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December 7, 2018
My Sixth Gift to You
My Sixth Gift to You
This recipe for Lemony Sugar Cookies is a traditional sugar cookie recipe, but the lemon extract adds a tasty twist. This is one of several recipes that appears in Saving Scott.
Lemony Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
2 1/2 c flour
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
1 c sugar
3/4 c butter, softened
2 eggs
1 t lemon extract
Instructions:
Mix together flour, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, mix sugar, butter, eggs, and lemon extract until creamy. Stir in flour mixture until wel...
December 6, 2018
My Fifth Gift to You
My fifth gift to you is a short story in my Blackthorne, Inc. universe, When Horace Met Grace … Again.
Click on the image or the title to get your story.
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December 5, 2018
My Fourth Gift to You
My fourth gift to you is a free listen to the first chapter of
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December 4, 2018
My Third Gift to You
Today is the third day of Hanukkah, and my gift is a favorite family recipe for Rugelach, a cookie we enjoy during the holiday. I have fond memories of making these with my kids. (If I’d known yesterday was National Cookie Day, I’d have made this my second gift. But a day late or not, they’re still really good.)
Rugelach
Ingredients:
Pastry:
2 sticks butter
8 oz. cream cheese
t salt
2 c flour
Instructions:
In a large bowl of electric mixer, cream butter & cream cheese until
completely blende...
December 3, 2018
My Second Gift to You
My second gift to you is a free download of a sampler from my Triple-D Ranch series. Click the link above or the image below and choose your preferred format.
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December 2, 2018
My First Gift to You
Today is the first day of Hanukkah, and this is my first gift to you.
I’ve got a FREE Download of “Redshirted”, one of the short stories in the Silver Falchion Award-winning short story collection: Seeing Red: From the Case Files of James T. Kirkland.
Click on your choice of formats, then save the file and you can sideload it onto your device. Mobi for Kindle, e-pub for almost all other e-readers, or PDF to read on your computer.
Enjoy!
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November 28, 2018
Tips for Using Word’s Formatting Features
Formatting Tips in Word
Last time, I showed a few tips for using Find and Replace and avoiding pitfalls. This time, I’m going to give some formatting tips for Word. I use these most often when I’m in editing mode.
One of the issues that I face is overused words. My eye doesn’t notice them on the screen. I have my list of frequently overused words. I also run the manuscript through SmartEdit which will catch the new ones that seem to crop up in each book.
Another handy tool is the “find all wo...
November 25, 2018
Tips for Using Find and Replace in Word
Tips for Using Find and Replace in Word
Not long ago, I was chatting with one of my critique partners who was doing a run through after finishing here first draft. She said spellcheck caught a dozen or more instances of a strange word: Snester, and she had no idea where it had come from.
She did a little detective work and realized she’d done a global Search and Replace to fix a mistake she’d made, referring to wasp nests as hives. Although she does know better, she’d forgotten a couple of cr...
November 23, 2018
Small Business Saturday
Small Business Saturday
Today is designated Small Business Saturday. What does that mean, especially in the wake of Black Friday, and the upcoming Cyber Monday? Today, if at all possible, try to patronize small, local businesses instead of the major national chains. It might be a local grocer, a bakery, a hardware store—anything you can do to support the “little guy.”
But did you know independent authors are small businesses? We’re out there, on our own, trying to get noticed.
What can you do...
November 21, 2018
Thanksgiving – Books and Bling
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate.
I’m grateful for my readers, and I’m giving away books and bling over at Booklover’s Bench. 
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