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Author Interview with Allan Douglas

Let's Start With Your Name?

I write under the pen name of Allan Douglas.  I make no secret of the fact that I use a pen name, and I do so for the same reason that Archibald Leach chose to be known to his fans as Cary Grant.  It's easier to remember and sounds more artistic.  In my case I use my first and middle names reversed, so those who know me personally, and like me anyway, call me Doug.

http://allandouglas.com/blog/Name of book:

Writing for Profit or Pleasure: Where to Publish Your Work.  ...

Scones No Fuss Chie Sonia

Old Fashioned Orange Pecan Scones

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
2 tps   baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp  grated orange rind
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 tsp vanilla
Granulated Sugar for sprinkling.

Directions:

Combine first 4 ingredients.Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until crumbly add buttermilk, orange juice, pecans and vanilla stirring just until dry ingredients are wet. Do not over mix.Turn dough out onto a...

Bridges, A Tale of Niagara Review

Excellent book. Chock full of friendship, growing up and adventure. Well written and touching. It reminded me of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues. The boys in Bridges were full of the piss and vinegar of the curious and the ignorant. But, by the end of their hardship, they had grown and their friendships solidified. Very good read.

It was written with a love for the area that allowed me to see it in a new light as I read of the beauty and the danger of it all. A wonderful book for the young at ...

Bridges, a tale of Niagara Review

Excellent book. Chock full of friendship, growing up and adventure. Well written and touching. It reminded me of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues. The boys in Bridges were full of the piss and vinegar of the curious and the ignorant. But, by the end of their hardship, they had grown and their friendships solidified. Very good read.

It was written with a love for the area that allowed me to see it in a new light as I read of the beauty and the danger of it all. A wonderful book for the young ...

Ceasing to Alleviate Her Fears….

Wednesday Words to Use and Peruse

Words are the most precious commodity a writer has to express feelings, situations, people, thought or place. Nothing is more frustrating and beautiful than words. Spoken out loud, they have a generous tenor but written they have to be concise, correct and written well. The spoken word may have its charm and the mistakes we make are lovely but not in writing.

Wrong spelling, wrong punctuation or wrong grammar sets one apart from the riffraff of the present day ...

District 9 Amazing Wonderful

District 9 is an older movie that has not received the acclaim that it deserves with the general public. The derogatory term "Prawns" is used ot describe these aliens who are just trying to survive on this planter that they got stranded on. Their ship got damaged and they hovered over South Africa settling down in ghettos.
The government tries to move them and issue eviction notices from their shanty town since the city people are complaining of their presence in the middle of civilization...

Courgettes Apple Walnut Chie Sonia

Courgettes Apple Walnut Chie Sonia

 

Easy Makes 4 servings

 

Ingredients

-3 tablespoons olive oil
-2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or balsamic
-2 tablespoons minced red onions
-1 tablespoon honey or pure maple syrup
-1/2 cup  dried tart cherries or Sultanas
-6 cups Sliced Courgettes
-1 medium Granny Smith apple, cored, thinly sliced, do not remove skin
-1/2 cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts or pecans

Preparation

-Whisk first 4 ingredients in small bowl to blend.-Season dressing to taste with...

The Birth of Venus Review

OMG what an amazing story of a woman made to marry another besides the one she loves. Her husband is good to her within reason but has his own shameful secrets. Her brother, a terror always in her life. Family secrets and lies. And art in every corner, description of frescoes and churches beautifully done. Beautifully written with lots of surprises. Loved it. Will certainly read it again.

But she seemed Anxious…

Wednesday Words to Use and Peruse

A new list of phrases and sentence starters that will help make your writing more interesting and readable. Nothing makes for annoying writing and reading but dull beginnings and more of the same throughout a story or novel.

Every week on Wednesday will be a list of phrases, sentence beginnings or something useful to use for writing. Words and grammar are Writing Tools and the crux of our trade.

Often, as the car rumbled on….

Neither village nor hamlet was...

From Paris With Love is Great!

From Paris With Love is John Travolta on steroids baby. He was his rocking amazing handsome wonderful self with all the arrogance that role required of him. An undercover agent who does things his own way leads to hilarity and conclusion with solution to the problems he faced.

 

This assistant to the Ambassador in France is undercover moonlighting and is called upon to assist Travolta in terrorists activity control.

 

This is a rollicking, fast moving movie that starts a little slow but as it...