Myths Writers Live By, But Should Abandon
There’s a great article in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers that everyone should check out. Myths We Live By, But Shouldn’t by David Galef outlines 14 myths that are such a part of the writing culture, we often just accept them as truths. But the reality is that these myths hinder our progress…
continue readingBaby Steps…
We’re tentatively stepping back into normal operations here at Slushpile. I think the servers and everything are pretty much back to normal. We’ll probably continue to take it easy for the next couple of days and be stingy with photos and graphics, just text, until we know that we can really open it up and…
continue readingWe Can Rebuild It. We Have The Technology. Better… Stronger… Faster
Remember that gnarly footage of Steve Austin’s test plane crashing? The grainy, zoomed-in footage? The junk and pieces flying everywhere? That’s what our server was like. Slushpile was in pieces, strewn all over the data center floor. Gratitude First off, I need to extend a hearty thank-you to our kind patron saint of techie matters,…
continue readingMassive Failure
Hello, All. We’ll we’re back online after a MASSIVE server failure. We’ve lost quite a bit of our content, but we’re aiming to be up and running after the holiday.
continue readingInterview: John McManus, Author
It is clear that God, or fate, or destiny, or whatever force you believe in has marked John McManus as a writer. His life is too full of serendipitous events, coincidences that defy logic, and having doors opened when he didn’t even know there was a portal there. In anyone else’s life, this would just…
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