWI Bookshop.org page: https://bookshop.org/shop/SCBWISupport the show

In Part 3 of How to Get Out of the Slush Pile, Emma Walton Hamilton reveals about actionable ways to polish your manuscript's hook to get agents and editors excited about reading your story!

It's time for the second episode in our three-part series: How to Get Out of the Slush Pile! Author and rhymer extraordinaire Julie Hedlund discusses one of the best ways to signal to industry professionals that you're not ready to be published: writing bad rhyme.  Writing poetry is one thing, but writing a rhyming picture book is a whole other kind of animal and if you're not doing it right, you'll never get out of the slush pile. Julie spells out best practices for writing good rhyme for picture books. Hint: you're probably doing it backwards! Tune in to the next episode for the final installment of How to Get Out of the Slush Pile!

It's the first of our three-part series: How to Get Out of the Slush Pile! Nothing turns an agent or editor more than a poorly written main characters. It's a common mistake for new authors and one big reason a manuscript never makes it out of the slush pile. To help you avoid this mistake, Picture Book Summit Co-Founder Laura Backes shares important questions to ask when evaluating your work-in-progress before hitting send on your next submission. Listen in for actionable solutions in creating stories that kids (and industry professionals) will want to read over and over.  Let's get out of the slush pile!

Publishers and agents receive THOUSANDS of manuscripts every year...yet only a handful of submissions are published. How can you beat out your competition and get into the top 3% of manuscripts they receive? On this week's Writing Momentum podcast, Chris and Gena discuss what they've learned over the years about getting OUT of the slush pile FAST. Links: Writing Moments - Write with us and give your writing momentum!

FREE 5 Minute Writer Weekly NewsletterArticlePaula's WebsiteConnect with Paula on TwitterConnect with David on Twitter3 BIG TAKEAWAYSWriting as a career - making that shift from writer to authorWhat she's looking for as a literary agentHow to pitch your book/story to agentsEPISODE INFO:Last time on the interview series I talked to freelance writer, author, and ghostwriter, Paulette Perhach. She had so much information about how to be productive as a writer without overworking yourself.Today, we're talking about going from first draft to a query-ready manuscript. If you've been through the query gauntlet and want to make it through to the other side with an agent, you're going to love this interview!BIO:PAULA MUNIER is Senior Agent and Director of Storytelling and Content for Talcott Notch Literary and the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Mercy Carr mysteries. A Borrowing of Bones, the first in the series, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and named the Dogwise Book of the Year. Blind Search also won a Dogwise Award. The Hiding Place appeared on both Lesa Holstine and Dru Ann Love's Best of 2021 Lists. THE WEDDING PLOT debuts in July 2022. Paula credits the hero dogs of Mission K9 Rescue, her own rescue dogs, and a deep love of New England as her series' major influences. Paula has also written three popular books on writing: Plot Perfect, The Writer's Guide to Beginnings, and Writing with Quiet Hands, as well as Happier Every Day and the memoir Fixing Freddie. She lives in New England with her family and Bear the Newfoundland-retriever rescue, Bliss the Great Pyrenees-Australian cattle dog rescue, pandemic puppy Blondie, a Malinois rescue (much like Elvis in her books), and Ursula The Cat, a rescue torbie tabby who does not think much of the dogs.

When you send a short story to a magazine, it probably doesn't go directly to the editor. Instead, it ends up in what's called the slush pile–the pool of unsolicited work waiting for review. Who reviews it? Weirdos like us. The post Tales From the Slush Pile by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes.

When you send a short story to a magazine, it probably doesn't go directly to the editor. Instead, it ends up in what's called the slush pile–the pool of unsolicited work waiting for review. Who reviews it? Weirdos like us. The post Tales From the Slush Pile by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes.

Marissa chats with Lindsay Eagar about her new middle grade novel - THE PATRON THIEF OF BREAD - as well as taking a trip to the bookstore in order to determine your primary genre; how to beat the querying slush pile (and why slush pile statistics aren't really as discouraging as they seem); using an alternate point of view to build on your story's major themes; upping the stakes in a "quiet" story by giving your protagonist an impossible choice; the fun dynamics of the rag-tag group of characters, and why we all love a found family story; and some top tips for becoming a more prolific writer... just keep in mind that productivity can and should have limits.Books discussed in this episode can be purchased from your local independent bookstore or buy them online from the Happy Writer bookshop.org store (that benefits indie bookstores) at  https://bookshop.org/shop/marissameyer

Editor, Ashley Gebert, joins Traci and Esther to discuss the submission process.

