Has the pandemic made you adventurous with food out of necessity? No, I always liked trying new foods. When I was growing up in Russia, the menu was relatively simple. In winter, there is typically a soup, followed by very traditional starch- protein-vegetable plate. In summer, instead of the soup, that same plate is accompanied
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Instagram Book Promo Secrets Finally Revealed
In this time of social media providing a very important platform to reach your readers, a writer must be very savvy with their time and marketing. But do not fear. Luckily for you, I have done all of the hard work so you can benefit from my careful and measured research. Gorgeous Art : 983
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A Wicked Cool Flat
Remember my addiction to renovation shows? Well, there is a game called House Flipper where you get to take dilapidated houses and renovate them. I bought it a couple of years ago, and in the middle of my renovation marathon, I fired it up. I want to show you my awesome renovation work. I bought
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My Terrible Addiction to Renovation Shows.
Last year really beat me up. I still haven’t recovered. The work is a huge slog. We’re writing at about half the usual pace. I’m really tired creatively and have to take frequent breaks. It’s a terrible thing, because normally my brain processes things and chews through the next scene of the book while I
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Friday Weird News Links
Today I bring you a news salad. First, Subway tuna might not be tuna. A lawsuit brought against Subway alleges that independent testing of filling in Subway tuna sandwiches found that not only it’s not tuna, it isn’t fish. Subway has been accused of serving not-chicken before and recently Ireland classified Subway sandwich bread as
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Birthday Yarn and a Crop Top
In December Gordon ordered me some yarn for my birthday from Always and Forever. It didn’t arrive in time for my birthday. It didn’t arrive a couple of weeks later. I was slightly bummed out, and Gordon emailed the shop on January 14 only to find out that my yarn and everybody’s yarn was stuck
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Craft Room Adventures
Over the last decade, my yarn stash has grown to gargantuan proportions. I could run a store out of my craft room, except that my craft room is a horrible mess. Was a horrible mess. It was kind of sad because being in my craft room normally makes me happy. But over the past year
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Pills of Book Power
I saw this idea on Facebook, because one of my author-friends posted it. I thought it was neat and wanted to bring it to you, but I can’t find the original post, so I made my own. Click the image to enlarge. What’s Your Color?
Monday, Monday
We will have a giveaway for you later either today or tomorrow, but for now some quick notes. Ingram Spark BLOOD HEIR is live on Ingram Spark. That number is 9781641971652. We are currently working with our bookstore partners to get preorders for signed copies up. Due to COVID, “signed” means the book will have
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Hootin’ and holerin’
Today I bring you Nanny-Maw. For those who are not sure what Tik-Tok is, it’s a social network where people post very short videos, like Vine used to be. This is me and Jeaniene Frost at the conventions. This is giving me flashbacks to high school. I am homesick for North Georgia. OMG, how did
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On Husbands, Spoilery Abilities Of
Every day Gordon and I have dinner at around 3 or 4 pm and watch true crime shows on the couch. Sometimes we also nap. But we usually stay awake for at least one episode. What it’s like to watch true crime shows with Gordon. 5 minutes into the show Narrator: …a mystery that shocked
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