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Shirred Eggs and First Drafts

2010 kicked off with a bang. Well, not really because we fell asleep before we could do any fireworks, but the minute I woke up I was back to work on book four. It's nearing completion but the truth is it will continue to be a work in progress until the book comes back from the printers. Until then, there will be many more revisions, copy edits, layering, texturing, subtle plot revisions, and so on.

Farm fresh eggs from a neighbor.

Which brings me to shirred eggs.

Now, some of you may be...

Got Friendship Bread?

If you're following me on Facebook, chances are you've been hit—more than a few times—with images and posts from my new Facebook page, Friendship Bread Kitchen. Friendship Bread Kitchen is my new virtual kitchen, but unlike Café World (an addictive Facebook application that lets you run a restaurant and cook lots of fun things and put your friends to work for you), I experiment with recipes in my real kitchen on the Big Island of Hawaii. While food, family and friendship are important themes ...

Wanting is a Very Good Thing

2010. I have been waiting for this year to come for reasons I cannot explain. I actually started writing it on checks last year. I have photos that I've dated 2010 when it was 2009. I'd say it even trumps 2020 for me, a year that I'm sure will get lots of media coverage and attention with people making all sorts of predictions and resolutions, end-of-the-world kind of drama and the like. But it just doesn't do much for me. 2010, on the other hand, is my year, baby.

I have no explanation as to ...

Visualizing 2010: Crafting Your Future

You've probably heard about vision boards. Basically it's crafting your future — literally and figuratively. It got a lot of press when The Secret was out a few years ago, and Oprah even partnered with Getty Images to create an O Dream Board desktop application so people could make vision boards without ever have to leave their computer.

I'm a fan of doing it the old fashioned way — grabbing a bunch of old magazines, scissors and glue, then finding a piece of sturdy cardboard or card stock (I ...

Ode to Happy Endings

I read a lot. It doesn't matter if the kids are screaming or a deadline is looming, I have to read. Fiction, nonfiction, all books call to me but at the end of the day I gravitate towards books with those gosh darn happy endings.

I'm not talking about fluffy or cotton-candy-pink kind of happy (though I've read some of those, too). I'm talking about books with a hero or heroine we find ourselves rooting for, watching in both horror and fascination as they navigate the unwieldy circumstances...

Talk Radio, Booklist, and TABLE MANNERS in the National Examiner!

I had a really wonderful radio interview today with Nancy Wiegman of "Nancy's Bookshelf" on KCHO Public Radio. We talked about TABLE MANNERS (of course!) and chatted about Deidre, my main character, her very sweet boyfriend Kevin Johnson, and Marla Banks, her on (and off) camera nemesis. The interview will air next Saturday, August 15, at 4:30 pm PST on http://www.kcho.org/listen/listen.asp. The show runs for half an hour and airs right before "All Things Considered." Nancy was wonderful and I g

TABLE MANNERS in Bookstores TODAY!

The dining room is a theater … the table is a stage.

Chatillon-Plessis

What a perfect quote to announce the official release of TABLE MANNERS, my third novel published by Berkley Books/Penguin USA! Today is the day, and I'm thrilled to be in sunny northern California for its release.

I have a contest going on in celebration: I am giving away a signed copy of each of my books (that's THREE books, signed to you or a friend), a special edition ceramic GOOD THINGS wall/desk plaque that says "Live Simpl

Almost There …

We're only a few days away from the official release of TABLE MANNERS and I gotta tell you—I can't wait!

I'm in rural Washington right now, looking at the gorgeous lakes and trees and mountain that inspired GOOD THINGS and its sequel. The trip from Hawaii to Washington was … well, let's just say that I had my hands full with three kids, bags, car seats, diapers, snacks, DVD player, ID, and stickers. My three year old spilled apple juice all over him an hour into the first five hour leg of the fli

Good Things in the Mail…

Or the sequel to Good Things, to be exact! (Which, by the way, is on sale at Amazon.com this week for less than $5!)

My publisher, Berkley/Penguin, just sent me an early copy of Table Manners. I love getting packages but of course this was especially exciting. I've been working on the book for over a year and have been looking at the cover art for what feels like forever, and yet it's still incredible to actually see the real thing in front of me. Expect to see another post like this when I actua

First Review for Table Manners: Four Stars, Romantic Times

Here we go, the first review for Table Manners:

"In this the follow-up to Good Things, Deidre McIntosh must figure out the right ingredients to make the recipe for her life work. As she does this, King provides a feast for the imagination, since much of the plot revolves around food. There's no real doubt that this will end with a happily ever after, but the reader will enjoy getting there. There's a treat at the end, where several mouthwatering recipes await."

Sandra Garcia-Myers, Romantic Times