SLG’s Jennifer de Guzman shares some of the things that “push at my particular cranky-causing buttons” when it comes to submissions::
1. Twenty-something loser guys who have lame jobs and lamer love lives, unless there is something more to them. (Daddy issues don’t count.) Seriously, this kind of guy makes up a good chunk of the protagonists in submissions. Is it a lack of diversity in artists that is causing a lack of diversity in characters? Perhaps. But I think it might just be artists’ narrowness of scope. That’s a bigger issue than I really want to get into now, though.
2. Comparisons of your work with TV shows or movies in the cover letter. I have heard the “Big Two” encourage this kind of self-loathing, but I say love the media you’re using, dammit.
She also notes that they aren’t looking to publish monthly series anymore and ends on a positive note, saying “I’m often impressed with people’s creativity, even if their project is not something we decide to publish.”
