Filthy Lucre
Aspiring authors frequently devote so much time to pursuing goal of being published. But from a financial standpoint, what does that really mean? The news headlines are full of huge book deals, like the $2.2 million Little, Brown gave to first-time novelist Elizabeth Kostova for The Historian. That kind of advance is often the only…
continue readingMining Tragedy
Unfortunately, it seems the situation with the trapped miners in Tallmansville, WV has turned out horribly. When I went to bed last night, there had been one body found in the Sago Mine, but hope remained for the others. This morning, the news is that 12 of the 13 men were found dead. Evidently, at some…
continue readingThe Fusion of Guitars and Literature
An extremely hip fiction expert turned me on to the amazing fiction of R.M. Berry. I posted a bit about his short story Metempsychosis over at Distortion That Rocks. This guy writes a guitar story that has the technical pyrotechnics of Steve Vai while still retaining the soul of a old D’Angelico archtop so be…
continue readingOpen Letter to Santa
I know, I know… it’s a bit late to be printing letters addressed to Santa Claus. But I was visiting relatives over the holidays and they don’t have internet access. They also don’t know how to change the alarm clocks (I have to make a housecall whenever the time changes) and they don’t trust…
continue readingHoliday Catch-Up
I hope everyone had a great holiday season and that you’ve had enough time to recover from your revelry. The Year 2006 is already here and we’re looking forward to a great new year at Slushpile. Thanks to everyone for reading these past six months or so and if there is anything you want us to…
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