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Other Writers – Nadine Feldman

A big thanks to Nadine Feldman for mentioning Shipbuilder in her blog post.  Nadine writes fiction for and about women – all the rough-and-tumble of living and growing as a woman. Now, that's a subject I can relate to!

Her book, The Foreign Language of Friends is on my To-Read list. She blog at http://nadinefeldman.com/. I like her holistic approach to life. It's one I try to follow myself.

I'm a Featured Author on Book-Junkies-Library

For the month of December, I get to reign along with L.A. Tripp and Linda Rae Balir, as a Featured Author. Such fun!

Don't know about Book-Junkies-Library? It's a great resource for finding other indie books and meeting indie authors. If you've self-published a book, add it to the library and get to know the other authors. And check back here soon – I hope to have an interview up with BJL's founder, Grace Guerra. As soon as she finds a spare minute, that is…

 

 

The Crowds are Raving about Shipbuilder

Yes, that title is misleading. I just wanted to get your attention. There are no "crowds" yet, but in the last few days, I've heard from three people about how much they liked the book. That's three people who are not related to me, and don't even know me.

As in, strangers. Ordinary people who saw my book, bought it or received it as a gift, and read it. Then let me know what they thought about it.

I appreciate that. Feedback is important, both as encouragement, and to let me know what people l...

A Low-Cal Dessert

From the cooking blog, February 2010 It's a little weird, but it's good…Chocolate Cottage Cheese

Look at it this way – it can't hurt, can it?

I put 2 teaspoons of dark cocoa powder (the real stuff, not chocolate milk mix,)

and

1 or 2 teaspoons of sugar in 1/2 cup of lowfat cottage cheese. 

I know, I know. Sugar. Is. Bad.

I know. So use the smaller amount. If you're like me, you like your chocolate dark and sort of bitter, anyway.

For fun, throw in some vanilla, or rum extract. Or heck, if it's a...

REVIEW – SAMHAIN & INTERVIEW WITH MARLENE DOTTERER

I was traveling all day yesterday, so didn't get around to spreading the news about my interview for the Pagan Writers Samhain anthology. Thankfully, the internet is eternal, so you can still run over and read all about it. It's here, at Niina's blog, For the Love of Reading.

Please, read and leave a comment!

 

Pickled Vegetables

While I'm dealing with unwell relatives, let's do another cooking post from my old cooking blog. This one is from July 31, 2010:

I'm not a big pickle eater. Loved them when I was a kid – the big, sour dills, and even then I preferred the crunchy kind.

But as I've gotten older, I've found the taste too tart, and mostly I've avoided them. I've considered making them myself, and I did pickle some beets last year. I also made some marinated vegetables for a buffet – spicy ones to go with Mexican...

Health and Happiness

We are having an unusually difficult visit down south. There is no blame to cast for this – it comes down to Fate, in all its scattered whimsy. And believe me, we are not the ones who are suffering. That falls to my poor FIL, who is just Not Feeling Well.

Our first couple of days with him involved a trip to the doctor, then a few abortive rides to either urgent care or the ER. He kept changing his mind, unsure of what to do. When he finally did decide on the ER (on Saturday), they admitted...

Shipbuilder Goodreads Giveaway Winners

My giveaway contest on Goodreads is over and we have two winners! They are:

Bill S. in Minnesota and Jillian K. in Florida. Congratulations, Bill and Jillian! I'll have your signed books in the mail tomorrow.

And thank you to everyone for entering the contest. Over 400 people discovered The Time Travel Journals: Shipbuilder due to this giveaway, and many of them have added the book to their To-Read bookshelf. That's exciting!

 

 

Sunrise, Sunset

Time is ever getting away from me. I've been just skimming the internets lately, barely keeping up. We are on another trip down south, which means I have even less time to devote to anything computerized.

Actually, it's not time that's the problem. It's this annoying obligation known as "being a polite guest." You know – where you have to remember that it's not all about you, and hence, you stay off the computer and, y'know… talk to real, 3-D people who are in the room with you.

I submit that t...

I'm Interviewed Over at Decadent Decisions

Lynn Chantale is featuring authors whose works appear in the anthology, Pagan Writers Present Samhain. Her interview with me is up today at her blog, Decadent Decisions. With a name like that, you know you want to see what she's up to!

The anthology is available at Paganwriterspress.com.