Heather Farthing's Blog, page 6
August 21, 2013
More Sales!
The other books that didn't go on sale on Amazon will be going on sale tomorrow for five days.
July 27, 2013
Sale
Handful of my stories are going for free on Amazon tomorrow. Check out the new covers!
July 19, 2013
Covers!
Wheee! Amazon just added a cover creator to their Kindle self publishing service! All 9 of my current stories have shiny new covers!
June 27, 2013
Sale! Sale! Sale!
All nine of my current stories are available for free on Amazon.com until tomorrow.
June 16, 2013
Chicken Codon Bleu
I don't care for the breading, so I didn't use any. I also didn't do much seasoning or marinading to the chicken, so use your own discretion on these.
I thawed out some boneless, skinless chicken breast. There was a nice pocket on the underside, probably where they had been separated from the bone. I took a slice of provolone and one of ham (I used honey or otherwise "sweet" ham) and rolled the two together, and then placed them inside the pocket. Since the chicken didn't stay closed and I was afraid the ham and cheese would melt out, I pinned them shut with toothpicks, and then placed another piece of provolone on top. Bake on 375 until chicken's done.
I thawed out some boneless, skinless chicken breast. There was a nice pocket on the underside, probably where they had been separated from the bone. I took a slice of provolone and one of ham (I used honey or otherwise "sweet" ham) and rolled the two together, and then placed them inside the pocket. Since the chicken didn't stay closed and I was afraid the ham and cheese would melt out, I pinned them shut with toothpicks, and then placed another piece of provolone on top. Bake on 375 until chicken's done.
April 24, 2013
Child Appeal Character
Child appeal character
I love the Speed Racer movie. I really hope we get another one. It's beautiful, bright colors, plenty of movement, and a lot of awesome visuals. I nearly fell out of my seat at the end when they clearly recreate the opening during the finale.
It got me thinking, though. One of the Channel Awesome (Y, Ruler of Time specifically, and everyone on there is awesome and you should stop reading this to check them out) reviewers pointed out the movie Spritle can be a bit...off-putting.
A second viewing and I noted...yeah, a lot of Spritle's scenes can be a bit unnecessary.
And then that got me thinking.
I don't remember where, but it was probably a Cracked.com article on such matters, pointed out that one of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace's failings was young Anakin Skywalker. The article said "Kids want to fantasize with adult Hon Solo, not identify with young Anakin."
Fair enough. I've been told Johnny Quest is a kid's fantasy, and I really can't pinpoint where it succeeded and Star Wars and Speed Racer failed.
I can say this: Speed Racer doesn't need another character to appeal to kids.
That's Speed's job.
He's a clean-cut, all-American (there's some irony for you) good boy, whose movie centers around the triumph of ethics and morality over greed and corruption. Mothers would love for this guy to be their kid's role model (if Movie!Speed got better grades in school, at least).
And he has got the COOLEST job that any little boy and some grown men I know would love to have. He drives a tricked-out car that does midair flips on the craziest race tracks, and comes out without a scratch.
Even I'd watch racing if it looked like what I saw in the movie.
(c) the author, all rights reserved.
I love the Speed Racer movie. I really hope we get another one. It's beautiful, bright colors, plenty of movement, and a lot of awesome visuals. I nearly fell out of my seat at the end when they clearly recreate the opening during the finale.
It got me thinking, though. One of the Channel Awesome (Y, Ruler of Time specifically, and everyone on there is awesome and you should stop reading this to check them out) reviewers pointed out the movie Spritle can be a bit...off-putting.
A second viewing and I noted...yeah, a lot of Spritle's scenes can be a bit unnecessary.
And then that got me thinking.
I don't remember where, but it was probably a Cracked.com article on such matters, pointed out that one of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace's failings was young Anakin Skywalker. The article said "Kids want to fantasize with adult Hon Solo, not identify with young Anakin."
Fair enough. I've been told Johnny Quest is a kid's fantasy, and I really can't pinpoint where it succeeded and Star Wars and Speed Racer failed.
I can say this: Speed Racer doesn't need another character to appeal to kids.
That's Speed's job.
He's a clean-cut, all-American (there's some irony for you) good boy, whose movie centers around the triumph of ethics and morality over greed and corruption. Mothers would love for this guy to be their kid's role model (if Movie!Speed got better grades in school, at least).
And he has got the COOLEST job that any little boy and some grown men I know would love to have. He drives a tricked-out car that does midair flips on the craziest race tracks, and comes out without a scratch.
Even I'd watch racing if it looked like what I saw in the movie.
(c) the author, all rights reserved.
March 31, 2013
February 7, 2013
Valentine's Day Giveaways 2/10/2013-2/14/2013
Elfstruck and Secret Admirer are going for free from the February tenth to the fourteenth here and here. Questions from both appear on the never-ending book quiz on Goodreads.
January 5, 2013
Free Lunacy
Lunacy is going for free from January 5th to 9th 2013.
Why did we go to the moon? Because it was there. There were no secrets, no grand conspiracies. That all came later.
There's also a few questions from it on the never-ending quiz.
Why did we go to the moon? Because it was there. There were no secrets, no grand conspiracies. That all came later.
There's also a few questions from it on the never-ending quiz.
October 28, 2012
Free Halloween Short Story 10/29/-11/2
Coulrophobia will be going free for Halloween here. Happy Halloween everybody.