In this episode, author Christie Tate discusses discovering non-fiction, writing groups, saying thank you in a query, going deeper with memoir, inoculation against shame, making boundaries after publishing, and sharing a risqué scene you wrote with your therapy group.   Christie Tate https://christietate.com/   Stories Matter Foundation https://www.storystudiochicago.org/   Chicago Writers Podcast https://chicagowriterspodcast.libsyn.com/ https://twitter.com/ChiWriPodcast

Once you make the decision to start writing, and you do it on a regular basis (hopefully every day), over time you will build up quite a collection of half-baked ideas and unused pieces of material. It might be blog posts, book chapters, social media posts, podcast material, or in the case of myself, I'm sorry to admit, entire books you have written but never released for one reason or another. I call this my personal slush pile. The slush pile can be a great source of material when you're looking for ideas or get a little short on time. On today's episode, you'll learn why you should never get rid of any of your ideas, projects, or content. *** Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.  Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more! Connect with Kent:  https://DailyWriterLife.com  Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders  Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders  LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders  Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders  

Once you make the decision to start writing, and you do it on a regular basis (hopefully every day), over time you will build up quite a collection of half-baked ideas and unused pieces of material. It might be blog posts, book chapters, social media posts, podcast material, or in the case of myself, I'm sorry to admit, entire books you have written but never released for one reason or another. I call this my personal slush pile. The slush pile can be a great source of material when you're looking for ideas or get a little short on time. On today's episode, you'll learn why you should never get rid of any of your ideas, projects, or content. *** Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.      Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!     Connect with Kent:     https://DailyWriterLife.com     Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders     Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders     LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders     Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders    

In anticipation of the Collingswood Book Festival, we thought it might be nice to have some of our senior editors and a couple of festival participants sit down for a proper chat about poetry and community, the anonymity of sending work out into the void and the anonymity of masks, and of course, bears and bathrobes. Enjoy and let us know what you think! Has the pandemic made writing more universal or melted our minds so terribly that our relationship to literature has changed? Will readings stay virtual and/or can we find a happy relationship between Zoom and IRL? This episode includes these special guests: Cynthia Dewi Oka is the author of Fire Is Not a Country (2021) and Salvage (2017) from Northwestern University Press, and Nomad of Salt and Hard Water (2016) from Thread Makes Blanket Press. A recipient of the Tupelo Quarterly Poetry Prize and the Leeway Transformation Award, her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, POETRY, Academy of American Poets, The Rumpus, PANK, Guernica, ESPNW, and elsewhere. In collaboration with Philadelphia Contemporary, Friends of the Rail Park, and Asian Arts Initiative, her experimental poem, Future Revisions, was exhibited at the Rail Park billboard in Philadelphia from July to August 2021. She has taught creative writing at Bryn Mawr College and is a 2021-2022 Poet in Residence at the Amy Clampitt House in Lenox, MA. She is originally from Bali, Indonesia.  Rogan Kelly is the author of Demolition in the Tropics (Seven Kitchens Press, 2019). His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in New Orleans Review, The Penn Review, Plume, RHINO, and elsewhere. He is the editor of The Night Heron Barks and Ran Off With the Star Bassoon. We thought we'd include our bio's here, since we never do: Jason Schneiderman is the author of four books of poems, most recently Hold Me Tight (Red Hen 2020) and Primary Source (Red Hen 2016). He edited the anthology Queer: A Reader for Writers (Oxford UP 2016). His poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, VQR, The Believer, and The Penguin Book of the Sonnet; he is a co-host of the podcast Painted Bride Quarterly Slush Pile. His awards include the Shestack Award and a Fulbright Fellowship. He is an Associate Professor of English at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.  Kathleen Volk Miller has written for LitHub, NYT Modern Love, O, the Oprah magazine, Salon, the NYTimes, Huffington Post, Washington Post, Family Circle, Philadelphia Magazine and other venues. “How We Want to Live,” an essay, was chosen as the penultimate piece in Oprah's Book of Starting Over (Flat Iron Books, Hearst Publications, 2016). She is co-editor of the anthology, Humor: A Reader for Writers (Oxford University Press, 2014). She is co-editor of The Painted Bride Quarterly and co-host of PBQ's podcast, Slush Pile. She has also published in literary magazines, such as Drunken Boat, Opium, and other venues. She holds “Healing through Writing” and “Writing and Neuroplasticity” workshops, and other memoir classes. She consults on literary magazine start up, working with college students, and getting published in literary magazines.  She is a professor at Drexel University.  Marion Wrenn is Director of the Writing Program; Senior Lecturer of Writing and Literature and Creative Writing at NYU Abu Dhabi. Marion C. Wrenn is a media critic, cultural historian, and literary editor who writes essays and creative non-fiction. She earned her PhD from NYU's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication and has received grants and awards from NYU, the AAUW, and the Rockefeller Archive Center.  Recent work on satirical news and citizen audiences have appeared in Poetics. Her essays have appeared in American Poetry Review, South Loop Review, and elsewhere. She co-edits the literary journal Painted Bride Quarterly (pbqmag.org) and has taught writing at NYU, Parsons, and the Princeton Writing Program.  This episode is brought to you by one of our sponsors, Wilbur Records, who kindly introduced us to the artist  A.M.Mills, whose song “Spaghetti with Loretta” now opens our show. 

