Vietnamese Coffee to the Rescue!!!

So…lots of crap going on.

Good crap, but just…a lot of it. Sometimes, I take a look at my to-do list and feel something constricting my neck, an invisible collar that won’t loosen no matter how many times I swallow. I have to take a deep breath, step back and tell myself that everything is okay, that I can do this. Most of the time, it works. Other times, I just crawl back into bed and pray to God the world explodes so I don’t have to work, LOL.

Also, I’m going to LA for two weeks, traveling with my parents, which is something I have not done since high school. While I am looking forward to the chance of being with my parents for longer than a few days, I also look at my April publishing schedule and try not to pass out. Things are going to be busy, busy in 2016, and March/April is certainly no impression.

ASURA NIGHT will be out on 3/30th.

THE HANDSOME DEVIL: A ONE NIGHT AFFAIR will be out on 4/12.

ASURA NIGHT is currently going through the last stages of proofing while THD#2 is with a beta-reader.

I am also typing in a few words in two other manuscripts: THD#3 (no title just yet) and Blood Martyr #4: Dark Moon Rising.

To say I am busy is…a bit of an understatement. Not to mention, my part-time tutoring gig just started up again this week (after a month of rest), so that’s my weekday night-times gone.

Luckily, I have a new tool to boost productivity!

When my husband came back from Vietnam a few weeks ago, he came bearing gifts: bags of Vietnamese coffee and a coffee filter. While I am a coffee fan, I didn’t know much about Vietnamese coffee. He made a cup and I was blown away. Vietnamese coffee is kind of similar to Cafe Bombon in how you brew it, with condensed milk at the bottom, although to a smaller ratio…or maybe not, depending on your preference.

Vietnamese coffee is different from your normal ground coffee. I took a look at the ingredients label and saw coffee…rum…butter…carmel (did they mean caramel?)…O__O In any case, this kind of coffee is sweet, smooth and very rich. I don’t recommend drinking too much in one go and I definitely don’t recommend it on an empty stomach. I’m told it is usually drunken (drank? wtf?) as a dessert and after tasting it, I can see why. My husband said he drank three as a hangover cure and it was better than…whatever people do to recover from hangovers.

If you get the chance, I really do recommend trying this style of coffee.

Therefore, I’ve pretty much given up on Americanos and lattes. Good thing I still make espresso for my husband in the mornings to take to work, otherwise the machine would probably have gotten stowed in the back of a cabinet somewhere. Although, now that I think about it, it would clear counter space…

Well, that’s all from me today. I’ve been a little lax on the blog entries lately…too busy editing crappy prose, LOOOL.

See you all next week!