November is the month for giving thanks. Join the Petit Fours and Hot Tamales and discover what we’re especially grateful for.
Monday, November 2: Sally Kilpatrick – The Scholarly Romance?Tuesday, November 3: Susan May – It Takes a PosseWednesday, November 4: Nicki Salcedo – 1o Presents to MyselfThursday, November 5: Linsey Lanier – Thankful for LoveFriday, November 6: Guest Chef: Cindy Miles

Thinking Write: The Secret to Freeing Your Creative MindBy Kelly L. Stone
Publisher: Adams Media; Pap/Com edition (October 18, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1605501328
ISBN-13: 978-1605501321
Genre: Non-Fiction
Are you looking how to:
· Recover from writer’s block
· Conquer burnout
· Learn to be more productive during precious writing time
If so, consider picking up a copy of THINKING WRITE.
Kelly Stone wrote THINKING WRITE as a companion to her book, TIME TO WRITE. After coaching writers in how to make time to write by carving out a few minutes here and there, Kelly knew she had to provide a means to capitalize on every precious moment. THINKING WRITE contains all [...]

The Worst Best Halloween EverBy Barbara Robinson
ISBN 0-06-027862-5
Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books
An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
The Herdmans plus Halloween have always spelled disaster. Every year those six kids—the worst in the history of Woodrow Wilson School, and possibly even the world—wreak havoc on the whole town. They steal candy, spray paint kids, and take anything that’s not nailed down.
“Don’t blame Mr. Crabtree,” she said. “It wasn’t Mr. Crabtree who piled eight kids into the revolving door at the bank. It wasn’t Mr. Crabtree who put the guppies on the pizza. It was the Herdmans, or some of the Herdmans, or [...]

Petit Fours and Hot Tamales is excited to welcome author, Lori Handeland. Lori Handeland is a two time RITA Award winner and the New York Times Bestselling author of the paranormal romance series, The Nightcreature Novels, as well as the urban fantasy series, The Phoenix Chronicles.
Lori lives in Wisconsin with a husband, two sons and a yellow lab named, Elwood. Check out her website at www.lorihandeland.com
What’s So Great About the Apocalypse?
In real life, not much.
In fiction, everything. Danger, heartache, conflict, the end of the world, will we or won’t we survive?
It’s all about the stakes, baby.
And in Apocalypse Happens [...]

The month is almost gone. You know what that means – just a couple more nights and Trick or Treat! Then it’s candy time. About the only thing scary about that are the pounds that seem to go along with each delicious bite of Milky Way, chocolate kiss, or cinnamon ball. (And always remember the cardinal rule of Halloween: always buy the candy you don’t mind being stuck with!)
This October we have celebrated all things associated with Halloween. We have read some wonderful stories in the ‘Pumpkin Patch’ this month. They made me hungry, made me drool, made me think [...]

 
Recognize these two?
Anyone out there a Supernatural fan? If you’re not, you’re missing out.

My daughter and I are Jared and Jensen groupies. She’s team Jared, I’m team Jensen.
(Jenson’s in the foreground by the way. Sizzlin, huh?)
For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, Supernatural is a series on the CW. Jared Padalecki plays Sam Winchester, boy wonder, computer genius, sensitive, demon blooded, younger brother whom my daughter refers to as The Spice of her Life. Jensen Ackles plays Dean Winchester, flawed, classic rock, classic car, fast women, trans fat, pie loving older brother. I simply refer [...]

By: Sandra Elzie

Since today is my blog day as well as the day that my Treasure Hunt story is “up” on my website…(a shameless plug, but what the heck?) I thought I’d take today and just enjoy some of the lighter side of Halloween. Come on! Let’s share some fun moments!

As you can see from the attached picture, I’ve looked better…and worse…but it was all in fun. The picture was taken by one of my staff back in 1982 when the Accounting office hosted the Halloween Open House. (Each year a different department was responsible for providing the [...]