Pecan pie is a staple in the south. It’s an easy pie to make, so there’s no excuse not to serve it at your next get together or just as a yummy dessert. Pecan is pronounced peh’ cahn, by the way, not pee’ can. I like my pecan pie straight up, but some people like…
Buttermilk pie is another one of my favorites. Don’t worry if you don’t like buttermilk; you can’t taste it.
When you make your pie crusts for pies like peanut butter pie, prebake the shells. Roll them out on a floured surface and fold them in quarters. Put the folded crust in the pan and unfold it then turn the edges under and flute them. Prick the dough in five or six places with a…
Years ago, we had a school project to make a picture using different kinds of seeds and beans. I sketched out my scene, a cowboy riding a bucking horse on the prairie. Then my step-mother took me to the store and we bought all kinds of beans, seeds and spices to make my scene. I…
When Will got home from Iraq, we visited sometimes about his experiences there. They weren’t all good, obviously. Fortunately, Will is pretty laid back and he pretty much takes things in stride. Even getting stuck in Kuwait for over a week and being crammed in a building like sardines. It came as little surprise that…
Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary opened up an #askagent session on Twitter earlier today. I was half-heartedly scrolling in between searching for information about rats and noticed a question posted by an author. “Do you recommend hiring a professional editor for your work before you submit.” The question got lost in the shuffle, so after…
FAR RIDER is primarily the story of a young woman’s search for identity and a quest to gain respect. It could be a navel gazer except for the pirates, kidnappers, demons, civil war, genocide and senile wizard. I’m at the point in revisions now where the main pirate, Captain Boots Trelaine, is revealing more of…