SlushPile Hell

One grumpy literary agent, a sea of query fails, and other publishing nonsense.

Aug 29 2011

I hope you’ll represent my fictional novel.

To you and the other countless authors who refer to your books as “fictional novels,” will you please, for the love of all that’s holy and good in this world, stop it. Besides, I don’t represent fictional novels. I represent only poetic poetry, nonfictional true stories, how-to-cook-stuff cookbooks, and children’s books for children.


  1. vanillewrites reblogged this from slushpilehell
  2. princessofthedeadsheep reblogged this from andwhentheskywasopened
  3. egotistical-genius reblogged this from andwhentheskywasopened
  4. andwhentheskywasopened reblogged this from slushpilehell
  5. marbarz reblogged this from shmollycoco
  6. shmollycoco reblogged this from slushpilehell
  7. veraciouslymendacious reblogged this from slushpilehell
  8. phantomwriter3739 reblogged this from slushpilehell
  9. linkservice7 reblogged this from slushpilehell
  10. onlyaworkingtitle reblogged this from slushpilehell and added:
    Slush Pile Hell is a hilarious tumblr in which a “grumpy literary agent” posts really horrible snippets from actual...
  11. shiningbrighter reblogged this from slushpilehell
  12. allinablur reblogged this from slushpilehell
  13. benspillowbook reblogged this from slushpilehell
  14. zamenhofslovechild reblogged this from slushpilehell
  15. nerdsrocket reblogged this from slushpilehell
  16. paranerdia reblogged this from slushpilehell
  17. rogueficcer reblogged this from slushpilehell
  18. emmacunningham reblogged this from slushpilehell
  19. amy-wilkins reblogged this from slushpilehell and added:
    I’ve gotten queries/submissions with this, too. But what is worse: “fictional novel” or “true/nonfiction novel”? Yes,...
  20. delirieuse reblogged this from slushpilehell
  21. catladyinwaiting reblogged this from slushpilehell
  22. issoylentgreen reblogged this from slushpilehell
  23. thesefragmentsihaveshored reblogged this from slushpilehell
  24. ohthepretty reblogged this from slushpilehell
  25. nuclearcabbage reblogged this from slushpilehell
  26. entrandoempanico reblogged this from slushpilehell
  27. thirstrani reblogged this from slushpilehell
  28. nataliemthomas reblogged this from slushpilehell
  29. disharmonious reblogged this from slushpilehell
  30. annajarzab reblogged this from slushpilehell and added:
    Yikes! Pet peeve of all pet peeves. Novel implies denotes fiction, you guys.
  31. queryquagmire reblogged this from slushpilehell and added:
    When I was but a lowly intern at a literary agency (ah, the good old days), I had the following exchange with an author:...