In this episode, you'll also hear:What a slush pile is and why it's neither negative nor positiveWhat you need to understand and do if you want your manuscript to be readWhy a small or independent press might be an option worth considering – and what to expect if you do take that routeThe importance of having a table of contents in your book – and how to leverage yoursWhat to pay attention to when it comes to territories your book can be published in BIO:My name is Tamara Jackson but my clients affectionately call me "Coach Tam." I am an author, speaker, transformation coach, and 11-year, 100 lb. weight loss success story. I am also the CEO of a mission-oriented company, 265 Point, that helps current and aspiring Christian authors get their God-given message out and to the masses.Interestingly enough, much of the success that God has allowed me to enjoy is founded upon a book that I wrote in 2013, 265 Point. In the book, I share how I transformed from being a 265 lb. junk food addict to a 155 lb. fitness fanatic appearing on the demonstration floor of the Dr. Oz Television show. It's part biography, part self-help. I wanted to do my part to end the trend of obesity in America and help others lose weight and keep it off.I would love to say that I answered the call to write immediately. I didn't. It took me YEARS to put pen to paper and publish my book.Now, as an aspiring author coach my mission is to ensure that others write, publish, and profit. This podcast, Publishing Secrets, is designed to further that mission. I pray that it blesses you!P.S. Do you have a story to share? Have you overcome trials and tribulations and pushed through doubts and insecurities to publish your book? You could be a featured author on the Publishing Secrets podcast!Visit http://265point.com/podcast to apply! GET CONNECTED:Website: http://www.265point.comPurchase 265 Point: https://www.bookclout.com/book/265PointFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TamaraJacksonTransformationExpert/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fitnesstamara265/  

Caleb starts the episode talking about his new writing routine and what he's currently reading. Then we get into a discussion about submitting work to publications and why your work might get rejected or why you can't seem to get out of the slush pile.  We end things with some ranting about licensing and how it leads to the limiting of artistic output.  You can check our work out at www.drunkenpenwriting.com Follow us on Twitter @drunkpenwriting On Instagram @drunkenpenwriting And like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/drunkenpenwriting

Welcome to the Unpublishable Podcast. This week, we have three poetry features: "Pedacitos" by Elizabeth Castillo, "The Bedlam Scribe" by Tuur Verhyde, "Time Has Its Hands on The Fire and The Frost" by Kushal Poddar, "Bare" by Eleanor May Blackburn, "The Nature of This Beast" by Lorelei Bacht, and by Gareth Culshaw. Follow Elizabeth Castillo on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Tuur Verhyde on Twitter. Follow Kushal Poddar on Twitter and Amazon. Follow Eleanor May Blackburn on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Lorelei Bacht on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Gareth Culshaw on Twitter and Instagram. The Unpublishable Podcast features poems published in our zine, the Unpublishable Zine, and short stories featured in our short fiction section, The Slush Pile. If you would like to submit to Unpublishable for the chance to be published and have your poetry read on the podcast, please visit our site at http://www.theunpublishablezine.wordpress.com! The Unpublishable Zine can be found on Twitter. Happy listening, poets and poetry enthusiasts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/support

