Shelley Workinger's Blog, page 11
April 24, 2020
Please Welcome Jessica Winters Mireles, Author of Lost in Oaxaca
My mother was a terrible cook. It didn’t help that my father lacked an adventurous palette—to be honest, the only food he ever really enjoyed was the olive in his martini glass. She had a repertoire of about six meals that included spaghetti, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, sautéed chicken thighs, overcooked steak and fried ham with mushy scalloped potatoes. Once in a while, she would make her rendition of tacos—greasy tortilla shells stuffed with salty ground beef, iceberg lettuce and a splash of Tabasco.
My gastronomic life changed dramatically when I was a senior at USC, and I met my future husband—an indigenous man from Oaxaca, Mexico. Talk about food shock! Out the frying pan went my usual fare of mac and cheese, patty melts and hamburgers. In came carne asada, fresh avocado and cilantro, roasted chile pasilla salsa and handmade corn tortillas. For the first time in my life, I was introduced to a whole new world of flavor and heat.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/04...
My gastronomic life changed dramatically when I was a senior at USC, and I met my future husband—an indigenous man from Oaxaca, Mexico. Talk about food shock! Out the frying pan went my usual fare of mac and cheese, patty melts and hamburgers. In came carne asada, fresh avocado and cilantro, roasted chile pasilla salsa and handmade corn tortillas. For the first time in my life, I was introduced to a whole new world of flavor and heat.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/04...
April 10, 2020
Please Welcome Linda Bradley, Author of Maggie's Way
Food is a natural prop for this writer. It sets the scene. It elicits emotion. It’s the remedy for a broken heart. It’s a celebration, a bandage, and a vehicle to connect characters.
In Maggie’s Way, second grade teacher Maggie Abernathy spends a lot of time with pesky, seven-year-old Chloe McIntyre. They bicker. They bond, and yes, there’s food involved. When Maggie and Chloe bang heads and Maggie needs stitches, why wouldn’t there be Triscuit crackers involved? They have sharp edges! When the girls commiserate, Maggie’s got the pizza man’s number on speed dial. And after a tough day, who doesn’t want Rocky Road ice cream?
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/04...
In Maggie’s Way, second grade teacher Maggie Abernathy spends a lot of time with pesky, seven-year-old Chloe McIntyre. They bicker. They bond, and yes, there’s food involved. When Maggie and Chloe bang heads and Maggie needs stitches, why wouldn’t there be Triscuit crackers involved? They have sharp edges! When the girls commiserate, Maggie’s got the pizza man’s number on speed dial. And after a tough day, who doesn’t want Rocky Road ice cream?
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/04...
March 27, 2020
Please Welcome Teyla Branton, Author of the Unbounded Series
On the day I set foot on the path to immortality . . .
One minute Erin Radkey was in a burn unit without possibility of recovery and the next she awakes in a coffin covered with a gelatinous substance, her body perfectly healed. You might ask: Is this some remake of a vampire series?
The answer would be no. Erin has joined the ranks of Unbounded, nearly immortal beings whose quick regeneration is aided by the fact that they can absorb nutrients through their pores instead of having to ingest food. They can process organic matter and food molecules from the air without even thinking about it. Better yet, their bodies absorb only what they need.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/03...
One minute Erin Radkey was in a burn unit without possibility of recovery and the next she awakes in a coffin covered with a gelatinous substance, her body perfectly healed. You might ask: Is this some remake of a vampire series?
The answer would be no. Erin has joined the ranks of Unbounded, nearly immortal beings whose quick regeneration is aided by the fact that they can absorb nutrients through their pores instead of having to ingest food. They can process organic matter and food molecules from the air without even thinking about it. Better yet, their bodies absorb only what they need.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/03...
March 20, 2020
Please Welcome L.M. Bryski, Author of Blood Chill
‘Would you like a coffee?’ Sonny asks Dr. Bhaima in Blood Chill as they sit to discuss a case.
How many conversations begin with an offer of a drink? Innumerable.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/03...
How many conversations begin with an offer of a drink? Innumerable.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/03...
March 13, 2020
Please Welcome Yvette Calleiro, Author of The One Discovered
Every writer pulls from his/her experiences and/or imagination to create stories. Depending on the genre, the percentage of each varies. As an author of the young adult paranormal series, Chronicles of the Diasodz, I pulled strongly on both.
My characters are Diasodz (DIE-uh-sodz). They are beings that spend their first 18 years as humans. Then, after a transition (of sorts 😉 ), they transform into Diasodz. Some of them inherit powers and tattoos that allow them to call upon a weapon. All of them live longer lives and can move between two worlds. Their purpose is to heal and protect humans, though most of them abandoned their purpose centuries ago.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/03...
My characters are Diasodz (DIE-uh-sodz). They are beings that spend their first 18 years as humans. Then, after a transition (of sorts 😉 ), they transform into Diasodz. Some of them inherit powers and tattoos that allow them to call upon a weapon. All of them live longer lives and can move between two worlds. Their purpose is to heal and protect humans, though most of them abandoned their purpose centuries ago.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/03...
