The SLUSHPILE Blog

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 [...]

Easter Sunday found me on the computer in the evening. We were home from the family dinner and I found that I couldn’t entirely divorce myself from publishing even on the holiest day of the year. I found I was not alone. James Spurr emailed me with some last minute tax questions regarding royalties, and he [...]

Story idea, anyone?
Here’s one if you write in the same genre as George Orwell’s 1984 or Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (funny, the classic future society gone mad tales all have numbers in them. . . hmm):
Let’s take a look twenty years into the future. Let’s make it the year 2020. Embryonic stem cell research is going full [...]

Yesterday I didn’t blog because I had a delightful Superbowl Hangover. No, I don’t drink. But the excitement of the near miraculous win by the Steelers combined with the late hours (why, oh, why, can’t they start the Superbowl earlier in the day? Don’t they realize some people actually work for a living?) resulted in [...]

Sometimes I like to take out my crystal ball, blow the dust off it, give it a little rub and see what I can see.
Oh, crystal ball, what do you have to show me about publishing? How does an ultra-green, ultra-cut-the-waste president now in office affect the publishing industry? Does he affect the publishing industry?
Slowly [...]

Everyone is waiting for the answer to the question: is the gov going to bail out the automakers?
On the one hand, I think we should let them drown. Bye, bye, big three. Let some one else have a chance.
After all, I don’t have anyone bailing me out when my business model isn’t working. Why should [...]

The election concluded last night with a win for Obama. Congratulations to him and his supporters.
We’ll see you all in four years
Despite the election, business didn’t stop, nor did it slow. In fact, we just seemed to get busier.
Here are some highlights:
Gail MacMillan emailed me with the news that she landed a VERY [...]

This morning I was listening to FamilyLife Today on WordFM radio. The program was exploring the issues of modern day China and its huge growth of Christianity, when one of the hosts mentioned that its a common tongue in cheek concept that Mao was one of the greatest proponents of Christianity ever. Although he had no idea [...]

Economics has of course been on everyone’s minds. In keeping with these worries, the two candidates for President have been addressing economic issues. And I, like nearly everyone else I imagine, has drawn some conclusion from the messages we’re hearing.
In brief, here is what I am hearing:
Lack of Hope: this is the Barrack Obama Message. [...]

C’mon, Obama.
How many times can you use the tired excuse of, “I didn’t know?”
You said you didn’t know Tony Rezko was into shady deals when you let him help you with your house purchase.
You said you didn’t know that the Reverend Wright was preaching something other than the Gospel despite sitting in the pew of [...]