In a recent Salon.com piece, Laura Miller ruminates on the increased challenge of finding quality work to read when self publishing exponentially increases the available options. Read her piece here.  While reading unsolicited work (aka slush) can be a trying experience, as Miller vividly attests, it also provides an unfiltered view of the eccentricities and preoccupations of regular people who for whatever reason feel compelled to publish their work. Now that self publishing opportunities proliferate, it will be interesting to see how the landscape changes.