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September 16, 2014
BLUE MOON VEGAN
It's official! The release date for BLUE MOON VEGAN, the follow-up recipe book to BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN, will be released Dec. 9 from Booktrope!
August 26, 2014
The Ups of Authoring
Well, it's that time. BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN has been out long enough that the one and two star reviews have started showing up. The argument? Marketing folks decided to subtitle it with the words "plant-based" when the recipes in the book are actually vegetarian, and in the world of vegan/vegetarian, apparently if you say plant-based, there'd better not be a carton of milk, an egg, or a block of cheese in the picture.
In our defense, BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN was about our learning tree. It was about getting from point A to point B. From omnivore to vegan. The invention of recipes was part of the journey, and I still advocate that successful diet change is more likely if you go vegetarian first, then vegan.
What's a writer to do?
I prefer to focus on the folks who did understand that the book was a story about two people trying to figure out how to get along. It's a love story that just happens to include a few recipes that I consider to be odd poems themselves. It's about taking big leaps. It's about surviving. It's about not letting the small stuff get you down.
Fortunately for me, my next book, a real cookbook called BLUE MOON VEGAN is truly all plant-based. Any time a book is released, I always wonder what folks will find to niggle about. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.
In our defense, BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN was about our learning tree. It was about getting from point A to point B. From omnivore to vegan. The invention of recipes was part of the journey, and I still advocate that successful diet change is more likely if you go vegetarian first, then vegan.
What's a writer to do?
I prefer to focus on the folks who did understand that the book was a story about two people trying to figure out how to get along. It's a love story that just happens to include a few recipes that I consider to be odd poems themselves. It's about taking big leaps. It's about surviving. It's about not letting the small stuff get you down.
Fortunately for me, my next book, a real cookbook called BLUE MOON VEGAN is truly all plant-based. Any time a book is released, I always wonder what folks will find to niggle about. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.
July 3, 2014
BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN featured
BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN is being featured on Wattpad, a website that allows you to read content free.
Check it out!
http://www.wattpad.com/featured
Check it out!
http://www.wattpad.com/featured
April 25, 2014
April 9, 2014
The Way In
I figured it was time for an update on my plan to "Do Less" this year. I'm happy to say it's working. I am sitting less. I am wishing for less. I am procrastinating less. I am expecting less of others. I am skipping chakra poses less--a thing I swear works like morphine on psychic pain, not that I have any left at this stage of life. I am worrying less. I am interrupting other people when they talk less (an awful, lifetime habit of mine--because I'm just so fascinated by what I have to say). I'm remembering the bad times less. Leaving my environment in disarray less. Putting off tasks like paying bills less. Berating myself for not being perfect less.
So far, it's been a great year.
So far, it's been a great year.
January 4, 2014
New Year/New Mindset
I recently read that it takes 66 days to establish a new habit--in other words, doing something over and over enough times that you have changed your brain's neuro-pathways to the point that the new activity becomes something you do without thinking about it.
I have no new habits I'm trying to take up, but I have a few I'm trying to let go of, like not exercising enough, still eating too much, not spending enough time focused on myself.
Giving up old habits takes the same amount of time, only the process is in reverse: you have to let established neuro-pathways atrophy.
So it is that I am four days in to giving up some of those old ways. I'll check back in in 62 days to let you know how it's going.
I have no new habits I'm trying to take up, but I have a few I'm trying to let go of, like not exercising enough, still eating too much, not spending enough time focused on myself.
Giving up old habits takes the same amount of time, only the process is in reverse: you have to let established neuro-pathways atrophy.
So it is that I am four days in to giving up some of those old ways. I'll check back in in 62 days to let you know how it's going.
December 2, 2013
GIVEAWAY UPDATE
So grateful for the 987 wonderful people who expressed interest in the copies of BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN being given away and the hand-printed recipe cards.
The 2 winners have been chosen, but we still have other fun stuff up our sleeves!
Please travel to my website to learn about other giveaway features for fans of BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN!
http://www.paulamariecoomer.com/caram...
Also, ebook versions of my other books are 99 cents on Amazon right now. Thanks for checking me out!
The 2 winners have been chosen, but we still have other fun stuff up our sleeves!
Please travel to my website to learn about other giveaway features for fans of BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN!
http://www.paulamariecoomer.com/caram...
Also, ebook versions of my other books are 99 cents on Amazon right now. Thanks for checking me out!
November 25, 2013
DOVE CREEK FREE
My novel DOVE CREEK is free right now on I-tunes until Dec. 25.
November 21, 2013
BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN LAUNCH
BLUE MOON VEGETARIAN is now available for purchase from your favorite bookstore or book supplier. Check out my website for photos! www.paulamariecoomer.com
