Shelley Workinger's Blog, page 29
January 22, 2016
Please Welcome Elizabeth Isaacs, Author of The Light of Asteria
Cultures normally develop because of beliefs. Some stem from religion (like the Native Americans belief that the Earth is the one true life source given to all by the Maker) while others focus on a societal structures (such as America’s central conviction of freedom).
And so when I first started creating the world of Kailmeyra, a world without evil, I thought a great deal on how a society like that could even exist. If we assume that evil stems from hatred, it only made sense that the Alfar would need a counterbalance, which would obviously be love. I chose to expand that to include all positive emotions and intent.
For years, scientists have been studying the power of positive thoughts. That’s nothing new. But few stop to think of the power of intent.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2016/01/...
And so when I first started creating the world of Kailmeyra, a world without evil, I thought a great deal on how a society like that could even exist. If we assume that evil stems from hatred, it only made sense that the Alfar would need a counterbalance, which would obviously be love. I chose to expand that to include all positive emotions and intent.
For years, scientists have been studying the power of positive thoughts. That’s nothing new. But few stop to think of the power of intent.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2016/01/...
January 8, 2016
Please Welcome Leyla Kader Dahm, Author of Annabeth Neverending
Annabeth Prescott is a reincarnated teenager with an insatiable hunger for knowledge...and junk food.
One thing that's carried over from Annabeth's past life to the present is her sweet tooth. Perhaps because in ancient Egypt the threat of arranged marriage, forced incest, and black magic made things so very sour, she turned to cloyingly sweet foods for comfort. Princess Ana, Annabeth's former incarnation, downed fig pudding and wine cakes soddened with honey like there was no tomorrow. She probably worried there wouldn't be one.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2016/01/...
One thing that's carried over from Annabeth's past life to the present is her sweet tooth. Perhaps because in ancient Egypt the threat of arranged marriage, forced incest, and black magic made things so very sour, she turned to cloyingly sweet foods for comfort. Princess Ana, Annabeth's former incarnation, downed fig pudding and wine cakes soddened with honey like there was no tomorrow. She probably worried there wouldn't be one.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2016/01/...
January 1, 2016
Happy New Year Hungry Readers!
Happy New Year Hungry Readers!
Here's the TBR list I'm digging into in 2016:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2016/01/...
What book are you most excited to devour this year?
Here's the TBR list I'm digging into in 2016:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2016/01/...
What book are you most excited to devour this year?
December 18, 2015
FOODFIC Look at DAKOTA
Charlotte Brevik knows how to make a girl feel at home. The retired-nurse/sheriff’s wife fills Lola Wicks with chicken and dumplings swamped in peppery gravy, homemade bread, and creamy casserole of butterbeans she grew and canned herself. A hearty meal to warm a soul in a brutal climate, especially when that soul was just beaten up and left for dead in a snow-covered bar parking lot...
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/12/...
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http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/12/...
December 11, 2015
Please Welcome Laura Hile, Author of Mercy's Embrace
Lady Disdain, beware!
For beneath the surface of even the most polished Regency gentleman can lurk...Guy Table Manners.
The lady may think them unintentional, but the gentleman begs to differ!
Never mind that Admiral McGillvary wore a borrowed coat, stained and threadbare into the bargain. The lovely Miss Elliot, seated by chance at his table, did not recognize him--she thought him a clerk! Nor did she bother to hide her scorn at his scruffy appearance.
The temptation to tease her was overwhelming...
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/12/...
For beneath the surface of even the most polished Regency gentleman can lurk...Guy Table Manners.
The lady may think them unintentional, but the gentleman begs to differ!
Never mind that Admiral McGillvary wore a borrowed coat, stained and threadbare into the bargain. The lovely Miss Elliot, seated by chance at his table, did not recognize him--she thought him a clerk! Nor did she bother to hide her scorn at his scruffy appearance.
The temptation to tease her was overwhelming...
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/12/...
