The SLUSHPILE Blog

Before everyone has a heart-attack, we’re not tanking. BUT — I did come across a link that the Christian Blogosphere and Rapture Ready Forums are buzzing about:
5/25/2008 Prophecy Update: Signs in the Heavens
The minister is Steve Hadley. The information was given to him by a Messianic Jewish Rabbi (a Jew who believes in Christ as […]

Descriptions in a dialogue scene are a prime opportunity to give your reader a closer look at the characters, both physical attributes and, maybe even more importantly, how they interact with each other.
The reason this is a prime opportunity is because it stands to reason that as one person is conversing with another (or others, […]

Yesterday under the post titled Descriptions, I gave a general overview of what to do and what not to do with descriptions, and how to present them in different portions of your writing.
I really don’t have a priority list, so we’re just going to take them in the order I summarized them in yesterday.
That being […]

The second thing I look for in writing after character development (aside from story–because the story RULES and that takes precedence over everything) is description.
Description is such an integral part of your story that it should go unnoticed and blow the readers mind simultaneously. This is possible through what I like to call ‘absorption’, where […]

I’ve talked a lot about ‘the story rules’. So much so, in fact, that you may have gained the impression that the writing doesn’t matter.
Well, it does.
So now that I’ve drilled into your head that good writing isn’t going anywhere without a good story to write about, let’s move on into where the writing fits […]

Today, I don’t have a point to make or thoughts to share on writing. Today, I only have a to-do list pinging around in my mind.
So, here’s a peek inside the mind of a crazy person in the midst of organizing what needs done into some sort of priority list:

Upload new cover of Conviction to […]

I spent the weekend at an arts-crafts show with our books. It was quite interesting, and quite inconclusive, other than that I can firmly state that Distribution Still Rules. I.e. — if our only sales outlet was arts and crafts venue, we would be out of business in short order.
That being said, we did have […]

Have I ever had a prayer that wasn’t answered? No. I never have.
Sometimes people say, “It’s not that God doesn’t answer prayer, it’s just that sometimes the answer is ‘no’.” But He has never told me ‘No.’ Sometimes He has told me ‘Wait’, but never ‘No’. Not yet, anyways. Sometimes ‘Wait’ is a  l - o […]

At last, the final new cover for Conviction with all tweaks made. Thank you very much Delle Jacobs for some great work!

The new cover should be in production and available through distribution within two weeks. And it’s been a long time coming. Thank you, Skylar Burris for your patience.
Now for ITSS (It’s the Story, Stupid). This […]

Here are some early reviews for upcoming Caledonian Privateer. It seems to be gathering a good early response, which we are quite happy about:

“Written by a superb story teller, The Caledonian Privateer seizes the reader’s interest on Page One and doesn’t let it go until the very end.” ~ Irene C. Michel, columnist, The Courier, […]