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March 18, 2013
Having A Ball - Rhoda Baxter
Some time ago, the very lovely Rhoda Baxter asked us Romaniacs if one of us wanted to read and review her new book due out in March, Having A Ball. We were sent the blurb and I fell in love with the story straight away. I practically jumped at the chance to do a review for it so I was honored when Rhoda emailed it over and my computer beeped its arrival.
There's a lovely review of Having a Ball from Lucie the Romaniac.
March 16, 2013
Inheritance Books – Joyce Lamb
This week’s Inheritance Books are from Joyce Lamb, Journalist, Joss Whedon fan (yay!) and novelist. She’s also a super organised lady because she does all that, has a real life and edits the USA Today Happy Ever After Blog.
Hi Joyce, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Hi! Thanks so much for having me, Rhoda!
I’m the author of eight romantic suspense novels, three of which have been RITA finalists and one that won a Daphne du Maurier award. I also run the Happy Ever After...
March 15, 2013
It’s launch day for Having a Ball!
If I’m sounding like I’m hyper excited, it because I am. Publishing the first book was incredible and it moved me from being a writer to an author. Publishing a second book makes me feel like I’ve grown up a bit more.
Here’s the cover, in case I haven’t been going on about it often enough in the last couple of weeks:
You can buy it for Kindle from Amazon or for any other eReaders from Uncial Press.
Any shares, likes, tweets, hugs, gifts of chocolate would be very much appreciated!
If you fancy en...
March 14, 2013
Sri Lankan party food – #4 Sweet coconut pancakes
Carrying on with the recipes of the Transatlantic Pot Luck party, here’s my recipe for coconut treacle pancakes.I love, love, love these pancakes.I dream of them sometimes. Once, when I was living inthe House in Norham Gardens, my mum brought me some. My Ghanian housemate offered to cook me dinner for a whole week in exchange for one. That, my friends, is how delicious these pancakes are.
Oh, and if you’re curious to see what my writing (or Trish’s writing) is like, you can download the preque...
March 13, 2013
Writing, Work and Wine with... Rhoda Baxter
Reblogged from Writing, Work and Wine:
This week I am pleased to welcome Rhoda to my blog. I met Rhoda at the Romantic Novelists' Association conferencein Greenwich in July 2010 and I was really impressed that she'dmade it - given that she was heavily pregnant!
Q. Hi Rhoda, lovely to have you here. So,can you start off by telling us about your writing…
I'm over at Nikki Goodman's blog today, talking about writing, work and wine... and hot chocolate.
March 12, 2013
Sri Lankan Party food #3 – Seeni sambol (caramelised onions)
‘Caramelised onions’ is a bit misleading. It conjures up sweet and tangy flavours, maybe something that goes nicely with cheese. Seeni sambol’s main reason for being popular is that it blends the sweet and tangy oniony flavours with chili. The best seeni sambol is eye-wateringly hot. It still goes nicely with cheese.
Seeni Sambol (recipe frominfolanka.com)
1 lb onions, sliced finely (red onion is best, regular onions work as well)
1/4 lb maldive fish pieces (optional)
3-4 tbsp chilli powder
a spri...
March 8, 2013
Inheritance Books – Evonne Wareham
This week’s Inheritance Books are from Evonne Wareham, who writes disturbing romantic suspense. Her first book, Never Coming Home won the Joan Hessayon award last year. There’s a review here, if you’re interested.
Hi Evonne, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Hello – many thanks to Rhoda for inviting me to talk about my inheritance books. Anyone who knows me knows that I love to talk – shutting me up is usually the problem. I also like to read, so talking about books i...
Sri Lankan party food #2 – Fish cutlets
Carrying on with the recipes of theTransatlantic Pot Luck party, here’s my recipe for fish cutlets.DH loves these. So my mum makes them for him whenever she can.
I’m very excited to announce that Patently in Love and Kick Assitude are both on sale for 99c (that’s about 79p in UK money) all this week (8th – 15th of March 2013). Or there’sTea for Three,which is totally Free!
Fish Cutlets
Mine don’t look this posh…
Ingredients
Tinned Mackerel in tomato sauce (one tin)
one potato, boiled and mashed
onio...
March 5, 2013
Sri Lankan party food – #1 Chick peas
Kicking off the Sri Lankan recipes I promised – here’s one of my favourite party foods. Post your own recipes and link to the Facebook party (or post recipes at the FB party itself)and you could win a copy of either Having a Ball or Kick Assitude.
Fried Chickpeas ( or ‘kadala thel dala’)
Fried chickpeas are the Sri Lanka equivalent of popcorn. Ahandfulof these in a twist of newspaper and you’re good to go. I sometimes make a chilli-free version in the summer, as something to nibble if we’re sit...
March 2, 2013
Inheritance Books – Serena Clarke
This week’s Inheritance Books are from contemporary romantic comedy writer Serena Clarke.
Hi Serena, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell me a bit about yourself.
Hi – and thanks so much for having me today!
My first book All Over the Place is probably best described as contemporary romantic fiction, with a chick lit feel. It’s set mostly in and around London, with scenes in New Zealand and Paris. (Because who needs an excuse to send their characters to Paris?)
Like Livi, the book’s heroine, I’ve b...
