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SLUSHPILE
You spent two years writing the novel, three months rewriting the opening chapters,
and four seconds reading the submission guidelines.
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Photo by Trent Ferrington, used by permission.
28 May 2007: Updated with new photograph.
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Sublime.
Allow me, for a moment, to revel in the fact that this Demotivator was linked to by the divine Miss Snark.
If you’re visiting from there, welcome, and please leave your manuscripts in the bins provided.
Well, heck, I am visiting from there and you DO need a new photo, dude. Those are shredded receipts and financial papers.
A+ = concept
C- = execution
Where, pray tell, is said ‘bin’? I’ve got a few bills lying around; you can have those.
Eagle Eyes
Wow, everyone’s a fsckin’ critic. And they say writers need imagination.
Yes, thank you, it’s not the ideal photo, but it’s better than a pencil sketch of me with a speech bubble saying “Now imagine a pile of shredded manuscript paper.”
Anyone who thinks that pages of what look like financial records couldn’t possibly be part of a manuscript hasn’t spent any time reading slush.
The photo can be changed, but I’m afraid you’re probably stuck with your tendency to tell people things they clearly already know.
Unfortunately, I have to agree with ordinary woman: attention to visual detail is what distinguishes brilliance from mere ingenuity. I think it was kind of her to point out the incongruity. Say thank you.
dan, if I felt compelled to say thank you to people for pointing out things I already knew, I’d join a writer’s group.
Okay, I caved.
A while ago I tracked down a better image for this Demotivator than the one I used originally, and this time I was able to obtain permission to use it (the owner of the previous image couldn’t be reached).
I held off updating the image in this post because I wanted to update all the Demotivators with a new look. But, the comment thread has attracted two humourless whiners who think that criticising my execution gives them some transient sense of superiority. (They clearly haven’t read this blog’s Code of Conduct, either.) I can’t fsckin’ stand humourless whiners, and want to choke off their oxygen.
So to everyone else, I hope you like the new photograph. To ‘Dan’ and ‘ordinary woman’, I hope you understand that I was totally going to do this anyway.
Hee, you’re rather adorable.
Surely this update will silence your critics. Right? Right???
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