March 6, 2020
Please Welcome Angela Silverthorne, Author of Cries of Mercy
Bring It All To The Table
These words rang true all my life. Coming to the table was an event.
I grew up in Georgia with an Irish grandmother and a Cajun grandfather. I could leave the blogpost here and many of you would laugh wholeheartedly. Each grandparent full of fire and stubbornness.
But at the table, all was laid aside except enjoying the tempting food – Southern fare and Cajun heat. I would salivate all day as spices and herbs filled the house and overflowed past the open windows to the swing set.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/03...
These words rang true all my life. Coming to the table was an event.
I grew up in Georgia with an Irish grandmother and a Cajun grandfather. I could leave the blogpost here and many of you would laugh wholeheartedly. Each grandparent full of fire and stubbornness.
But at the table, all was laid aside except enjoying the tempting food – Southern fare and Cajun heat. I would salivate all day as spices and herbs filled the house and overflowed past the open windows to the swing set.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/03...
February 28, 2020
Please Welcome Eichin Chang-Lim, Author of The LoveLock
As a prelude, let's define the meaning of "food" for this particular post.
Food is anything, and everything that you input into the opening cavity in the lower part of your face, that travels through the long tube of the esophagus, and that reaches the pouch in your tummy called the stomach!
Please remember that nutritional value is not a concern here.
**
So, the story began with Dylan saying, "Hey, Cheetos," calling her by the nickname that always made her toes curl.
Cheetos?
Why does Dylan fondly call Violet "Cheetos"?
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/02...
Food is anything, and everything that you input into the opening cavity in the lower part of your face, that travels through the long tube of the esophagus, and that reaches the pouch in your tummy called the stomach!
Please remember that nutritional value is not a concern here.
**
So, the story began with Dylan saying, "Hey, Cheetos," calling her by the nickname that always made her toes curl.
Cheetos?
Why does Dylan fondly call Violet "Cheetos"?
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/02...
February 21, 2020
Please Welcome Lisa Black, Author of That Darkness
Forensic specialist Maggie Gardiner and homicide detective Jack Renner don’t eat much, because unlike me, they have nice, fit, svelte figures. Unlike me, they are able to resist ice cream, chocolate in any form, and Fritos. Unlike me, they are too busy with work…some might say obsessed…to pay much attention to what they eat or would like to eat. Very unlike me.
But food plays a significant role in their first outing, That Darkness. It begins as Maggie examines an unidentified female in her early teens, discovered in a local cemetery. More shocking than the girl’s injuries—for Maggie at least—is the fact that no one has reported her missing. She and the detectives assigned to the case (including her cop ex-husband) are determined to follow every lead, run down every scrap of evidence. But what Maggie finds will challenge everything she believes about justice, morality, and the true nature of evil.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/02...
But food plays a significant role in their first outing, That Darkness. It begins as Maggie examines an unidentified female in her early teens, discovered in a local cemetery. More shocking than the girl’s injuries—for Maggie at least—is the fact that no one has reported her missing. She and the detectives assigned to the case (including her cop ex-husband) are determined to follow every lead, run down every scrap of evidence. But what Maggie finds will challenge everything she believes about justice, morality, and the true nature of evil.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/02...
February 7, 2020
Please Welcome Jeri Cafesin, Author of Disconnected
Ever had a blind date?
While women are worried the guy is a psycho-killer, most guys are worried the woman will be fat.
I’ve always had a…complicated relationship with food. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, when heroin addict thin was trending chic. My mother’s favorite actress was Audrey Hepburn, because she was, “So beautiful and thin!” The perfect woman when I was a kid had a 36” chest, a 24” waist, and a 34” hips. A 24” waist is a size 2, in women’s clothing. How many women do you know who wear a size 2? Not me!
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/02...
While women are worried the guy is a psycho-killer, most guys are worried the woman will be fat.
I’ve always had a…complicated relationship with food. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, when heroin addict thin was trending chic. My mother’s favorite actress was Audrey Hepburn, because she was, “So beautiful and thin!” The perfect woman when I was a kid had a 36” chest, a 24” waist, and a 34” hips. A 24” waist is a size 2, in women’s clothing. How many women do you know who wear a size 2? Not me!
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/02...
January 31, 2020
Please Welcome Elizabeth Blake, Author of Pride, Prejudice & Poison
My Jane Austen Society cozy mysteries are set in Yorkshire, England. Erin Coleridge and her best friend Farnsworth Appleby are British, as are most of the other characters in Pride, Prejudice and Poison. So they’re all eating English food.
British food was a joke when I was growing up in Ohio – think bland, overcooked vegetables, stodgy meat pies and gloppy, tasteless puddings. By the time I was twelve, I had memorized the famous Monty Python sketch about spam.
No. No, no, no. That is not the Britain I know.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/01...
British food was a joke when I was growing up in Ohio – think bland, overcooked vegetables, stodgy meat pies and gloppy, tasteless puddings. By the time I was twelve, I had memorized the famous Monty Python sketch about spam.
No. No, no, no. That is not the Britain I know.
More:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2020/01...
