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Recipe: Dillegrout - more like Dille-icious - Wonderful Chicken & Almond Stew in the Instant Pot

Dillegrout - more like Dille-iciousWonderful Chicken & Almond Stew

So this is a recipe from Tasting History with Max Miller. If you have not seen his channel on Youtube, run, do not walk, to check it out, because it is utterly fabulous, as is Max (he really used to be a Disney Prince). 💜 Some wonderful recipes, some not so wonderful too (Kykeon - just nope), but always packed full of fantastic historical information, brilliantly presented and 100% entertaining.

This is Max's video all a...

NEW Book - Mina's Children: The Legacy of Dracula #Paranormal #Vampires

New Book
Mina's ChildrenThe Legacy of Dracula Kindle Unlimited, eBook & Paperback

I have a new book out! I know, you're shocked, nothing about this post gave that away before this point did it 😉🤣. Admittedly there has been no build up to this, but that's because I have to admit that I moved the schedule up on this one pretty sharpish.

Regina Harker, immortal, vampire tainted, descendant of the famous Mina, has spent her whole life preparing for one mission: destroy Dracula.

Mina Harker (nee Murry) wa...

Soul Reader - #WordSearch Fun no.5 #ParanormalRomance

Soul Reader - Word Search

Hello, Lovely Visitors. I hope today finds you happy and well.💖

It is Word Search Wednesday once again and so I have another fun puzzle to all to enjoy. This week we once again have vampires, but no werewolves this time. The word search today is based on my gay paranormal romance series Soul Reader.

It has angst, it has action, it has love, and the short stories are free, while the novella is 1.99, so do please check them out after you've enjoyed the puzzle. The series i...

A Matter of Will - #WordSearch Fun No.4 #ParanormalRomance

A Matter of Will Word Search Fun!

Greetings, Lovely People, I hope you are all well this sunny morning. It is #WordSearchWednesday here on my blog, so I have a new puzzle for everyone to enjoy.

This one is based on my short story A Matter of Will that was once part of Free Fiction Friday, where the subscribers to the Wittegen Press Newsletter are gifted with a free story on the first Friday of every month. These are exclusive to the Newsletter for six months, so if you would like ...

Cat's Call - #WordSeach Fun No.3

Cat's Call Word Search Fun!

My apologies for being a little late this week - I have trapped a nerve or strained something in the base of my neck/back (not sure which) and until today I was typing with only one hand. 😎 As you can imagine, this was not very fast.

It's Word Search Wednesday again. How do the weeks go so fast?

N.B. Don't forget, this month's competition puzzle is still open for entries until May 13th, so check it out if you haven't already.
This week I was feeling fantasy ...

Easiest Way to Create a Blogger Post Template - Perfect Post Shortcut

Easiest Way to Create a Blogger Post Template
Blogger gives us many tools to help us with our blog posts to get our thoughts out there to our readers and friends. Post templates are just one of them, and they can give our blogging a useful boost.
❓What is a Blogger post template?❓

Simply put a post template is a way to add elements into a post every single time we create a new one. We can add in whatever we like:

Footer content we want to have in every post - e.g. I have my ...

Dead Before Dawn - #WordSeach Fun No.2

Dead Before Dawn - Word Search Fun As promised, it is Word Search Wednesday and I have a new puzzle for everyone to enjoy. But don't forget, last week's competition puzzle is still open for entries until May 13th, so check it out if you haven't already.
This week's word search is based on my vampire novel "Dead Before Dawn" (almost typed Dad Before Dawn - which is a whole other kind of book 😂). The book is full of actors, vampires, vampire hunters, action, adventure, romance, and li...

Many Exciting Things!

Many Exciting Things

So much is going on at the moment. Lots of exciting stuff, so I thought I would post an update.

Youtube

I am preparing to lauch my new Youtube channel Tales with Tasha. For this one I want to have everything ready well in advance, rather than winging it even remotely and it has taken far longer than I was expecting. There are spreadsheets, lovely people, lots of spreadsheet, which make me happy because there is just something about organising things in spreadsh...

Word Search Fun to Win! Competition 1 #WPComp1Chip

Word Search Fun to Win! Competition 1 Welcome to my blog for my first word search competition. Now, don't worry, it's not a difficult one, I want everyone to be able to play. It's even heart shaped. I thought it might be fun to create some word searches based on my books and then give some away as competition prizes.

Depending on how many people enter there will be more winners up to a max of four, so convince your friends to enter to be in with a greater chance of winning. Each winne...

Writers & Writing - #WordSearch Fun! #1

Writers & Writing - Word Search Fun!

I have recently rediscovered my love for words searches. They combine my love of words with my need to solve things. Imagine my joy when I discovered there are lovely people like MyWordSeach.com who provide a service to allow people like me to not only create their own word searches, but also embed them into blog posts to allow them to be played online with a device of choice.

Hands up who loves words too?

For word search #1 I had to choose th...