Lynne Scanlon's latest Publishing Contrarian post has an offer for aspiring writers: "If you've got a covering letter, marketing plan and about thirty sample pages, I'd be happy to take a look at them... Let's see what you have been sending out to prospective agents and publishers. Let's see what you've been doing right and what you have been doing wrong." Twenty writers will get private feedback from Scanlon (left) on their proposals, with a broader analysis of the aggregate submissions taking place on her blog.