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Healthy Lunchables

Posted by on Jan 27, 2011 in Foodie Advice | 0 comments

Need to jazz up your boring meal routine?  Here are three easy recipes that are delicious, healthy, and versatile for lunches, dinner, or parties.  I would love some of yours. Please share and ENJOY! (Each recipe has been placed on the appropriate recipe page as well.) SHRIMP SALSA DIP serves 4 1 lb shrimp, steamed & peeled      3-4 med tomatoes, chopped        1 small onion, chopped 5 tab cilantro, chopped      1 jalepeno, minced     1 tab olive oil     1 tab red wine...

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Why Are Those Twitts Not Following?

Posted by on Jan 24, 2011 in Writing Tips | 11 comments

There seems to be a lot of unspoken rules about how to use Twitter.  In truth, no one has the time to explain to you the secret society Twitt-shakes.  You’re left to your own devices to figure it out #LoserNewbie  #GetaClue.   So to become a super savvy #TwitterRockStar, I’ve been doing some 007 James-Bond-style scouting these last four months since I’ve joined, and I think I’ve finally cracked the code. You won’t get followed if : 1. Too many followers, but...

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Guest Blog: Nancy Hinchliff

Posted by on Jan 20, 2011 in Author Interviews | 5 comments

NANCY HINCHLIFF owns and operates a bed and breakfast in Louisville, Kentucky where she also blogs and writes on line at Examiner.com, Eye on Life Magazine, Pink magazine and Hub pages. You can find her blogging at Business and Creative Women’s Forum, Inn Notes, Inn business A Memorable Time of My Life, and Louisville Bed and Breakfast Association . In 2008, she co-authored Room at the Table, for The Bed and Breakfast Association of Kentucky for which she won their...

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“My Writing is the Shiznit” and The Defunct Self-Esteem Movement

Posted by on Jan 17, 2011 in Writing Tips | 3 comments

Self-esteem makes for sucky grammar. As I type that, spell check is underlining away. That’s right folks, there are BUILT-IN tools for checking spelling and grammar. They’re certainly not infallible, but helpful and correct at least seventy-five percent of the time. High school students seem completely unaware of these tools. How is that possible in an era of information overload? Why are kids confusing subject pronouns with verbs and why, for the love of God, are they handing in...

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Writing Good Dialogue

Posted by on Jan 10, 2011 in Writing Tips | 2 comments

Dialogue is essential to bring characters to life and to keep the pace of a story cooking.  But writing one isn’t as easy as it looks.  It’s a skill that must be practiced, like any other.  I seldom write a perfect dialogue in the first draft, but have found that following a few rules helps me to cut unnatural, forced conversations and amp up the action.  I selected a few lines of terrible dialogue I’ve read recently to illustrate my points. 1. LISTEN TO CONVERSATIONS...

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Beating the Holiday Bulge

Posted by on Jan 3, 2011 in Foodie Advice | 1 comment

Most of us, including me, are attempting to unload a few extra pounds we’ve picked up during the last two months of over-baking, over-eating, and over-partying.  Here are a few tricks that work well for me…if I manage to stick to my regime. 1. Put down your wine glass and beer.  Double-fisting is no way to lose water weight and empty calories, which is exactly what drinking does for you.  If you can keep it to one per day, you’re safe from packing on the pounds. 2. Get off...

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