Cowboy Kisses: Guest Author Nina Romano : Good Morning! Please welcome guest author, Nina Romano! The Girl Who Loved Cayo Bradley by Nina Romano When Darby McPhee falls ...
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Fabulous Florida Writers: Reading, Research, and Movies Helped Me Write: "Th... : This month, Fabulous Florida Writers is pleased to welcome guest blogger Nina Romano. Romano has authored a short...
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Quick Book Reviews: “The Secret Language of Women” by Nina Romano – Da... : Nina Romano's Star-Crossed Lovers Scientists have been trying for a while to isolate the physical processes accom...
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Quick Book Reviews: “Lemon Blossoms” by Nina Romano – Nothing More Pre... : Nina Romano Explores a Different Realm of Love Love comes in literally all shapes and sizes, one of the few truly...
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Quick Book Reviews: “The Secret Language of Women” by Nina Romano – Da... : Nina Romano's Star-Crossed Lovers Scientists have been trying for a while to isolate the physical processes accom...
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SCENE: WHERE CHANGE HAPPENS Perhaps one o...
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Horoscope Helped Me Develop a Realistic Character �...
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You Can’t Write if You Don’t Read To me, writers were just names on covers. Until I fell in love with Edgar Allen Poe. This wasn’t my crush on Tommy, who wore his jeans low and spit-cu...
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On the Art of Writing by Chris Hill I thought I’d share a couple of my favourite quotes about writing and what I think of them - one is quite well known, the other less ...
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AUTHOR BIO: AMY MILLER IS THE AUTHOR OF 10 CHAPBOOKS OF POETRY AND NONFICTION, INCLUDING IN THE HAND AND BEAUTIFUL BRUTAL. HER WRITING HAS APPEARED IN CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW, NIMROD, NORTHWEST RE...
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I wrote a novel, got an agent, and the novel was sent to about twenty editors. One of these was even Hosseini’s editor. I received these oxymoronic letters: the writing is strong, or evocati...
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"Always be a poet, even in prose." ~~Charles Baudelaire This morning I asked my husband, a NON-WRITER, if he were a writer what would he like to read about on a blog, and without hesitatio...
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Marni Graff THE ART OF MYSTERY: IT’S NOT JUST A PUZZLE There’s a reason Agatha Christie’s mysteries are outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Despite the differing variations wit...
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Don’t let procrastination, hesitation, lack of marketing experience or fear stop you from submitting your work! (and be careful of those exclamation marks!!!) We’ve all got good intention...
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Here’s what I know that may be useful for writing dialogue. Always keep a notebook handy and write down everything you overhear or can remember from dreams! Note the accent, the patterns...
In a lecture at Harvard, e.e. cumings once said: "If poetry is your goal, you've got to forget all about punishments and all about rewards and all about selfstyled obligations and duties and res...
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The Importance of a Sense of Place I remember being told in a graduate fiction creative writing course by John Dufresne that I use “excruciatingly tangible details of place.” And this...
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NICO'S BRUSSEL SPROUTS ON THE STALK! DIRECTIONS: Wash and cut off back sprouts so the stalks lay flat in the pan. Salt and pepper to taste Douse with olive oil and maple syrup ...
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NICO'S SQUASH AND SWEET POTATO PURÉE ACCOMPANIMENT FOR A CHRISTMAS STANDING RIB ROAST Butternut squash, peeled seeded and cut into pieces Sweet potato, peeled and cut up into pieces Coconut oi...
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Nico’s Chocolate Covered Macaroons About 2 dozen INGREDIENTS 3 & 1/2 cups unsweetened, shredded coconut 4 large egg whites 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla ¼ teaspoon almond extrac...
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QUiche recipe 1 1-2 deep dish 9 inch pie crust ( made at home or store-bought!) 1-2 cups filling ingredients: bacon, mushrooms, onions (can use broccoli and ham, or asparagus) ...
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MAYBE THIS IS AN OLD RECIPE BUT SINCE I HAVEN'T DONE IT IN AWHILE, I'M PUTTING ON THIS NEWER VERSION... 6 large fresh shrimp--toss in buttered fry pan till they turn a nice deep pink, flip over...
PRO ZIA JOSEPHINE MAGGIO'S REGINA BISCOTTI (SESAME COOKIES) INGREDIENTS FOR COOKIES 1 cup Crisco oil 3 tsp. baking powder 1 cup sugar 3 eggs�...
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INGREDIENTS FOR A DOZEN LAZY SUNDAY MORNING OR JUST ABOUT ANYTIME MUFFINS 2 shredded carrots 2 mashed ripe bananas 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon of butter 1/4 cup vanilla or...
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