Monthly Archives: December 2014

REVIEW OF SECRETS OF HONOR BY CAROL KILGORE

 If you like suspense.
If you like interesting characters.
If you like an intriguing plot.
If you like a little romance with your mysteries.
If you like crime in high places—

SecretsofHonor_front_1600x2400_May2I have a book to recommend.

Carol Kilgore’s latest crime fiction with a kiss novel involves beautiful women and beautiful jewelry. It features the President of the United States and his first lady. And a hunk, Dave, for the main character, Kat Marengo to hanker for. Kat and Dave are working for a secret agency with ties to Homeland Security. They are tasked with watching out for suspicious persons at an event the President is attending, and they each have special skills for doing that, Kat in particular.

The stakes are raised when the First Lady secretly places a note in her hand asking Kate to meet her later. When she does, the First Lady tells Kat a friend’s daughter has been kidnapped. That’s when things get dangerous. For the First Lady who is willing to trade herself for the safe return of the girl, and for Dave and Kat who decide to locate the child and bring her home.

Well, of course you’ll have to read the book to find out if Dave and Kat get together. And if they accomplish the First Lady’s mission. The jewelry adds an interesting note, as does Kat’s expertise with disguises.

Grab a copy here either in print or ebook format:

http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Honor-Carol-Kilgore-ebook/dp/B00NH0QTO6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419644170&sr=8-1&keywords=secrets+of+honor

You won’t be disappointed.

CHRISTMAS 2014

Christmas art Marielle Frigault https://www.flickr.com/photos/marielle_frigault/

A FAVORITE COOKIE RECIPE WHICH GETS RAVES AND IS UNUSUAL:

HOLIDAY FRUIT DROPS

Yield, 6 dozen
Oven temp. 350 degrees

3-1/2 cups sifted flour
1 teas. baking soda
½ teas. salt
1 cup soft butter or margarine
2 cups packed light-brown sugar
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk
1 teas. vanilla
1-1/2 cups chopped nuts
2 cups halved candied cherries

Sift together first 3 ingredients, set aside. Mix together butter, sugar and eggs, beat until mixture is light and fluffy. Add buttermilk, extract and flour mixture. Mix well. Stir in nuts and fruit. Drop by teaspoonfuls on lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

From our house to your house, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Palm Tree Christmas 2011

BAD WRITING COSTS THE WRITER MONEY

Grammarly, the grammar checkers, did a study, which was posted on Huffington Post not too long ago.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/05/grammar-infographic_n_5767902.html

Grammarly proofread 400+ freelancer profiles from all eight categories of the Elance platform for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. To adjust for quality of work, they only selected freelancers with an average rating of four stars or above. Then they looked at correlation between earnings and number of mistakes. They hope the direction of the data spurs some thought and conversation about the importance of good writing. Their goal is to raise awareness for the importance of good writing. Here’s the chart with their findings:

grammar infographic

Here’s the link to the Grammarly site in case you’d like to check some of your own writing for errors: It couldn’t hurt!

http://www.grammarly.com/grammarcheck

Here’s to good writing!