Slush Pile Survival Workshop

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is from last year. We're no longer holding it.

Equipping writers with the tools to make it out of the slush pile alive!

Workshop participants will step into the stylish yet affordable shoes of the slush reader and learn:
* Cover letter red flags that get your submission rejected
* Why guidelines really matter
* How many pages it takes for an editor to reject a manuscript
* The slush evaluation process
* A slush reader’s checklist - what they need to see to make them say yes, and what they often see that makes them say no.



Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Time: 1-4 pm
Location: J.P. Fitzpatrick & Son (where you can have a beer afterward)
75 Consumers Rd. (at Sunray St.), Whitby, ON
Cost: $50 for WCDR/HHWEN members, $65 for non-members

Payments can be made via a cheque (made out to either facilitator), cash, or through PayPal .

For more information or to register, send an email to slushsurvivor@gmail.com

Facilitators:

Skyla Dawn Cameron, Senior Editor of Mundania Press LLC
Skyla oversees acquisitions, scheduling, and editing for imprints Mundania, Awe-Struck, Hard Shell Word Factory, and Phaze. She has experience with many genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, historical, mystery, and erotica. Many hapless authors have branded her “ruthless and scary”, but she thinks they simply suffer from a poor sense of humour.

Shelley Kinsman, Editor
Shelley has been working in acquisitions and editing for Mundania Press for over a year. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto with a minor in English Literature, and has a post-graduate diploma in creative writing from the Humber School for Writers.