The SLUSHPILE Blog

Did you know:
that China now has as many internet users as the entire United States population?
That’s a big market.
Here’s some numbers:
Amazon (US) Romance Titles:
Contemporary: 44,346
Erotic: 11,853 
Fantasy/Paranormal: 4,759
General: 103,632 
Gothic:  1,846
Historical: 24,741
Regency: 12,605
Religious: 1,583
Suspense: 4,252
Total: 209,347
Okay, let’s say, for the sake of argument, that every book listed is showing in two categories (some maybe more, but just [...]

About two months ago I received an invitation from Night Owl Romance Reviews to submit my work, In the Brief Eternal Silence for review. This requet took me by surprise for two reasons:
1. I didn’t recall contacting them offering them the book (or, if I had contacted them, it had been so long ago I couldn’t [...]

Over the course of the last two weeks, I’ve talked to several new writers (so if any one of you is reading this and thinks that I am talking specifically about ‘you’ — relax, it’s a composite of you and several others in the recent past mixed in with the observations I have had in [...]

I’ve been in Pittsburgh all week, and will be there tomorrow and Friday also. Hence, the reason no blogs.
For those who have called, I’ve gotten the messages you left, and I will be calling you back, so hang in there.

There are several things cooking on the publishing stove right now that I find exciting. The first, I blogged briefly about previously, which is the addtion of a new writer whose work I admire very much. Alas, despite its literary qualities (or possibly as a result of those literary qualities) I don’t foresee a block-buster [...]

Sarah Palin has once again set the left wing, liberal tongues wagging. They can not comprehend her nor her reasoning, and thus they are infuriated. Why doesn’t she follow the script? Why doesn’t she behave in the manner they deem she should be behaving? Why doesn’t she fit into the pigeon-hole they have created for [...]