Attack Of The Slush Pile

Someday, they'll make a horror movie in which an aspiring author fears the onset of night because it's then that he's beset by dreams of an all-devouring creature called The Slush Pile. Until then, there's this article to read: "The physical act of writing a book may not be difficult, but there's a big difference between smacking away at a keyboard and writing something that anyone who doesn't really love you wants to read."