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Weekly Goals #10

Last week was busy. My brain is dead, my back aches from sitting hunched over the computer, and every other word I type I think of at least 3 synonyms for. The hazards of editing stories.


Last week I managed to completely 100% (I think...hope...am pretty certain) Dark Inheritance, the alternate reality Regency England story I'm doing under my alter ego K. Reed. Sexy, dark, and action packed, all it lacks is zombies. Whic I did on purpose.


This week looks to be equally swamped:

Edit The Escape...

New cover

I love all my Regency Ménage Tale covers. They're very thematic but more they're just plain lovely. My cover for Covet: A Regency Ménage Tale is just as wonderful. I don't have a release date yet, I haven't even finished edits for the story. But I'll be sure to post it when I do!


The truest torment is wanting something you know you can never have. Charlotte Tremaine knew this feeling all too well. She covets the freedom to do as she pleases, but has never let herself dream of being with the m...

Guest D.C. McMillen

Apparently, I Get Around

I love to travel.

Okay, that is a bit of an understatement. Let' just say I am insanely passionate about visiting other areas – any area of the world. You could offer to drop me off in the middle of a landmine infested war zone and I would probably be on board. In my mind, any travel experience, even the terrible ones (and there have been a few) are something to be cherished. You just can't beat walking other people's paths to learn how they live.

As I just alluded, I h...

Friday Recipe: Churros

I LOVE churrors! It's the fried sugary taste of them. But I've never made them myself until now. Sure, it's not as easy as buying them someplace but it's not as difficult as I expected. And it's darn tastes!

Prep Time:
10 Min Cook Time:
10 Min Ready In:
20 Min

Ingredients 1 cup water 2 1/2...

Guest: Toni Sands

It's great to be guesting on Kristabel's blog and meeting readers who enjoy reading about past times. Dipping into different eras is something that's happened fairly recently in my erotic romance writing. But whichever time I'm writing in, the romantic theme and the happy ever after ending is vital to me.

It's great to have you, Toni! Historical erotica is not as popular as I think it should be.

Journeying back in time to introduce characters to readers is testing for an author. It's going to ...

Downton Abbey

Well the season 2 or Series 2 finale of Downton Abbey has aired here in the US (last week but still) and Mary and Matthew have found their way to each other. It has been quite a circuitous route for them but there it is the happy ever after – at least for the moment.

I must applaud the writers of Downton for not making Lavinia the 'evil' fiancée. She was a perfectly lovely, suitable mate for Matthew. Sir Richard Carlisle was more along the lines of the unsuitable mate for Mary but even...

Weekly Goal #9

Last week I worked on something different. Oh, I played around with The Escape, I'm to the point where I need to finish that story before anything else. And, too, The Masque looks pretty lonely under the Hellfire Erotique section.

But I also did a few other things. Baked chocolate chip cookies (the recipe off the Toll House bag where they don't tell you that sure, each tray may take 9 minutes to bake but when was the last time you had only 1 tray of cookies waiting for the oven?)

Cleaned house-...

Friday Recipe: Potato Dumplings with Bacon and Onions

Potatoes and bacon. What's not to love?

Prep Time:30 Min
Cook Time:40 Min
Ready In:1 Hr 10 Min


Ingredients
2 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 large eggs
Flour
1/4 pound bacon, chopped
1/2 large onion, chopped


Directions
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boil.


Place potatoes in food processor, and pulse until finely chopped. Add eggs, and pulse a few times to combine. Pour mixture into a large bowl. Mix in enough flour to make a very thick dough.
Place dough by spoonfuls into boiling water. ...

Wednesday Regency: Desserts

Not being English, I'm only partly certain that the English call dessert pudding. However, since I can't really find a reference to that from the Regency Era, I'm sticking with dessert. I did find a great site on Regency desserts to use for the pivitol unmasking scene. Here's a bit more on the history of the tart straight from their site. Though they claim it was invented in 1820, I wonder if it's the recipe they use today versus the one they'd always used.

I decided to use Bakewell Tart, whic...

Weekly Goal #8

Covet--finished and sent off. Waiting for edits, but am very happy with the story.

This week:


Send out winner's gifts to the Valentine's Day Blog Hop winners!
Finish The Escape, which I've let wallow while struggling with Covet.

February is wrapping up (these months go so quickly) what are you doing this week? Planning a mid-winter vacation? Suffering through another week of work?

Better quesiton: What are you reading?