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July 5, 2011
Eat Pray Love All fixed Up
This month is Julia Roberts month on my site. I love the woman and will review four of her movies every Tuesday. I find her charming, alluring and the girl next door all rolled into one. She is a delight keeping herself out of the nasty limelight of Hollywood trash.
She made the movie! Eat Pray Love was one of the most annoying books ever. The heroine, a whiny self centered woman with no good reason for her selfish ambitions. A creepy personality with nothing lovable.
Roberts changed all that ...
July 4, 2011
A Healthy Dose of Fear is Good
When we hear the word Fear, the connotation is negative. But is it always negative? The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, says Proverbs. A healthy dose of fear keeps us safe and sound. If a child did not fear, he would put his hand on the stove and get burned. If a person did not fear drowning, they would jump in without knowing how to swim and drown.
Fear can be healthy with the right amount and the right situation for it. If a woman is not careful at night with a healthy amount...
July 3, 2011
Author Interview with Desiree Holt
Genre: erotic romantic suspense
Date Published: April 8, 2011
Publisher: Ellora's Cave
What is your day job?
I'm retired so I spend my days writing…and loving it.
What is your book about (in a few sentences)?Twenty years ago Dallas Creed and Charley Roper were lovers with their entire future ahead of them. Until they split. Badly. Now he's a country rock icon who made it to the top, hit bottom but is back at the top of his game. And Charley's the private security...
July 2, 2011
Gratitude for Freedoms as an Immigrant
Today's post is in conjunction with the Blog-A-Licious Blog Tour, a fantastic blog hop that brings together bloggers of all genres, backgrounds and locations. I'm honored to be the first stop on the tour, followed by the expressive writer DK Levick. Do stop by and say hi, plus some of us are having giveaways and contests. Enjoy!
An Immigrant's View on Freedoms
I am an immigrant. Living in the US has been an adventure and a life changing experience.
I came from the wonderful metropolis of Cairo ...
July 1, 2011
Salma's Easy Armenian No Mayo Potato Salad
Salma's Easy Armenian Potato Salad – No Mayo
6 large potatoes
6 scallions or 3 leaks
1 bunch parsley
8 cloves garlic (fewer if you like less garlicky taste)
1/2 c fresh lemon juice
1/4 c olive oil
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
Directions:
1- Boil potatoes unreeled with 1/2 tsp salt. Cool. Then peel and cut in small bite size pieces. Set aside.
2- Dice scallions three quarters of the way, into the green parts of the onion.
3- Dice parsley.
4- Peel and crush or...
Salma's Easy Armenian No-Mayo Potato Salad
Salma's Easy Armenian Potato Salad – No Mayo
6 large potatoes
6 scallions or 3 leaks
1 bunch parsley
8 cloves garlic (fewer if you like less garlicky taste)
1/2 c fresh lemon juice
1/4 c olive oil
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
Directions:
1- Boil potatoes unreeled with 1/2 tsp salt. Cool. Then peel and cut in small bite size pieces. Set aside.
2- Dice scallions three quarters of the way, into the green parts of the onion.
3- Dice parsley.
4- Peel and crush or...
June 30, 2011
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky
This is the story of a spoilt rotten, weak minded man of small character and little common sense. During the whole novel, he depicts himself as one of the lowliest creatures in communicado with other humans.
To my mind it was written as if to himself alone. He writes with brutal frankness about his thoughts no matter how dark a light they shed on his personality. Everything he does relates to his need to prove himself better than others, whether his friends, his landlord or the girl who...
June 29, 2011
If You Make Them Yawn, Then What?
Too much description and the story gets lost. Too much description and the tale gets swallowed in stagnant fantasy of a lazy writer. If the description is for none other than word count, it turns the tale into mush and boredom sets into the reader. If I can get my reader to the point of yawning in the middle of the night and still hard pressed to put my novel down, I have succeeded. If on the other hand, they yawn and skip most of what I wrote without missing any of the story then I failed...
June 28, 2011
Tell Me Who To Date
A psychiatrist discovers something about her patient that shatters their relationship keeping her wondering if she should continue helping her.
Meryl Streep is again amazing as she portrays a Jewish psychiatrist counseling Uma Thurman on her love life, in particular. As the story unfolds the three people involved meet making tension escalate even further.
A good solid growing up story. It is fun but sad. The ending left much to be desired but at least it was not your typical Hollywood ending...
June 26, 2011
Author Interview with Writer Craig Machen
Craig MachenStill Life With Brass PoleBook genre: Cross-Country Coming of Age Memoir
Date Published: May 17, 2011
Publisher: Me!
I've been a screenwriter since 1997, but I also teach classes and do some writing coaching and story consulting for production companies.
What is your book about (in a few sentences)?At its heart, the book is about the things that made me want to be dad, but the logline is, "Young love and coming of age in the strip clubs."
When I was 16 I was...
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