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Evan Gow is the indie developer of StoryOrigin, a marketing tool / community that authors can use to find reviewers, increase sales, build their mailing lists, and manage their schedules. He will chat about how he started this one-stop author service, how authors can get more book reviews, and what […]

Q&A: Getting more book reviews with Evan Gow Recently updated !

This entry was posted in author interview book marketing business of being an author Creative Q&A Q & A on August 1, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Katharine E. Hamilton is a contemporary romance author. She will chat about how she created and researched her wildly popular Irish romance series, how she ranked well despite bucking popular publishing trends, and how she advertises her books. Q. Good morning, Katharine! I love your first name, btw. I don’t […]

Q&A: Bucking the Trends with Katharine E. Hamilton

This entry was posted in author interview Q & A writing romance on July 23, 2020 by Jewel Allen

It took me a couple of tries to make a pasta dough that I dare use for my Kitchen Aid mixer and Antree pasta 3-in-1 roller’s maiden voyages. Homemade pasta uses a really simple list of ingredients: 2 cups flour, 3 eggs, a pinch of salt. That’s it. I just […]

Adventures in Pasta-Making

This entry was posted in cooking on July 23, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Karly Stratford is the pen name of an author of clean contemporary rom-coms. She will talk about how she came up with her fun cover concepts, how she got started writing rom-coms, and how she writes funny during a pandemic. Q. Just wanted to confirm. Would you like me to […]

Q&A: Light & Fun Romances with Karly Stratford

This entry was posted in author interview author life Q & A writing romance on July 17, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Carol Moncado is the USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary Christian and royal romances. She will chat about how she creates her kingdoms, how she drafts to publish, and what royal romance readers want. Q. I am so happy that we are able to chat today…we’ve been wanting to do […]

Q&A: Writing About Royals with Carol Moncado

This entry was posted in author interview author life business of being an author Q & A writing romance on July 10, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Cindy Ray Hale is the author of contemporary adult and young adult romance novels. She will chat about how she got to act in movie sets, what celebrities are really like, and what makes for compelling young adult fiction. Q. Thanks for chatting with me Cindy! Are you having to […]

Q&A: Acting on your dreams with Cindy Ray Hale

This entry was posted in author interview author life film Q & A young adult on July 3, 2020 by Jewel Allen

I did it! I self-published Cuba: A Travel Journal with Recipes in e-book. With lots of photos. I had been wanting to publish this book since returning from Cuba in February. The journal chronicles, via stories and photos, my eight-day trip through Cuba with my husband and a small tour […]

How I Self-Published a Travel Journal/ E-Cookbook

This entry was posted in cooking Cuba rapid recipe rapid release travel on July 1, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Craig Fear is a cookbook author and the blogger behind Fearless Eating. He will chat about how he built his cooking platform, how he prepared his cookbooks from draft to indie-published, and how he tests his recipes. Q. You have a dog, correct? What’s his name? A. I do! Her […]

Q&A: Fearless Cookbook Publishing with Craig Fear

This entry was posted in author interview author life cooking Q & A on June 26, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Three-time black-belt Lia London is the author of contemporary novels. She also is the founder of Clean Indie Reads, an organization of over 3700 authors, illustrators, and marketing specialists who work in the independent publishing industry. She will chat about what she learned from stage-writing, how she got into martial […]

Q&A: Clean Indie Reads with Lia London

This entry was posted in author interview author life Q & A on June 19, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Adapted from Alton Brown’s recipe Best. Steak. Ever. I know. That’s quite the claim. But it’s true. This week, I made two French dinners, and one of them was Steak au Poivre. It sounds fancy but it’s a really simple dish. The recipe I adapted asked for cognac, which I […]

Steak au Poivre

This entry was posted in recipe butter heavy whipping cream olive oil peppercorn red cooking wine salt to taste steak (inch-thick boneless New York strip) and tagged 0 stars on June 18, 2020 by Jewel Allen