The SLUSHPILE Blog

Hitting the end of June doesn’t merely mean that the year is half over and that summer is fast flying by. It also means that another sales period is ending here at Double Edge Press, which means another Royalty statement and checks due out to authors before the end of July.
Despite the writing of checks, royalties [...]

As an invited presenter for this years Florida Writers Association Conference, I have been following their Florida Writers Conference blog regularly. I follow it with a great deal of fascination.
When I was ‘merely’ a writer I had little opportunity to attend such functions, and I viewed those that could attend with envy. Four kids, a corresponding [...]

We had our son’s graduation party on Saturday. A small affair consisting of family and close family friends, it marked the end of his graduation observance.
One expects it to be a large marker in the life of the graduate, perhaps a marker too large for them to evenly realize how large it is at the [...]

For those of you who are regular readers of my blog, you may recall posts I have done about writing and believe my attitude to be a bit of a hard nose when it comes to how it should be done.
Most of these posts you may find under the Rebecca’s Rules for Writing section of this blog.
Well, here’s [...]

I don’t often blog about customer reviews our works receive, but occasionally one will catch my eye, like this one for Skylar Hamilton Burris’ An Unlikely Missionary:
A wonderful premise that captures the Austen era. Ms. Burris has a beautiful voice. I felt she nailed Charlotte’s persona. It was a bit of a struggle for me [...]

Whenever I am introduced to another writer in the area, and especially in the past two weeks when I have had the pleasure of speaking to several in a short period of time, I’m visited with the thought of, why don’t we have a local writer’s group?
I’m aware of a poetry group in the area, [...]

Last year at Art in the Park, it worked well to get our name out there, but the sales were less than encouraging.
This year, I am happy to report, the sales were moving briskly. In fact, I ‘escaped’ my public speaking slot because, I’m sure, every time our coordinator glanced my way, I was busy [...]

Last night we found myself in the bleachers of our local high-school, a member of a large and sometimes rowdy crowd in attendance for high-school graduation. No one warns you of the swelling of tears in your eyes at seeing your first-born make that dramatic walk down the aisle as commencement begins. He is our first, [...]