Welcome to the Unpublishable Podcast. This week, we have a short fiction feature from The Slush Pile: "Under the Stars" by Andrea Balingit. Follow Andrea on Instagram @cheeseislyf and on Twitter at @IamBUTTiful. The Unpublishable Podcast features poems published in our zine, the Unpublishable Zine, and short stories featured in our short fiction section, The Slush Pile. If you would like to submit to Unpublishable for the chance to be published and have your poetry read on the podcast, please visit our site at http://www.theunpublishablezine.wordpress.com! The Unpublishable Zine can be found on Twitter. Happy listening! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/support

Courtesy of www.FridaKahlo.org Frida Khalo’s 1946 oil painting The Wounded Deer     Dear Slushies, on this episode we focus on the heart of literary editing and pose the age-old question: “What do you like when you like what you like?” We also break our own rules on this episode of The Slush Pile. Instead of flipping our thumbs at the end of each poem we’re scheduled to consider, we decide to discuss a group of poems by Shari Caplan as a suite. She submitted three poems about the female gaze, and we’re mesmerized by them. With Kathleen, Samantha, and Marion at the table, it’s an all-female crew discussing three of Kaplan’s poems, each one focusing on a powerful woman who worked in and with images: artist Frida Kahlo, psychoanalytic film theorist Laura Mulvey, and Lee Miller (check her out in “Lee Miller: In Hitler’s Bathtub.”) Listen in as we consider Kaplan’s ekphrastic project as she creates these experimental monologues. We’re flying by the seat of our collective pants, trying to muster what we know about Kahlo, Miller, and Mulvey, half recalling Maya Deren’s surrealist short film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) and trying to accurately summarize Mulvey’s supremely influential essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” all the while recalling Dali’s three flying cats, and being serenaded by Sam’s cat Bowie while being observed by Marion’s cat Imia, who joined us at the editorial table. “Dear Pandemic Diary, Day 79, our animals want in on the editorial process. We want to call them ‘Podcats.’ Someone should intervene.”   With thanks to one of our sponsors,  Wilbur Records, who kindly introduced us to the artist is A.M.Mills whose song “Spaghetti with Lorraine” now opens our show.    POETRY DISCUSSION BEGINS at 4:00    Author Bio Shari Caplan is the siren behind "Advice from a Siren" (Dancing Girl Press). Her poems have swum into Gulf Coast, Nonbinary Review, Masque & Spectacle, Tinderbox, Deluge, and more. Caplan's work has earned her a scholarship to the Home School in Hudson, NY, a fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center, and nominations for a Pushcart Prize and a Rhysling Award. You may encounter her as "Betty BOOM: America's Sweettart" giving intimate readings as part of the Poetry Society of New York's Poetry Brothel or ring-leading the Poetry Circus, an in-character immersive event she produces.   website: sharicaplan.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shari.caplan.5 Instagram: @sharic88   Plus, Marion’s cat insists on a seat at the table.            The Works "Frida Kahlo (on Frida Kahlo) on the Female Gaze"   Comparison fragments the green-gold of my body. Nothing compares.   As a woman, I see a deer in an arrow forest with my face on and hear palpitating hooves across dry needles. As a deer, I see a woman poking her paint into my wound. What do you see, Diego?   You were called Auxochrome the one who captures (color). I Chromophore — the one who gives. Friendly reds, big blues, hands of leaves, noisy birds, fingers in. Flowers cackle at my ear. Can the female gaze grow fruit in a pick-axe climate?   As a woman, my fingers touch blood. You may have seen it undisguised in the bathroom. As a deer, my blood touches fingers and arrowheads. You might have mistaken it for paint. You may use it.   As a deer, I retain my eyebrows to express the paths of my nerves, which are yours. As a painting, I multiply into flowers and a mountain because my eyes blanket rivers and roots.   I don’t see a mountaintop. The mountain held in the veins of the sky.     "Lee Miller on The Female (Gaze)"   Don’t! melt until I’ve lit you.   Covered to the neck. A sheet to morph you, size the shine on your  - don’t!   face.   Now, topless   in the metal chair, like an uncorked bottle. Cross at the elbows, look down at the ants.   Don’t –            cavort until I’ve snapped. We’ll have some when he’s over. Come under. An object   could fall on top of you at any moment. It might be              a person.   Tar stretches like a bird’s foot. Maybe life’s a nude               picnic, then the tar comes in with the tide and I’m dyed   blue, wearing a net. I can take my own pictures, thank you. I can deal with some glare.   If you’re thinking,  it’s not my place        to guess what. Maybe this      dead coral you’re posing with   puts your father in your head. Maybe a dead pillow or a case packed. Hide it           behind your face.     "Laura Mulvey on the (fe)Male Gaze"   A bear turned to a lounging place.   Instead of unspooling story the fe/male leans in her lack /light against the paradox of phallocentrism.   Bear/er of the bloody wound. Subject by being object/ed.   To exit/exist, she must thwart the male ailment, fuck Freud.   Virgin/Vixenhood fantasies. Ropes hissing the bedframe. All the men I know want to do it. Man/ipulation.   Active/male/passive/female/active/male/passive. Act/I’ve/male/pass/I’ve/fe/male/act/I’ve/pass/I’ve Activate!   How does the bearskin rug become a bear again?

