Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

Archives
Aug 09

17 Things I Wish I’d Known in High School

I just got back from a weekend in my hometown: Mt. Carmel, Illinois, population 8000. While I was there, I had lunch with a group of people I went to high school with. My, how things have changed in the nearly thirty-five years since we graduated. We didn’t all travel in the same social circle back in the day, but we certainly enjoyed each other’s company on Saturday. It turns out time is the great equalizer in more ways than one. Here are 17 things I wish I had known when I was in high school. You will forget the [...]

Posted in A Day in the Life... | 40 Comments »
Jun 13

Your New BFF

This quote popped up everywhere last week: in the blogosphere, on Facebook and Twitter, in a magazine article. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ~ Buddha Coincidence? Probably not. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. ~ Buddhist proverb * * * Writers are some of the busiest people I know. We work full-time or part-time; we raise children, sometimes solo; we grocery shop and cook and clean and do laundry and groom our yards. After all that, when most people are settling in with a bowl of popcorn [...]

Posted in A Day in the Life... | 32 Comments »
Apr 24

The Marriage Project by Kathi Lipp

The Marriage Project – 21 Days to More Love and Laughter By Kathi Lipp  Harvest House Publishers ISBN-10: 0736925287 ISBN-13: 978-0736925280 Non-Fiction/ Self-help When I caught myself kissing the cat good-night and patting my husband on the head, I knew I needed help. After nineteen years of marriage and one kid, hubby and I are definitely getting complacent.   That spark that used to power our relationship has long since been buried under responsibilities, work, and life in general.  As an avid romance reader and aspiring romance author, I was embarrassed to realize how far I’d let my relationship go.  When [...]

Posted in 4 Petit Fours, Book Reviews, Reviews | 5 Comments »
Mar 13

INSIDE MY HEART, Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose by Robin McGraw

Publisher:  Thomas Nelson (2006) ISBN-10: 0-7852-8903-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-7852-8903-6 Genre: Non-fiction, self-help   I found Inside My Heart on a bargain table at Borders with a price too good to pass up on a #1 New York Times Best Seller. It’s not my normal read by a long shot, but a peek inside revealed a conversational tone and a bit of self-deprecating humor, so I bought it.   Inside My Heart is a stream-of-conscious type read, with Robin McGraw weaving back and forth through the events of her life with Dr. Phil (Phillip McGraw) of TV fame. At times it had [...]

Posted in 3 Petit Fours, Book Reviews, Reviews | 1 Comment »
Get our RSS feed in your Reader Sign Up for Our Newsletter

PETIT FOURS AND HOT TAMALES

Reading, Writing and Romance

Welcome to Petit Fours and Hot Tamales, a writers’ blog serving a selection of literary styles to satisfy any palate – from sweet inspiration to hot and spicy and everything in between.

YOU'RE INVITED to join in our 3rd Anniversary Celebration and see what's cooking during our blogging party Jan. 1 - Jan. 31. The Petit Fours and Hot Tamales are thankful for our loyal followers and wish to continue rewarding them and new readers with a month of prizes!

Looking to buy our cookbook? Send us an e-mail.

PF&HT Books and Stories

Brenda Novak Auction

Petit Fours and Hot Tamales' Blog Bounty offerings did well during Brenda Novak's 2010 and 2011 Online Auctions to benefit Diabetes Research. Some lucky bidders won great prizes and we won an award in 2010 and 2011

Look for our Blog Bounty again in 2012 with many great items, critiques, baskets and tote bags full of goodies! Check out Brenda Novak's website and auction efforts today.

Guest Chefs

for previous Guest Chefs, visit our Guest Chefs page.

