Shelley Workinger's Blog, page 19

Please Welcome Karen Ann Hopkins, Author of EMBERS

There are descendants of angels walking among us. Ember is one of them.

Embers is an epic paranormal adventure/romance about a girl who discovers that she’s immune to fire and any other injury when she’s in a horrific car crash that kills her parents. Following a violent episode with her aunt’s boyfriend, Ember flees Ohio to live with an old relative in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Ember’s exuberance at escaping a bad home life soon turns to trepidation when she learns that she’s a Watcher, a descendant of angels.


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Please Welcome Connie Hambley, Author of The Charity

Food and the Art of Cooking Up Characters

All Irish are born with a love of a cuppa. Right? The deep rosy tones of Irish Breakfast tea are supposed to give respite in a hectic day and provide a moment of clarity where all ills can be cured and all problems solved.

Yeah, right. Guess again.

The “Irish Love Tea” is a broadly held stereotype many readers hold. Turning an assumption upside down allows me to surprise a reader and have some fun in the process. 

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7-Year Blogiversary!

Year 7 was a lucky one for me, as so many terrific authors stopped by to share their food for thought:

Jeffrey Beesler – Speed Demons
Speed Demons
Eldritch Black – The Book of Kindly Deaths
The Book of Kindly Deaths
Jenn Brink – Silver Bells
Silver Bells
Carole Brown – The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman
The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman
Peggy Chambers – The Apocalypse Sucks
The Apocalypse Sucks
Jeff Chapman – The Black Blade
The Black Blade: A Huckster Novel
Debra Chapoton – Sheltered
Sheltered
Caroline Clemmons – The Texan's Irish Bride
The Texan's Irish Bride
April Michelle Davis – A Princess in Disguise
A Princess in Disguise
Steve DeWinter – Forgotten Girl
Forgotten Girl: Season One - Episode 1
Brittany Hawes – Wicked
Wicked
Cathryn Hein – The Country Girl
The Country Girl
David Hogan – The Last Island
The Last Island
Holly Jacobs – Steamed
Steamed
Jessica Knauss – Awash in Talent
Awash in Talent
Deborah Lawrenson – The Lantern
The Lantern
John Mefford – IN Doubt
IN Doubt
Assaph Mehr – Murder in Absentia
Murder In Absentia
A.G. Moye – Cronicles of the Marauder
Chronicles of the Marauder
Luke Murphy – Wild Card
Wild Card
Patricia Obermeier Neuman & Rosalind Burgess – Lethal Property
Lethal Property
D.H. Nevins – Wormwood
Wormwood
Cory Putman Oakes – Witchtown
Witchtown
Laurence O'Bryan – The Cairo Puzzle
The Cairo Puzzle
Jean Knight Pace & Jacob Kennedy – Grey Lore
Grey Lore
Stephen Penner – A Lack of Motive
A Lack of Motive: David Brunelle Legal Thriller #8
Tony Piazza – Murder is Such Sweet Revenge
Murder is Such Sweet Revenge
Jodie Pierce – Vampire of Brazil
Vampire of Brazil
Rachel Rawlings – The Morrigna
The Morrigna
Juli D. Revezzo – House of Dark Envy
House of Dark Envy
Tony Riches – The Tudor Trilogy
Henry - Book Three of the Tudor Trilogy
Holly Robinson – Folly Cove
Folly Cove
Patricia Sands – Drawing Lessons
Drawing Lessons
Dina Santorelli – Baby Grand
Baby Grand
Jack Scott – Perking the Pansies
Perking the Pansies - Jack and Liam move to Turkey
Deborah Shilan & Linda Reid – Dead Air
Dead Air
Tricia Shiu – Please Hold
Please Hold: With Foreword by Hulu CEO, Mike Hopkins
Ellis Shuman – The Burgas Affair
The Burgas Affair

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Please Welcome David Hogan, Author of The Last Island

Modern Greeks start discussing dinner after the first bite of lunch and start discussing the next day’s lunch at dinner. For the unwitting visitor or in-law, like myself, there is a single escape from this circle of culinary obsession: breakfast. In the morning, you’ll find yourself on your own, consuming some undiscussed but tasty yogurt, granola or figs.