Welcome to the Unpublishable Podcast. This week, we have three poetry features: "Devastated in Swaths of Color" by Ashley Sapp, "Kintsukuroi" by Deborah Akubudike, "Cheap Cider" by FC Malby, "The Axis is Tilted" by Robert Vaughan, and "I Wrote This Poem in a Gas Station Bathroom" by Dean Boskovich. Follow Ashley Sapp on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Deborah Akubudike on Twitter and Instagram. Follow FC Malby on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Robert Vaughan on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Dean Boskovich on Twitter and Instagram. The Unpublishable Podcast features poems published in our zine, the Unpublishable Zine, and short stories featured in our short fiction section, The Slush Pile. If you would like to submit to Unpublishable for the chance to be published and have your poetry read on the podcast, please visit our site at http://www.theunpublishablezine.wordpress.com! The Unpublishable Zine can be found on Twitter. Happy listening, poets and poetry enthusiasts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/support

Welcome to the Unpublishable Podcast. This week, we have a short fiction feature from The Slush Pile: "Annabelle The Doll Takes New York" by Bridget Flynn. Follow Bridget on Twitter @bmkflynn. The Unpublishable Podcast features poems published in our zine, the Unpublishable Zine, and short stories featured in our short fiction section, The Slush Pile. If you would like to submit to Unpublishable for the chance to be published and have your poetry read on the podcast, please visit our site at http://www.theunpublishablezine.wordpress.com! The Unpublishable Zine can be found on Twitter and Instagram. Happy listening, poets and poetry enthusiasts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/support

Welcome to the Unpublishable Podcast. This week, we have three poetry features: "Brief Interaction with God and Pizza" by Ashley Pearson, "The Local Cinema Was Recently Purchased by a Serious Man Who Believes a Little Less in Movies Than His Idealistic Predecessor" by Jeremy Jusek, and "semi-verbal" by Lucy Doherty. Follow Ashley Pearson on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Jeremy Jusek on Twitter and on his website. Find Lucy Doherty's social media on http://lucypoetry.carrd.co/. The Unpublishable Podcast features poems published in our zine, the Unpublishable Zine, and short stories featured in our short fiction section, The Slush Pile. If you would like to submit to Unpublishable for the chance to be published and have your poetry read on the podcast, please visit our site at http://www.theunpublishablezine.wordpress.com! The Unpublishable Zine can be found on Twitter. Happy listening, poets and poetry enthusiasts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/support

