[neilmarr]

Your point is well made and well taken, Worldwalker. As at most legit houses, though -- large or small -- one way to control submissions is to avoid making it too easy for any but determined writers with faith in their words to find out how to sub. A tiny house like mine might be able to open the door a crack ... but not to fling wide the floodgates.

And Lexi: as I mentioned earlier, a publisher cannot say with certainty that his slushpile is full of junk as long as a single submission remains unread. Similarly, an author shouldn't think him/herself a failure until not a single doorbell remains unrung.

Best wishes. Neil