Author Interview with Desiree Holt

Desiree Holt

Desiree Holt Downstroke Genre: erotic romantic suspense Date Published: April 8, 2011 Publisher: Ellora’s Cave What is your day job? I’m retired so I spend my days writing…and loving it. What is your book about (in a few sentences)? Twenty years ago Dallas Creed and Charley Roper were lovers with their entire future ahead of [...]

Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky

This is the story of a spoilt rotten, weak minded man of small character and little common sense. During the whole novel, he depicts himself as one of the lowliest creatures in communicado with other humans. To my mind it was written as if to himself alone. He writes with brutal frankness about his thoughts [...]

If You Make Them Yawn, Then What?

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Too much description and the story gets lost. Too much description and the tale gets swallowed in stagnant fantasy of a lazy writer. If the description is for none other than word count, it turns the tale into mush and boredom sets into the reader. If I can get my reader to the point of [...]

Tell Me Who To Date

A psychiatrist discovers something about her patient that shatters their relationship keeping her wondering if she should continue helping her. Meryl Streep is again amazing as she portrays a Jewish psychiatrist counseling Uma Thurman on her love life, in particular. As the story unfolds the three people involved meet making tension escalate even further. A [...]

Do Not Need My Husband

Dear Baba Rumcake, I remember when I was with my first bf (together for 8 years), I was so in love and I was never tired of seeing him. We dated from high school to college. So we were young and we didn’t have much going on in our lives except school. Now I am [...]

Author Interview with Writer Craig Machen

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Craig Machen Still Life With Brass Pole Book genre:  Cross-Country Coming of Age Memoir Date Published: May 17, 2011 Publisher: Me! What is your day job? I’ve been a screenwriter since 1997, but I also teach classes and do some writing coaching and story consulting for production companies. What is your book about (in a [...]

Daughter’s Love, Mom’s Thankful Heart

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Writing to me is one way to say thank you. Many people deserve my thanks and appreciation but no one more than my loyal and faithful daughter. If life offered me any gifts, she was the first in this life. At the age of 17, she entered the service becoming a US Marine. During Basic [...]

Grilled Shrimp with Sesame Oil Vinaigrette

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Grilled Shrimp with Sesame Oil Vinaigrette Ingredients: 16 large shrimp, uncooked 3 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 cup white Sesame oil 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 2 Tbsp chopped Vidalia onion 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley leaves Salt and ground black pepper to taste. Directions: 1- Peel and devein shrimp. Leave tail on. Butterfly. 2- [...]

Melted Time Of Old Friendships

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I had not seen her in 20 years. I missed her. She possessed kind eyes, a kinder heart and an innocent soul. Her love for me was endless. Filled with encouragement and joy were the messages she sent me through others. Our communication dwindled over the years until very rare missives passed between us. We [...]

The Saffron Kitchen, A Book Review

As an immigrant I loved this book. Not for the same reasons as others would but for my own reasons which I will share now. The story is written by the English daughter of an immigrant woman to England. At the beginning, she described how the arrival of the Mother’s nephew brought on sadness and [...]