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Old 06-19-2012, 05:48 AM   #1
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The Slushpile Survival Guide via Bruce Bethke
So far there are four five installments to this. Good reading and quite insightful for all us rejectioneers.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

Apologies if someone has posted links to all this before.
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Thanks for pointing me in the direction of those posts. I'd totally missed reading those as they came out!
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Thanks for the links!
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Old 06-27-2012, 02:17 AM   #5
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Mhaynes Twitter feed reminded me there was another part of this posted this morning, so.... *BUMP*

(All links in first post.)
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Old 02-01-2013, 08:11 PM   #6
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Looks like Mr. Bethke is turning this into a guest column. First entry is here: Bruce Holland Rogers "About That Secret Handshake"
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Rogers' column is good and very worth reading.

Doesn't help me any, but it is good.

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The installment for Friday, February 22nd.

"The Trouble With Advice" by Bruce Bethke
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Glad that you bumped it. That was a very informative read. Thanks!
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Thanks for posting, Aggy B. It was an interesting read!
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