The Slush Pile Flood

It seems to be the issue that won’t go away. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of new titles are being uploaded to Amazon every day. Books and shorts that never would have seen the light of day under the ‘old regime’ can now be tossed up on the web, virtually for free, by anyone who thinks they’re the next Mark Twain. Just […]

My Rush Limbaugh Moment

Okay, so I have a confession to make: I used to be an avid Rush Limbaugh listener. Yeah I know, right? Don’t hate me. In my defense I have to say that it was very early in his career on the national stage, and to this day some—and I repeat some—of what he said in those earlier years still makes sense […]