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Nova’s Having Hyperthyroid Adventures.
While everyone else is social distancing from people, we’ll soon have to distance ourselves from…our cat. 😐 Catboss Nova has been keeping things exciting this spring. When H.P. took her to the vet for her regular checkup last month, we learned that she’s in the early stages of hyperthyroidism. 😞 Thankfully, though, there are a…
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The Dragons of Jupiter Has a New eBook Edition! (Also, some eBook publishing tips!)
I do a lot behind the scenes at Holo Writing, from actual novel-writing to handling our graphic design, marketing, and social media presence. One of my most recent projects has been teaching myself to design eBooks in Adobe InDesign*, and this is the fruit of that! 😀 Then I figured, while I’m updating the guts,…
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Con Me Once – Book Review
Rauch and Frank are two down-on-their-luck roommates who just want better lives – Rauch for the two of them, Frank for other people. It’s why, when Frank isn’t working at the local comic shop, he prowls the streets as the costumed hero Lambda Man, using homemade tools to do whatever small good he can around…
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Recipes on Top – Fat Tire Soup (or, Sublime Beer Cheese Soup Mark III – Low Fat, Low Cholesterol)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0l0poWBMi-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Ingredients: 1 medium red onion cut into ¼ in pieces 1 package celery, chopped into chunks 1 package carrots, chopped into chunks 1 24 oz. package baby fingerling potatoes or honey gold potatoes, cut in half 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup skim milk 4 cups vegetable stock 3 dashes Tabasco sauce ½ tsp…
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Recipes on Top – Sublime Beer Cheese Soup (Mark II – Veggie Bomb)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6B5KKEBhrC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Ingredients: 1 lb smoked bacon, finely chopped 1 medium red onion cut into ¼ in pieces 1 package celery, chopped into chunks 1 package carrots, chopped into chunks 3 tablespoons all purpose flour 1 cup skim milk 4 cups chicken stock 4 oz grated white cheddar 3 dashes Tabasco sauce ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce…
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Recipes on Top – Sublime Beer Cheese Soup (Mark I – Cheese Bomb)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B55T9zCHDz2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Ingredients: ¼ lb smoked bacon, finely chopped 1 medium red onion cut into ¼ in pieces ½ cup finely sliced celery ½ cup finely chopped carrots 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3 cups whole milk 2 cups chicken stock 12 oz grated white cheddar 3 dashes Tabasco sauce ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce ½ cup beer…
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Redline – Anime Review
While watching Promare’s spectacular animation, I was reminded quite a bit of Redline, and then when writing my Promare review, I realized I’d never actually reviewed Redline. So I’m here to remedy that. Redline is a 2009 anime that follows the gloriously pompadoured Sweet JP as he and his Trans Am compete to win the…
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Promare – Anime Review
Pssh. Right, like a Trigger movie would come to our local theatre and it NOT be a Mandatory Date Night. Promare starts with a literal bang, as half the world’s population spontaneously bursts into flames, thus marking the Great World Blaze and the appearance of the Burnish – people with fire-manipulating powers who set the…
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A Flash of Red – Book Review
Jacob’s sister wrote a book, too, you guys! 😀 Psychological thrillers are a bit out of my wheelhouse, but thanks to this one, I may have found a new genre worth exploring. A Flash of Red by Sarah K. Stephens tells the intertwining stories of three characters: Anna Kline, a psychology professor afraid that she’s…
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The Messenger – Book Bomb
Hey, mecha fans! We know some of you are still reeling from the end of the Seraphim Revival series, and though we’re giving its characters a much-needed rest, we totally understand your need to read more action-packed giant robot goodness. Luckily for you, one of our #authorbuds, Terry Maggert, teamed up with J.N. Chaney to…