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A community college teacher friend of mine put out a call for website makeovers his class could work on the next six weeks, and I volunteered mine. I had my first Webex call Tuesday and I’m excited to see what happens. For my homework, I need to give them examples […]

Best Minimalist Author Websites Recently updated !

This entry was posted in author website design business of being an author website website design on May 22, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Jess Mastorakos is the author of sweet military romances. She will chat about how she researches her Marine scenes, how she gets everything done as an author and mom of four littles, and how she got one million page reads in 18 months since writing to market. Q. Thanks for […]

Q&A: One million page reads with Jess Mastorakos Recently updated !

This entry was posted in author interview author life business of being an author Q & A writing romance on May 22, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Jolie Gordon is a talented photographer whose favorite photo subjects include shelter animals, wild animals, and landscapes. She will chat about how she got started taking photos for the Humane Society, how she fills her creative well, and what creatives can do to improve branding. Q. Did you get lots […]

Q&A: Animal Photography with Jolie Gordon Recently updated !

This entry was posted in photography Q & A on May 15, 2020 by Jewel Allen

When I was a kid, my dad used to bring home donuts from Dunkin’ Donuts after a long day at work as a pasalubong treat for us kids. I usually would go for the powdered sugar, filled kind, for my first, followed by my second and third. So donuts have […]

Upswing Ube Donuts

This entry was posted in Philippine recipes Quarantine recipe baking powder buttermilk coconut milk eggs flour McCormick ube extract milk powdered sugar salt sugar and tagged 0 stars on May 13, 2020 by Jewel Allen

I am grateful for a husband and children who indulge me when I want to make a feast of foods we have never made before. Today, on Mother’s Day, I wanted to make the Cuban meal I’d promised my children after our trip in February. Our “Cuban feast in the […]

A Cuban feast in the time of Coronavirus

This entry was posted in Cuba recipe on May 10, 2020 by Jewel Allen

USA TODAY bestselling author Lacy Williams is devoted to bringing her readers heartwarming love stories about cowboys and the women that tame them. She will chat about how she’s built her 30K newsletter subscriber list, what she does to engage them, and how she plots her romances. Q. I’m so […]

Q&A: 30K Newsletter Subscribers with Lacy Williams

This entry was posted in cowboys Q & A writing romance on May 9, 2020 by Jewel Allen

Stay-home shrimp tacos

This entry was posted in Quarantine recipe on May 5, 2020 by Jewel Allen

When I was campaigning for city council re-election last fall, I came upon a residence which had the most amazing aroma outside. Turns out the mom of the house was making tamales. I asked if she would sell me some, and she did! It was a great ending to a […]