Editing, always – June, 2022
Unlike many of my writing friends, I enjoy editing. Mainly because I write the type of novels that I like to read, so it’s not painful to read through them… Read more »
Author Archives: Katherine
Remembering older writing – May 2022
There is a weekly coffee klatch in a nearby town on Thursday mornings where we talk about all sorts of things. Someone mentioned that it was three year’s since her… Read more »
Writing at the beach – Feb. 2022
Since going to the beach in South Carolina appears to be my winter routine, I want to be productive during that month, or two. But I also want to spend… Read more »
Steady progress or … January, 2022
I wasn’t going to do NaNoWriMo last year, so when I decided to go ahead and do it, I didn’t want a month of crazy writing to interfere with my… Read more »
Reflection on My first NaNoWriMo – December 2021
It might seem that the whole point of NaNoWriMo is to create a novel in a month, or at least to write 50,000 words, and that is great to start…. Read more »
Doing NaNoWriMo again – October 2021
Last November, I was even more of a rebel than usual in that instead of having a goal of writing so many words per day, my goal was ‘reading for… Read more »
Reflect before taking action – February 2021
While working on the outline for the next book in my series, I recognize that it was taking a fair amount of time for the story to move along. My… Read more »
Zucchini Brownies
Ingredients: 3/4 cup chocolate chips 1/4 cup butter room temperature 1/4 cup applesauce 2 tablespoons cocoa powder 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 large eggs 3/4 cup flour… Read more »
Carrot Tarragon Soup
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pound carrots 2 onions 4 potatoes 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon tarragon 2 1/2 pints chicken (or veg) stock 1 tablespoon sugar salt & pepper Saute onions… Read more »
Challah
Ingredients: 1 cup lukewarm water 4 1/2 teaspoon yeast 1 cup whole wheat flour 3 or 4 cup flour (about) 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 stick butter (1/2… Read more »
Artisan Oatmeal Bread
Ingredients: 1 cup wheat flour 1 1/2 cup white flour plus 3/4 cup more as needed 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon yeast 3/4 teaspoon allspice 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1 1/4… Read more »
Tomato Soup
Ingredients: 1 – 28 ounce can whole peeled tomatoes 2 pints chicken broth 1 heaping tablespoons minced garlic 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 teaspoon salt… Read more »
Apple Tarte
Base 5 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons milk 2 tablespoons oil 1 large egg 1 teaspoon baking soda 3 peeled and quartered apples Icing 1 egg 3 tablespoons… Read more »
Orange yogurt cake
Ingredients: 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter, cooled slightly, plus more for greasing pan 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 1 cup… Read more »
Spinach Quiche
1/4 cup butter 3 eggs 1 cup flour 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon fresh tarragon 1 pound grated cheese (cheddar, or whatever you… Read more »
Ebook only, Blogs, read to write – January, 2021
I have decided to save myself the tedious task of producing a paper back version of my novels. I use the tool scrivener to write and edit my novels. This… Read more »
Hilton Head, SC – January, 2021
Islanders Beach Park on Hilton Head Island has a nice ramp to the beach. This is a public park that is on the north end of the island. There are… Read more »
A year’s difference – December, 2020
One year ago we flew to Madrid and on to Malaga. What a difference a year can make. We no longer intend to be nomads. It’s not always easy to… Read more »
Reading to Write – November, 2020
I’m a total rebel this year for NaNoWriMo, so am counting time spent, not words. I’m mainly reading, with a little writing, but deliberately don’t want to count my usual… Read more »
Doing NaNoWriMo After All – October, 2020
I have an idea for doing nano this year and not spending my time just trying to get a huge word count full of things I don’t care about. I… Read more »
2020 Changing plans – April, 2020
As happened to many people, our plans changed in 2020. It has influenced my writing in that I didn’t gather material as I had expected to, but I had plenty… Read more »
Accessibility in Southern Spain – January 2020
We saw people in motorized wheelchairs in Southern Spain, more in a modern city like Torremolinos than in the old parts of old cities like Seville or Cordoba. Noticed this… Read more »
Book blurbs – December, 2019
I struggle with writing the back of the book blurb for my novels. Mainly because I rarely read them myself since so many spoil the book. They often try to… Read more »
Doing NaNoWriMo Sanely – November, 2019
Once upon a time, I used to wake up at 4 a.m. on November 1st to start writing a novel for NaNoWriMo. It was exciting, but often cold. Well, this… Read more »
Almost Nomads – October, 2019
After our house had been on the market for almost a year, we decided that it might well take another year to sell. We decided to live our lives as almost… Read more »