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PostPosted: Wed 12:48, 18 Sep 2013    Post subject: hollister Glossary Writing Lingo

Jennifer Carsen, J.D. is a "recovering lawyer" and the founder of Big Juicy Life. Her specialty is turning lawyers into writers. Visit for a copy of the free report, "6 Myths About Leaving the Law for Writing."

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Clips: Published writing samples, formerly "clipped" from magazines. Nowadays these will usually be in scanned PDF form. Also, back when sending clips meant actually dropping pages in the mail, you heard the term "tear sheet" a lot more - this would be the article ripped from the magazine binding.
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Slush pile: A place you don't want to be; it's where the unsolicited manuscripts wind up. Occasionally an underling will be assigned to halfheartedly sift through the pile, but it's very rare to be discovered this way (you'd have better odds hanging out at Schwab's with Lana Turner).
"Over the transom": When a completed article or manuscript arrives, unsolicited, at a publisher in the hopes it will catch someone's fancy. Generally not very successful. Harkens back to the days when office doors had transom windows over them - writers would literally [url=http://www.rtnagel.com/louboutin.php]louboutin pas cher[/url] chuck things in during off hours.
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