Welcome to the Unpublishable Podcast. This week, we have a short fiction feature from The Slush Pile: "That In-Between Time of the Evening" by Collin McFadyen. Follow Collin on Twitter at @crayonsdontrun and on their website. Note: the original version of this short story uses a word claimed by the lesbian community that I, as a non-lesbian reader, did not find was appropriate to say. In its two instances, the word was omitted. You can read the unedited version of Collin's short story on The Unpublishable Zine. The Unpublishable Podcast features poems published in our zine, the Unpublishable Zine, and short stories featured in our short fiction section, The Slush Pile. If you would like to submit to Unpublishable for the chance to be published and have your poetry read on the podcast, please visit our site at http://www.theunpublishablezine.wordpress.com! The Unpublishable Zine can be found on Twitter and Instagram. Happy listening, poets and poetry enthusiasts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/support

Annalisa speaks with Jeanne Covert, Writing Gym member about how to get a literary agent to request your manuscript. In this episode, you're going to learn: How to get a literary agent to request your manuscript How to get to the front of an agent's line How and why an agent asks for a full manuscript You'll want to be sure to download the free resource guide, Escape the Slush Pile that will walk you through how to avoid an agent's ‘no' list--the slush pile AND accelerate manuscript requests. Take a minute to download the free resource guide at www.writing-gym.com/request. Don't forget the dash!  Jeanne Covert is a screenwriter who has now successfully added novelist to her publishing credits. Now agented, her journey was an exciting one including receiving 2 requests for full manuscripts in one day from top agencies. She shares her secrets with us today.

Welcome to the Unpublishable Podcast. This week, we have two poems by Kevin Bonfield and Holly Redshaw. Follow Kevin on Twitter at @bonfield_kevin and on Instagram @kevinswrites Follow Holly on Twitter @hollyredshaw and on Instagram at @hol_red. Read her blog, Can't Be Beaten. The Unpublishable Podcast features poems published in our zine, the Unpublishable Zine, and short stories featured in our short fiction section, The Slush Pile. If you would like to submit to Unpublishable for the chance to be published and have your poetry read on the podcast, please visit our site at http://www.theunpublishablezine.wordpress.com! The Unpublishable Zine can be found on Twitter and Instagram. Happy listening, poets and poetry enthusiasts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/support

Welcome to the Unpublishable Podcast. This week, we have a short fiction feature from The Slush Pile: "It's All Right, Really" by Hannah Beairsto. Follow Hannah on Twitter at @thepalindrome12 and Instagram at @beairstohannah. The Unpublishable Podcast features poems published in our zine, the Unpublishable Zine, and short stories featured in our short fiction section, The Slush Pile. If you would like to submit to Unpublishable for the chance to be published and have your poetry read on the podcast, please visit our site at http://www.theunpublishablezine.wordpress.com! The Unpublishable Zine can be found on Twitter and Instagram. Happy listening, poets and poetry enthusiasts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-unpublishable-zine/support

Featuring: novels that make her cry, how to get through acquisitions, the joyous dance of editing and publishing books that have the rare combination of being both commercial and literary. Catherine has worked in publishing for many years, including with Penguin Books, Pan Macmillan, Allen & Unwin, and since 2012, with HarperCollins, where she is Head of Fiction. She has an eclectic list, publishing across fiction and non-fiction. Recent standouts include Julia Baird's bestselling 'Phosphorescence'; Vicki Laveau-Harvie's Stella Prize-winning memoir 'The Erratics'; Catherine McKinnon's Miles Franklin-shortlisted 'Storyland'; Stan Grant's acclaimed 'Talking to My Country'; and Trent Dalton's phenomenal 'Boy Swallows Universe'. Her rule of thumb in publishing is that a book has got to make her feel something – she wants to feel passionately invested in everything she publishes. It's all about heart, soul, meaning and joy.

An interview with Hannah Fergesen, an agent with kt literary. We discuss books, writing, something insane where you make a movie in 100 hours, and the perks of living in NYC.Please look her up on all of her social media outlets. And if you are looking an editorial agent who is a Slytherin and an utter delight, send her a query!Twitter: @HannahFergesenInstagram: @HannahFergesenFor Queries: HannahQuery@ktliterary.comThe agency is on all the socials, too! Well, not TikTok yet because we are tech savvy, but also still a bit old and resistant to change.Twitter: @ktliteraryInstagram: @ktliterarywww.ktliterary.com

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With author Tracy Marchini and Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.

With Writing Show host Paula B.