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November 4, 2017
I made a Katniss cowl
Last year, I had planned to dress up for Halloween as Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games, but the cowl took a lot longer to make than I'd expected. I threw together a Bat Girl costume, and continued to work on the cowl.
I couldn't get the grey-mix yarn I'd wanted when I went shopping, so I opted for a cream yarn, figuring I could wear it out of costume as well.
I read up on a bunch of different patterns:
July 24, 2017
The Chuck Bartowski Sandwich - The Food of Chuck
Last week I was rewatching Chuck with my youngest son (Chuck is like a comfort food for us), and we got the episodes when Chuck meets Lou, the deli owner, and decided we needed to try those sandwiches.
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Lou Palone first appears in Chuck Versus the Truth (season 1, episode8) when she brings her cell phone to the Buy More to be serviced, panicked because her "whole life" is on the phone. Chuck assures her the phone is in good hands. When Lou returns to pick up her phone, she...
June 8, 2017
There's a hole in my yard
Yesterday evening, I was alerted to the squawking and clicking of ravens in the front yard. They appeared to be strutting with round white objects in their beaks, and since we don't have ping-pong balls in the yard, I thought, "Oh, they're eating toadstools." (It's rained A LOT this spring.) Then I realized the grass was cut recently-- making for a less hospitable environment for the fungus. I went out to investigate and found a hole in the lawn.
We've lived in this house for fourteen years,...
January 19, 2017
Winter Blossom
I've had enough of winter. Driving to work in freezing rain this week has done me in. That's it. I want spring.
To cheer myself up, I made blossom tea. I have hyacinth bulbs sprouting in the living room, but they're just tiny yet. I needed more.
These are hand-packed balls of flowers and green tea leaves that unfurl in hot water. This one opens with spikes of green tea leaves, and for a big finish, a chain of three scarlet blossoms pop up.
The tea can taste quite strong if left to steep too...
January 16, 2017
Hunting A Demon could have been...
Hunting A Demon
December 7, 2016
My point is...
When I was a kid, every Christmas morning, I got up, went downstairs to the living room, had one look at all the gifts under the sparkling tree, and ended up tossing my sugar cookies. Once that was all cleaned up, I would open my first gift with a bucket beside me, which I often ended up using. After I got through the first few gifts, then my stomach would settle down. Likely because it was overrun with guilt-- guilt for puking and ruining Christmas for my family, guilt for not feeling gratef...
November 23, 2016
Hunting A Demon - available for pre-order
Hunting A Demon, book 2 of the Melantha Caldwell Spell-Turner series is back from the copy editor, so today I will be making those changes. And I have a release date! Hunting A Demon is set to release February 5!
If you can't wait that long, and you're willing to write a review, I'll send you the ebook today. Just send me an email to let me know: sarawalkerauthor@gmail.com.
In the meantime, I've started to work on the next Melantha Caldwell spell-turner novel, Saving A Spell-Turner.
To celebr...
October 3, 2016
Hunting A Demon, Melantha Caldwell spell-turner #2
The second book of the Melantha Caldwell spell-turner series is coming soon! (I'm looking for beta readers. If you're interested in reading and letting me know what you think of Hunting A Demon, please let me know.) Newsletter subscribers have already seen the cover. I'll be revealing the cover here as soon as I have a publish date. (If you're not signed up for the newsletter, you can do that right now: http://eepurl.com/Wi3mL)
In the meantime, I have the first two chapters here for you!
But...
September 18, 2016
Interview with Madeline Freeman author of Crystal Magic
Madeline Freeman is the author of young adult urban fantasy with ten books to her name across four series. Crystal Magic is the first book in the Clearwater Witches series. What was your inspiration behind writing Crystal Magic? What prompted you to tell Krissa's story? [image error]
I wrote the first draft of what would become Crystal Magic when I was about 13. In the original version, there were something like 9 or 10 girls with the name "Crystal" (all with different spellings). I liked the idea of these...
September 9, 2016
Beta readers wanted
As I'm wrapping up edits of Hunting A Demon (Melantha #2), I'm looking for interested beta readers. If you'd like to read and offer me an opinion on the book, please let me know. Here's what it's about: When Melantha Caldwell suspects her friend and fellow spell-turner, Savion Lebrun, is following in his father's footsteps and becoming a black magic sorcerer, she decides to find out exactly what he's doing when he's not attending high school or magic lessons. What she discovers surprises her:...