This preoccupation with food separates modern Greeks from their ancient counterparts -- by very little. The works of classical Greece are teeming with meals, menus, and recipes. Here’s Antiphanes (408-334 B.C.) on how to prepare some choice dishes:


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Please Welcome Brittany Hawes, Author of WICKED

In the land of Esperance lived a Cursed Three:
A princess, a misfit, and Death’s small prodigy.

Though some have perished in this cherished land,
Awaiting final judgment, the Three are forced to stand.
Yet Esperance’s gnarled and withering hands
Still shall welcome you within...


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Please Welcome Holly Jacobs, Author of STEAMED

Thanks so much for the invitation, Shelley!  I always love talking about books…and food!

I once had an editor tell me that my characters spent too much time eating.  As someone who enjoys cooking—and eating—I told her I didn’t think that was possible. 

Every book I write is a bit autobiographical.  I might not ever have run away from the world like my heroine in Just One Thing, but I have experienced loss.  I might not have ever given a child up for adoption like Pip in Carry Her Heart and Hold Her Heart, but I have discovered family I’d never met.  And I have never accidentally cleaned a murder scene, like Quincy in my Maid in LA Mysteries series (Steamed, Dusted, Spruced Up, Swept Up and this summer’s 5th book, Polished Off), but I do relate to her love of food.  And while I enjoy cooking, like Quincy I love having other people cook for me. 

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Please Welcome Cathryn Hein, Author of The Country Girl

Have you ever fallen down the rabbit hole that is food blogging on the internet? It’s a marvellous place, filled with stunning pictures of mouth-watering recipes, and clever people creating new dishes or adding interesting twists to old favourites, who usually have much tidier kitchens than mine.

The heroine of my latest release The Country Girl is one of these people, but Tash is a born and bred Australian farm lass. She doesn’t go in for over-styled food or ingredients no one has ever heard of. Her recipes are wholesome and hearty, and loaded with comfort. Which is just as well, because The Country Girl’s hero Patrick is a man loaded with heartache. He needs every ounce of comfort she can give, and give is what Tash does.

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Please Welcome Steve DeWinter, Author of Forgotten Girl

I want each of you to take a deep breath and savor it. The atmosphere inside this gondola is the last breath of free air you will ever taste.

As soon as this airship departs the station you will never set foot on civilized land again, not that any of you deserve it.

There are two indisputable facts about the Outcast Zone. Number one, it is the most inhospitable place you will ever visit. And number two, it will be the place where you will die.

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Please Welcome Ellis Shuman, Author of The Burgas Affair

When Detective Boyko Stanchev of the Bulgarian State Agency for National Security sits down for lunch at a roadside cafe, he is furious that his partner is an inexperienced data analyst from Israel. Ayala Navon has just flown in from Tel Aviv to join the investigation of a bombing at Burgas Airport which took the lives of five Israelis and their Bulgarian bus driver. Ayala has never previously been to Bulgaria and Boyko feels she will interfere with his work on the case.

The waiter brings their lunch:

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Please Welcome Tony Piazza, Author of Murder is Such Sweet Revenge

Dining with Tom Logan, Hollywood’s Premier Private Investigator

They say an army marches on its stomach. The same could be said about a private detective, especially during these hard times ushered in by the Great Depression. The 1930s was not the best era to be out of work. However, that was exactly my situation after being cashiered out of the Los Angeles Police Department on a trumped-up charge of police brutality. Nevertheless, with some help I was able to get my own private investigation business going in Hollywood, but not without sacrifices.  Times were lean, and I had to cut corners where I can, and that included my meals.

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