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Paula Ann Lujan Quinene

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Satisfying Your Guam Recipe Cravings Since 2006

Paula Quinene was born and raised on Guam. She graduated from the University of Oregon in 1997 with a bachelor's of science in Exercise and Movement Science, hoping to return to the island as an anatomy teacher. A resident of North Carolina since 2000, Paula's homesickness or "mahalangness" have resulted in her Guam cookbooks, A Taste of Guam and Remember Guam, her Guam romance novels, Conquered and Stormed, She is a pastry-chef-at-heart, thus Macarons Math, Science, and Art, was a pure pleasure to write. Quinene is currently working on the sequel to Conquered. You don't want to miss this contemporary romance set in Guam's more recent history! Paula's home on the web is www.paulaq.com.

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A Taste of Guam (PaulaQ Coo...

4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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Conquered: A WWII Erotic Hi...

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New Guam Romance Book - The End - March 29, 2020

Well, hot dog! Cool beans! The top image is for my new Guam romance novel, STORMED . The bottom image is from CONQUERED , the Guam romance novel I finished in 2016. In making this collage, I just noticed that I have ended both of my novels on Chapter 37 -- how coinky dink is that?

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Paula Quinene THE FIRST SEX SCENE IN MY GUAM WWII ROMANCE NOVEL - Sept. 24, 2014

I DID IT! Finally, I wrote THAT scene. It's the first scene where my characters have sex...after all, it is a romance book. According to one of my romance writing references, it is the "1st Love Scene" and the "Mid-point" of the book. But it's not really quite the middle.

I have to confess though, when I started the book back in 2006, I started in the middle and worked outward...it happened to be a sex scene. I just might keep that original love scene for later in the novel.

The key to a romance novel is that the focus of the book must be on the development of the romance between the two main characters...and that it must be a happy-ever-after ending. That said, I love that I can use Guam and WWII as the backdrop for this love story. Of course, the goal of writing this book is to share with the world our culture and Guam's plight in WWII...and how that war has affected us to this day.

At this point, a few internal conflicts have been addressed/overcome, and the war on Guam has ended. There are a several months where my main male character's Army unit....

Here's the link to the full update:
http://guamromancenovel.blogspot.com/...


message 4: by Paula

Paula Quinene JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS REVIEW ON AMAZON:

By rathwulf
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
If that is the case this ebook is for you. It is a concise study of what went wrong with about 30 experiments detailed with reviews of what happened. She also mentions the addition of a secret ingredient that helps absorb moisture from the shell. Which can also help you with your quest of the perfect macaron. This book is technique and knowledge intensive if you like a more studied and focused treatise on macaron making this book is for you.


message 3: by Paula

Paula Quinene My #10 YouTube video for May is my secret to filling a cake decorating bag....a rarely used, but oh so useful technique:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rI-kx...


message 2: by Paula

Paula Quinene My #5 YouTube video for May: The Ultimate French Macaron Recipe using French Meringue - more macaron details in my book, Macarsons Math, Science, and Art.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZOoCO...


message 1: by Paula

Paula Quinene My #1 YouTube video for May: Poto - the recipe is in my book, Remember Guam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lndL9g...


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