The SLUSHPILE Blog

We were only out on Friends Good Will for an hour and a half. It was way too short. How can I describe the utter tranquility and simultaneous exhiliration of a sail? No sound of motors, engines or anything smacking of the modern era. Only the sounds of a time gone by, ropes creaking, sails […]

Day 2 of our vacation was by far the most anticipated and most exciting day we had. With the amount of built-up expectation, it would have been easy for either author Jim Spurr or the sloop Friends Good Will to disappoint, but neither did. If anything they both surpassed expectations.
Our sail wasn’t scheduled until 1:15, […]

Here are some photos provided by our ‘official’ photographer, Martha Dougherty, of our first day on the road:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Cord Auburn Deuesenberg Museum - Indiana

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daughter Shelby and myself

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grand Haven Michigan Lighthouse - 1905

We made it back from our road trip and I thought I would share some of our experiences. Eventually, we will have pictures, as soon as our ‘official’ photographer sorts through the some 800 photos (yes, you read that correctly, Eight Hundred!) she took and forwards me the highlights.
The first day, Sunday, we left Pennsylvania […]

As those who follow this blog are aware, we are going on vacation beginning tomorrow. This will, of course, result in an interruption to our regularly scheduled blogging.
No, I’m not one of those super-dedicated types that takes their laptop with them and blogs while on the road and in the motel. A vacation, to me, […]

If you go to the Double Edge Press Homepage, you’re going to find something missing. We’re down one title.
Although we still retain the rights to Shall Die by the Sword by T.S. Beckett, it will no longer be available in print. We’ve yanked it from distribution.
99% of this decision was due to lack of sales, […]

Our planned trip to Michigan is fast arriving and I’m busy tying up loose ends.
Top on the priority list is going over some final details with a friend of ours who has agreed to keep an eye on the store and keep some of my pies warm in the oven. She spent part of this […]

Things that make me go ‘hmmm’ when I’m hitting the delete button on the spam this site garners:
People who are advertising pornography never forget to include a cheery “Thanks” at the end of their disgusting comments. Evidently, their mothers raised them right at some point. . .
People advertising for loans, mortgage help, bankruptcy, etc, are […]

First, Everyone have a really good and safe Fourth of July.
Maybe it is because I am a writer, and a publisher, that I have a fine appreciation for the freedom of speech. My livelihood depends upon it. Maybe it is this appreciation that makes me more demanding in what I am willing to publish. I […]

The delay in getting another block of ISBN’s (bar codes) was enough to have me looking hard at our upcoming schedule. . . and to delay our upcoming releases a little longer.
Much of the delay has to do with the author of our next release (Gail MacMillan — Caledonian Privateer). Our experience with her work […]