am back. well, sort of.

hhmmm.... quiet.... it's like half the planet who used to blog have migrated to facebook, twitter and google buzz...

anyhoo, i'm (quite) back. will try to update this corner in cyberspace somehow. but right now i'm buried under a mountain of submissions. so much to read! and honestly, i wish they were all worth reading. oh, c'mon. literary gems are quite difficult to find. and like those little old ladies in a Wendy's commercial looking for the beef, i ask: where's the story?!

right now, i'm bombarded with outrageous pitches and over-the-top cover letters every day during evaluations period. i'm being asked to meet with "authors" so they can (plead) their "case". just a bit of good advice, people: that really is a major turn-off, it's best to wait out the results.

like a mantra, i always put in mind a great piece of advice from an american book editor dealing with submissions: when a "writer" says to you that his/her work is the best piece of modern literature on this planet, chances are, it's crap. because when someone has to pitch you his/her work to high heavens, then his/her submission must need all that air (actually useless here) to make it look good.