Karin Kallmaker's Blog
December 23, 2009
December 18, 2009
The next article on the Lessons from Bella's Manuscripts blog is up: "Storytelling is not Telling, It's Showing."
December 7, 2009
December 4, 2009
My favorite gourmet chocolates are those made with Callebaut. And my favorite truffles are Moonstruck. Edible whimsy. So delicious, so fun.But let's face it, 2009 has sucked economically, and as much as we may love the good women in our life, our wallets might go ouch. I've had a couple of questions on what I think are good chocolates that are generally available without having to go to mail order.
First, look up a chocolatier in your town. It'll still be pricey but no shipping and you'd be su...
December 2, 2009
The amount of technological advance since I've been able to spell technological is huge, even though it's dwarfed by the kind of change my grandparents knew in their lifetimes. Still, I learned to type on a manual typewriter, learned accounting in the manual double-entry world and remember our family phone number from when I was four: "ivy-three" 2863. For a very long time, it was the only number I needed to know.I remember when onion skin and carbon paper died and Post-Its and bar codes came...
November 30, 2009
The first article on the new Lessons from Bella's Manuscripts blog is up, dealing with use of Present Tense.
November 29, 2009
November 18, 2009
Update: Since I've received several email requests this week for "that turkey brine thing" I thought I'd repost this April 2008 entry with the recipe.
No doubt others before me have used this fowl pun, and why you may ask am I writing about turkey in April when Thanksgiving is six months away? There's a turkey sitting on my back fence, that's why.
The flock of turkeys that live in the canyon below our house is growing, probably over 25 birds now, including two toms that fan out impressive...
No doubt others before me have used this fowl pun, and why you may ask am I writing about turkey in April when Thanksgiving is six months away? There's a turkey sitting on my back fence, that's why.
The flock of turkeys that live in the canyon below our house is growing, probably over 25 birds now, including two toms that fan out impressive...
November 16, 2009
Today's the day! Stepping Stone is releasing from Bella Books and is on its way to readers everywhere. I know some of you are on pins and needles, so here's the first sixteen pages or so, opening with an online entry from BUZZTASTIC...a secondary "character" readers will know very well before it's all over.
Stepping Stone is available at BellaBooks.com and other retailers. Exclusively in eBook from Bella. Until December 25, anyone who orders from Bella will also receive a PDF with two short st...
November 13, 2009
My very first book was published in 1989. That's right -- twenty years ago. In the last century. It could make a person feel old. But I feel grateful. So before I forget, anyone who places an order at BellaBooks.com between now and December 25 will automatically get an email explaining how to download a pdf with two short stories in it. Both stories were previously released, but a lo-o-o-ong time ago, and when they were published nobody knew that I wrote them. So please everyone enjoy Shootin...
