Author Archives: aliceaudrey
Grape Spritzer
Giving up cola? Try this. From Southern Living Cooking Light by Susan McIntosh 8 lime slices 5 1/3 cups club soda, chilled 2 2/3 cups unsweetened grape juice, chilled place 1 lime in each of 8 glasses. Combine club soda and grape juice; mix well. Pour 1 cup mixture over lime slice in each glass. Yield 8 cups. About 55 calories per 1 cup serving. Yes, I know it’s more than the light cola’s but I’ll bet it doesn’t give […]
Childless Romance
Romance is all about pair bonding. Seriously, the entire genre is built around the stage in the life of a man and a woman when they overcome what ever might be preventing them from finding a mate, and forming an attachment to one another. The attachment is presumed to be permanent, or the story is considered inferior from a genre perspective. From an evolutionary perspective pair bonding is all about reproduction. So far as the species is concerned the whole […]
Out To Lunch
I’m in my writing cave today. With any luck I will force myself past a really stupid blockage and be sociable gain later today. Alice
Suzie’s House 9: Dinner!
Drawn by the smell of Italian food – garlic and tomato and bell pepper – Drew drifted into the kitchen. That afternoon Suzie had said the hamburger in the glorified crock pot would be supper. He guessed she’d turned it into spaghetti and meatballs. She stood at the sink, spilling the contents of a stockpot into a strainer. Spaghetti. Bingo. But where were the meat balls? Though her arms held steady, they were trim enough to make her look delicate, […]
And the Winner Is…
Cindy! Not only did Cindy take first place in the second round of FanLit Forever’s Challenge Three, she also placed both of her other two entries in the top five. Take a bow Cindy. A most impressive accomplishement Alice
Kid Quote
Talk about kids being cute, by son came into my office and gave me a great big hug the other day. He does this a lot so I probably shouldn’t have raised an eyebrow, but something about the words he muttered caught my attention. So I asked him what that was all about. His answer? “You’re the only one who squishes to my liking.” Awwwww. No comments about what makes me squishy, all right? Alice
What You Get When You Ask One Too Many Times
This never actually happened to me, but boy it sure could have. Alice *Have you ever asked your child a question too many times? My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly. One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch in between errands. It was very busy, with a full dining room. While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, […]
Suzie's Hamburger Spagetti Sauce
Suzie didn’t put the whole can of tomato sauce in last Friday, so it wasn’t quite as saucy and she added some black olives. For Cindy’s Atomic Chili check the recipe thread in the General Discussion forum of FanLit Forever. The link to FanLit Forever is in the bar to the right. . 3 pounds of hamburger 1 #10 can of tomato sauce 3 fresh tomatoes 2 medium sized yellow onions, chopped. 1 bell pepper, chopped 2 T. oregano 2 […]
FanLit Forever Voting Closes Today
Challenge 3 Round 2 ranking polls close today at noon. It is still possible to make comments after the polls close, but you must ge your votes in now. Mama Alice.
Girl Scout Cookies
We got our Girl Scout cookies seconds ago. Of course the first thing I did was rip the box open and start stuffing my mouth. I have just one question. Were these things tastier WITH the trans fats? I can’t decide Alice
Suzie’s House 8: If You Can’t Stand The Heat, What Are You Doing In The Kitchen
Suzie put two pounds of hamburger in the slow cooker, thought again, and added another pound. With any luck the spaghetti sauce she made today would last a couple of meals, buying her enough time in which to figure out what sort of food she should be making. . Glancing at the clock, she decided to make refrigerator soup for her lunch. She could do it quickly, which agreed with her stomach as it was already well past noon. With […]
Why Is "Because I Like It" a Valid Point in Judging Fiction?
Per usual I am busy judging for an RWA contest and voting in FanLit Forever at the same time. In Challenge 2 it was the Golden Heart. This round it’s The Lauries hosted by From The Heart Romance Writers. It really brings to mind some basic differences. For one thing, the RWA contest try to counteract personal biases. You are supposed to score based on the quality of the writing rather than whether or not you personally like it. Tastes […]
Wanna Be and Gunna Be
Force of habit, I guess, but I find myself talking about writing a lot, even if there’s no round up. *grin* You all know what a wanna be is, right? The first time I heard the phrase was in reference to white people attending a pow wow. Some of them wanted to be Indian. My half-breed friend didn’t think much of them. So I always thought a wanna be was not something I ever wanted to be. The first I’d […]
Sleep Over
My son has had the same best friend since second grade. They are now in sixth grade. Unluckily the friend hit puberty a little early and has turned into a raging teenager. That’s all fine and well. He’s a sweet kid and I don’t have to put up with the lip. It had never occurred to me it would be a problem for my son. The kid is driving my son nuts! He’s trying to pressure him into getting heelies […]
They Call Him Mr. Lucky
Check this out. Some guy was driving along the highway and went off the road. You can see the place he went off over on the right hand side of this picture. The guy was seriously lucky. I mean, He jumped a culvert and ended up close to the road. His truck isn’t even all that smashed up, though it’ll need some work. Get a load of it. I don’t think you realize just how lucky this guy was. Scroll […]
