The holidays are coming! I was in Michael’s last night to pick up yarn for a baby blanket I am crocheting for my great-niece, and their stock of Christmas decorations is already bigger than their Halloween and Thanksgiving displays. Cranberries have been on my mind, and I want to share this delicious recipe with you. […]
Month: October 2015
Screenwriting Tips for Novelists
It’s all about Story.Whether you are writing for page, stage, or screen, you want to write a compelling story that keeps the reader/viewer enthralled to the end. Screenwriters and novelists can look outside their box to see how the other guys do it, and take some tips and tricks from each other.As a novelist, I’ve […]
Mini Monkey Bread
I have seen so many recipes for monkey bread over the years, and never made it. This past weekend I decided to make it for Sunday breakfast – a sweet treat to have with savory scrambled eggs with tomato and cream cheese. I wanted to make individual mini breads, and this was my first attempt. […]
National Novel Writing Month: 50,000 words in 30 days
Some of you are writers, and some of you writers will be participating in NaNo. November 1 seemed so far away two months ago, it doesn’t seem possible that it’s just over two weeks away.National Novel Writing Month (NaNo) began in 1999 with 21 friends in the San Francisco Bay area. Over the years it has grown […]