Well, it was only a little slushy in the literal sense of the word, but today was the day that Doug and I did our monthly slush transfer. What this means is that I take all the submissions that come in over a month and drive them from New Jersey to NYC, while Doug brings the survivors of the previous month in from LI. We then trade baskets and come home and read. This time I got a batch of 28 mss out of 213 given to Doug just before Thanksgiving. I haven’t started on them yet since I just got back a little while ago and have been catching up on other work. I expect to do my buying run sometime in the next three or four weeks, though I have to check with Warren on the timing.
The funny thing is that for all these years Doug and I have been meeting on the weekends, mainly because I thought he had a day job and couldn’t meet during the week, which would have been much more convenient for me in terms of setting up business lunches, dinners, parties, etc. It only occurred to me to ask about a mid-week transfer this time because we just couldn’t get it together on two consecutive weekends because of snow storms, holidays, traffic, etc. I suddenly realized that his full time job is now home based, and I thought I’d give it a shot. What a nice change! I was able to meet Ellen Datlow for a wonderful lunch at my favorite neighborhood restaurant and I was home by 3:30!
So this is blogging? Kind of boring, I think, but if people want to read about their friends’ haircuts on Twitter, maybe someone wants to read about my drive into New York and my nice lunch!
Stay warm and happy, people!
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LOL. Yes, I did read about your drive to NY and as a writer who submitted my first story, it is interesting to see how the slush thing works. Good luck going through it. And enjoy your new freedom.