Jan 25 - Judy Hubbard
Jan 26 - Stephanie Bond
Feb 1 - Barbara White Daille
Feb 8 - Alicia McCalla
Feb 15 - Connie Cox
Feb 22 - Marilyn Baron
Feb 29 - Cynthia D'Alba
Mar 07 - Writing Contest - TBA
Mar 08 - Kristina McMorris
Mar 14 - Writing Contest
Mar 21 - Writing Contest
Mar 28 - Writing Contest
Apr 04 - Brenna Lauren
Apr 11 - Christie Craig
Apr 18 - Mary Marvella

Daily Specials

Wednesday - Guest Chefs (bloggers)

Saturday - Reviews - What we're reading, viewing, etc.
The books we review on this site, unless otherwise noted, are our own personal copies. The Petit Fours and Hot Tamales blog members do not accept payment in exchange for a review or mention.

Review Rating System:

PETIT FOURS = Quality/Enjoyment
3 – I enjoyed it
4 – I really, really liked it
5 – LOVED it, couldn’t put it down

HOT TAMALES = Heat Rating
1 – Sweet/no love scenes
2 – Sensual
3 – Spicy
4 – Hot!
5 – Inferno!

Sunday - Travel With Us - Get the scoop on far flung areas of the globe as well as our own USA.

Prize Winners Posted Here

Winners posted here after a Guest appearance or special event, when applicable.
_________________
If your name/profile ID is posted here, e-mail your snail mail addys to pfhtbloggers@yahoo.com and we'll get your prizes to you ASAP*. If an e-book, please send your e-mail address. PLEASE PUT "PFHT PW" IN THE SUBJECT LINE so your e-mail doesn't get sent to spam. Thanks!

Congratulations and thanks for participating on Petit Fours and Hot Tamales!

Jan 30 - Julee won her choice of ebook or tree book of Leslie Tentler’s newest release, Edge of Midnight, donated by Pamela Mason.

Jan 29 - Judi Phillips' electronic version of Night of Turmoil goes to Mary Preston

Jan 27 - Susan Carlisle's basket of books written by Georgia authors including her Heart Surgeon, Hero...Husband? goes to Linda Henderson

Jan 25 - Winners of autographed copies of Judy L. Hubbard's These Arms of Mine are Christine Warner & Carol Burnside

Jan 24 - Laura Russell wins a $10.00 Starbucks gift card from Darcy

Jan 22 - Winner of a fancy Moroccan bookmark is Blythe Gifford

Jan 20 - Winner of an autographed copy of Allison Brennan’s Fatal Secrets, donated by Lindy is Mary Preston

Jan 19 - Dorree Anderson won a $10 GC to Starbucks from Maxine!

Jan 18 - Winner of an autographed copy of Tawny Weber's latest story, SEX, LIES AND MIDNIGHT is Chris S

Jan 17 - Elishera CN is Sandy's 1st winner: A gift card for Amazon OR Barnes & Noble for $5.oo PLUS a gift card for Starbucks for $5.00 PLUS a coupon for a download of one of her e-books (your choice which one)

Linda Hendersonis Sandy's 2nd winner: A gift card for Starbucks for $5.00 PLUS a coupon for a download of one of here-books (your choice which one).

Jan 16 - The winner of Sally's $10 Amazon credit goes to Jenn H

Jan 15 - The winner of the Moroccan bookmark is StacieD

Jan 13 - Sheila Anderson won an autographed copy of Suzanne Brockmann’s “Kiss and Tell” from Pam!

Jan 12 - Janel wins a signed copy of Debbie's first book, THE DOCTOR’S MISSION and a $10.00 Starbucks card.

Jan 11 - A print copy of Susan Carlisle's Heart Surgeon, Hero…Husband?goes to Michele Stefanides

*Prizes not claimed within two weeks will be withdrawn.

Our Tweets


Find us on Facebook!

Petitfours Andhottamales

Create Your Badge

Connect with PFHT!




PFHT in the news!

Jill Vejnoska wrote an article about writers using their on-line presence to build an audience. The Petit Fours and Hot Tamales were thrilled when she featured us and our group novel. Check it out!!!

Networked Blog on Facebook

Link To Us


Get the Code
(copy and paste)

<a href="http://www.petitfoursandhottamales.com"> <img src="http://petitfoursandhottamales.com/ petitfoursandhottamales.jpg"></a>

Other Graphics