Broad Spectrum: The 2012 Broad Universe Fiction Sampler

I write fiction, nonfiction and everything in between. I wrote the text; art for the volume was supplied by the amazing Rafi Adrian Zulkarnain. Finally, and most important, is my web site address, JeanMarieWard. Are you an author?

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My Capclave Schedule, Edition. I meant to post this earlier this week, but my current writing project had other ideas. Capclave did me proud this year: I hope to see you there—and remember, the autographing session always has cake… Friday4 PM: Writing at Different Lengths. Mom was a Jungian—sort of.

She knew the health of the mind was inextricably linked to the health of the body. She also knew entire families could suffer with mental health issue. Goin' to Dragon Con, Edition. Dragon Con is almost here! The Westin Bar may never recover. In addition, this will be author Joshua B. My Balticon 52 Schedule.

Memorial Day Weekend is just around the corner, and we all know what that means—Balticon! Gribble, Lisa Hawkridge, A. Martin, Cara McKinnon, K. My Schedule for RavenCon This year, it may be the only way to tell spring has sprung. First up is one of my favorites, RavenCon. Crafting New Worlds--How to create worlds and universes tha. Capclave, my hometown con specializing in short fiction, is coming up this weekend.

But the rest of them are really nice. My schedule this year is particularly choice, encompassing a number of topics dear to my heart. And as always, I come equipped with chocolat. Which is the whole point. All the cool kids posted their Dragon Con schedules last week. But I held out until I could be sure I had a reading.

My Balticon Schedule. Spring has sprung, and Memorial Day is less than a week away. You know what that means: Because some have forgotten. In a Jewish writer named Emma Lazarus was asked to write a poem to help raise money for the pedestal needed before the Statue of Liberty could be erected on what became Liberty Island in New York Harbor. She refused until southern writer really southern--she helped sew the original Confederate battle flag Constance Cary Harrison convinced her how important that statue could be to immigrants sailing into the harbor.

We writers ask a lot of our readers. Not only do we ask you to read--and love! Reading and loving feeds our twisted little writer souls. But sales, promotion and awards are what pay the rent and keep the cat in kibble. Trust me, you do not want to attempt stringing words together around a hungry cat. It never ends well. With that in mind, I'd like to say thank you again for everything you.

My Capclave Schedule. Tim Powers, James R. I thought my office was great. My colleagues were pleasant, respectful and never asked me to make coffee a second time. Thursday Recipe - German Potato Salad. Yes, I'm still on hiatus, but as I find recipes I've overlooked, I'll add them. Thought I'd posted this one.

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It's a family favorite. Hot potatoes, crisp bacon, sweet onions, all wrapped in a creamy, tangy vinegar sauce. How can you possibly pass it up? I get to, because I haven't found a good potato substitute and me and potatoes are no longer friends. German Potato Salad 4 medium potatoes, sliced in half lengthwise 4. My apologies to the few regular readers of this blog.

Life is overwhelming right now. I need to pare down the things I commit to, and unfortunately, this blog is not a priority right now. It takes time and effort to write posts, even weekly ones, and I think I've about run out of my go-to recipes to post. I might pick it back up in a couple of months. I'm thinking of putting the recipes together in a cookbook. Anyone interested in a paper copy? Thursday Recipe - Hibiscus Punch Take 2. Remember that hibiscus syrup recipe I posted a few weeks ago?

I made punch out of it the other night. It was delicious - light, cool, refreshing, and a lovely shade of red. Try this instead of that kidney-stain punch mix next time you want a fun party drink. Look for dried hibiscus flowers online or at a local Latino grocery store. They make a really fun syrup with a sweet floral flavor. If you want to make Hawaiian punch that tastes like the name brand, try the recipe with the Hibi.

If you want writing to be your job, you have to treat it as a job. If you sit around waiting for inspiration to hit, you're going to be doing a lot of sitting and not much writing. Writing is a creative pursuit, though. So I wanted chicken pot pie, but I didn't want to bother with the crust. Or with turning the oven on. I ended up throwing everything in my crockpot. Delicious, easy, and bonus, no heat from the oven. I tossed rice in the rice cooker to go under it but you could do mashed potatoes or biscuits or whatever you want.

Author Interview - C H Lindsay. Charlie is a writer, poet, housewife, and mother, but not necessarily in that order. While she hasn't worked at a regular job since her kids were born, she spent thirty years as an event planner, organizing and running science fiction, fantasy, and horror conventions. She also spent a decade acting in musicals. Now she prefers to stay at home with her family and write novels, short stories, and poetry.

Thursday Recipe - Hibiscus Syrup, Take 2. I posted a recipe for hibiscus syrup a while back that used just dried flowers and mint leaves. This is another variation that makes an awesome Hawaiian punch. Dried hibiscus flowers are available usually at Latino markets, at least that's where I've had the best luck finding them.

Or you can order them online. Give this a try. It makes wonderful punch. Or use it as a flavoring for frosting or pudding. Hibiscus Syrup c. Author Interview - Brett Jamison. Today, I want to introduce you to a friend of mine. I've known him for years.

He's been writing, acting, and producing simulator "shows" for many years. His body of work is quite extensive, but unless you attend one of the space simulators in Utah, you have probably never encountered any of his work. His mediums have been unconventional, to say the least.

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He's got a lot of good advice to share, as well as a fasci. Technically, this would be a tisane - a brewed drink made from herbs. But who's counting semantics? It's iced tea without the tea. I have lots of mint in my yard of several varieties including spearmint, sweet mint, pineapple mint, and chocolate mint. It exploded this summer into huge green bushes. My daughter has a thing for iced herb teas, so we decided to try making some from fresh mint. It has a light, fresh flavor, more than dried mint teas.

Author Interview - Lindsey Duncan. She feels that music and language are inextricably linked. Thursday Recipe - Knife Skills. Okay, it's not really a recipe. I've been teaching my cub scouts how to use pocketknives safely. They did soap carving with them a couple weeks ago. Sharon Stogner for I Smell Sheep. Personal Demons by Jean Marie Ward caught me totally off guard with a tale of what happens when a serious practitioner gives proof of the reality beyond the flesh….

Tantric sorcery, an exorcism, a young girl possessed by a powerful demon—yes, this could exacerbate the already rising tension between the sorceress, or tantrika, and her psychologist partner who outed her as a user of magic in Psychology Today. Can love survive dark power and its use, its link to sex? Cynthia Ward for Black Gate. Happily, I found this anthology to be wonderful, different, and full of women dealing with magical forces without being solely defined by their sexual orientation.

For the most part, the collection flowed from one tale to the next in a really great way too. From a servant girl with healing powers to a witch detective who uses demons instead of a computer to solve cases, the stories in Hellebore and Rue have a nice range of settings from medieval through modern. There is also a nice mix of locations from both sides of the Pond, with very identifiable North American and English backdrops. Carey Gates for Future Fire. Ward sets up an almost real world scenario, with a nurse whose lover has inadvertently outed her as a witch being asked to help a child who has been possessed.

The ending of this story is very powerful. Merry Gangemi for Lambda Literary Review.

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If you like fantasy, short stories with an added bonus of lesbians I would highly recommend you read this book. And if you like fantasy and short stories I would also highly recommend it. Alysse for The Lesbrary.