December 4, 2015
Please Welcome Jessica Haight & Stephanie Robinson, Authors of The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow
Well, HELLO Readers! I'm Mr. Morrow, and I'm here to reveal a few of my fun secrets. Now, my family is embarking on a great adventure, moving from Manhattan to an old Victorian in Connecticut known as The Begonia House. Our intention is to have the most enchanting bed-and-breakfast imaginable.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/12/...
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http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/12/...
November 27, 2015
Please Welcome Axel Howerton, Author of Hot Sinatra
Coffee is God. Coffee is the Life-bringer.
Coffee is the be-all-goddamn-end-all.
The Alpha and the Omega. That’s what Cole calls it.
At least, that’s how I feel. Me and ol’ Mossimo Cole. We love our beans, man.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/11/...
Coffee is the be-all-goddamn-end-all.
The Alpha and the Omega. That’s what Cole calls it.
At least, that’s how I feel. Me and ol’ Mossimo Cole. We love our beans, man.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/11/...
November 20, 2015
Please Welcome Milda Harris, Author of Adventures in Funeral Crashing
Imagine this: peanut butter, bananas, ice cream, and milk blended together to utter perfection. That's right. I'm talking about a peanut butter banana milkshake. Yum. No, actually that's not a good enough word to describe that miraculous blending of flavor. It doesn't quite do it justice. At least, that's how the heroine from my Funeral Crashing Mystery Series, Kait Lenox, feels.
That awesome concoction is her favorite treat. She calls it heaven on earth. She likes her peanut butter banana milkshake from one place particularly, a coffee shop called Wired. Even a murder mystery can't deter her from them. She is that obsessed.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/11/...
That awesome concoction is her favorite treat. She calls it heaven on earth. She likes her peanut butter banana milkshake from one place particularly, a coffee shop called Wired. Even a murder mystery can't deter her from them. She is that obsessed.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/11/...
November 13, 2015
Please Welcome Kim Hornsby, Author of The Dream Jumper's Secret
Maui Takeout and Home Cooking
I love to mention what my characters are eating in my novels. As an avid reader, I appreciate the mention of food in the storyline, especially if it gets me salivating. That’s the sign of a talented writer.
The Dream Jumper’s Secret, the second book in my Dream Jumper Series, begins on Maui in late May but the story soon goes to Carnation, Washington, a small town forty minutes east of Seattle, where May and June are customarily cool. There, meals are eaten at home, around a table, and menus are based on meat and potatoes. Both Jamey’s father and Tina’s parents have Anglo Saxon backgrounds and are over seventy-years-old, raised during a time when dinner included – meat, vegetable, starch—with little regard for cholesterol.
With the weather and the chef’s background factored in, here’s what Tina and Jamey eat in The Dream Jumper’s Secret:
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/11/...
I love to mention what my characters are eating in my novels. As an avid reader, I appreciate the mention of food in the storyline, especially if it gets me salivating. That’s the sign of a talented writer.
The Dream Jumper’s Secret, the second book in my Dream Jumper Series, begins on Maui in late May but the story soon goes to Carnation, Washington, a small town forty minutes east of Seattle, where May and June are customarily cool. There, meals are eaten at home, around a table, and menus are based on meat and potatoes. Both Jamey’s father and Tina’s parents have Anglo Saxon backgrounds and are over seventy-years-old, raised during a time when dinner included – meat, vegetable, starch—with little regard for cholesterol.
With the weather and the chef’s background factored in, here’s what Tina and Jamey eat in The Dream Jumper’s Secret:
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/11/...
November 6, 2015
Please Welcome Peter Golden, Author of Wherever There is Light
Here’s the truth, and I rarely share it with anyone. I’m one of those people who gains weight if he looks in a bakery window. I’ve been known to stare longingly at a carrot cake or pecan pie, then go home and try on a new suit, only to discover that, amazingly, the pants are now too tight in the waist.
How does this happen? I don’t know, but it’s been going on since childhood, and the result is that I’m on an eternal diet.
Except when I write—
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/10/...
How does this happen? I don’t know, but it’s been going on since childhood, and the result is that I’m on an eternal diet.
Except when I write—
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2015/10/...
