On Mystery of a Shrinking Violet, Barbara Klaser posts more on the publishing outlook and because of the many links involved, I’m copying her post here directly:
How random is publishing today?
If you’re an aspiring writer, and even if you’re not but want to know more about the possible randomness of publishing today, I urge you to hop over to historical mystery author Eric Mayer’s Byzantine Blog to read his series of blog entries about Michael Allen’s On the Survival of Rats in the Slush Pile, beginning with Eric’s post, Considering Rats in the Slush Pile.
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