Today I’m grateful for family, friends, and an excuse to try a recipe for pumpkin cheesecake pie.
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!
Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways’
Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie, To Be Exact
Posted in Food and..., Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on October 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Some Advice
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Fiction, genre fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing, writing advice on October 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »
You can’t create and critique at the same time. It’s like being pulled in two different directions with equal force. You will just end up spinning your wheels.
— Ilona Andrews
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Writing It Down
Posted in Food and..., Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, recipes, Thoughts, writing on October 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I had the nice but somewhat complicated experience of having someone ask me for a recipe.
That’s right, my mushroom soup has fans both inside this house and out! And as this site frequently demonstrates, I’m happy to share my recipes.
The problem is that in this case, I don’t actually have a recipe to share.
Like so many of the things I make, be it soup or a story, I tend to start with an idea, triangulate, course correct, confabulate and finally create a whole new version of whatever it is I’m making.
That’s fine for fiction, but more complicated when what I’m trying to share is not just the result of the creative process, but the process itself.
This is a long way of saying that I don’t actually have a mushroom soup recipe, not exactly.
But for this particular person, I’ll figure it out. And if it makes any kind of sense, I’ll share it with you too.
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Potential Market
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Fiction, genre fiction, submissions, Writers, writing on October 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Are you a writer with a short story looking for a market? You’re in luck, because the award-winning Uncanny Magazine is open for submissions.
Uncanny Magazine will be open to short story submissions from October 2 to October 16.
Submissions – Uncanny Magazine
Uncanny is looking for original, unpublished speculative fiction stories between 750-10,000 words. Payment is $.10 per word (including audio rights).
They pay better than pro rates and are right up at the top of the short story game. Your name could be in their table of contents.
Good luck!
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StoryBundle Last Call!
Posted in Entertainment, Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, adventure, creativity, deals, Fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, science fiction, Writers, writing on October 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It’s last call for StoryBundle’s To the Stars Adventure SciFi bundle, featuring Writers of the Future v.39 and so much more!
This new StoryBundle will take your autumn, and your e-reader, to the far edges of the universe. Curated by bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson, this cosmic batch of eighteen books showcases the range of epic science fiction, from galactic empires to time-travel adventures to alien invasions. These books are from classic award-winning science fiction authors and hot new indie authors.
Only a few hours left to grab this Great Deal on Sci-Fi. Enjoy!
Am I biased? Sure, I happen to think our collection is great. But the bundle is curated by Kevin J. Anderson and also includes books by other names sci-fi/fantasy fans may have heard of, like Todd McCaffrey and Nancy Kress, as well as others I look forward to discovering.
Enjoy!
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There’s Always A Right Person
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on October 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“It’s the people, in the end, isn’t it?” says Viktor. “It’s always the people. You can move halfway around the world to find your perfect life, move to Australia if you like, but it always comes down to the people you meet.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed
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How to Deal
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, quotes, Thoughts, Tuesdays on October 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.
— Dame Helen Mirren
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Path for the People
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, nature, Thoughts on October 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The weather today is beautiful and I wish I could go outside for a walk. Sadly, work, so instead I was happy to see this Google Doodle commemorating one of the world’s great hikes, the Appalachian Trail.
Here’s the Doodle.
For more on the Trail, here’s the National Park Service site to give you a sense of what it’s like… minus the bugs.
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (U.S. National Park Service)
The Appalachian Trail is a 2,190+ mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921, built by private citizens, and completed in 1937, today the trail is managed by the National Park Service, US Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, numerous state agencies and thousands of volunteers.
I haven’t hiked the Trail but a lot of my best childhood moments revolved around the woods in the Allegheny Mountains, part of the central section of the Appalachians. My father also recently sent out a collection of his backpacking memories, which were great to read. (Although how he wasn’t eaten by a bear or something is beyond me.)
The beauty of these mountains, however, is something special.
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If You Need Chill
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on October 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Some days, you just need to chill. If today is that day for you, consider this three-hour timelapse and related article.
‘Why are 500,000 people watching paint dry?’ The man behind YouTube’s DIY sensation
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Groundhog Day, Again
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, food on September 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Due to an upcoming event involving Mr Man and fifteen buddies, today was mushroom soup day. Imagine this day, only with twice as many mushrooms.
We did the slicing and duxelle-ing and at one point, had four of our biggest pans on the stove and two cookie sheets in the oven. The goal was to make mushroom soup and we are about 81% of the way there. Next, we just need to assemble 32 cups of stock and the roasted mushrooms and the rest, and then we have a double quadruple batch of soup. Half for us, half for Mr Man’s Manly Crew of Adventurers.
Won’t lie, I’m beat. And we didn’t make quite as much progress as we’d hoped.
Ask me what we’re having for dinner.
Indian food:)
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