DEI vs. Story: How Publishing Lost the Plot. Part 1 of 7: The Gatekeepers

<![CDATA[Once upon a time, an aspiring fiction writer had a fighting chance. If you wrote a good story, polished your manuscript, and braved the slush pile, you might just get picked up. The system wasn’t perfect, but it was meritocratic enough that talent sometimes slipped through the cracks and found its way into print.]]>