Well, we did say that the blogging would be thin during the month of NaNoWriMo (aka November). I can report that K.R. Brorman, S.A. Young and I have all been writing like fiends and making significant progress not only toward the NaNo goal of 50,000 words each in a month, but also on the book…
Author: C C Cedras
One of two authors who are collaborating on a series of romantic suspense novels. Mostly retired lawyer, Mom of Cavalier King Charles spaniels, Fiona and Archie, and the late, great Fergus who is romping over the rainbow until we all get there, currently loving life in my newly-built forever home on the mountain.
Of Mice and Butternut Squash
I’ve got a few words to say about cooking with fresh-from-the-garden butternut squash. Got staff? Make them cut it into 1/4 inch dice. Just sayin’. [Heaving a heavy sigh] I learn. Really. No, really. Every year, every garden teaches me new things. Butternut squash can be bought at the farmer’s market, or Kroger’s. I do…
Do The Arts Matter?
Several days ago, I had the pleasure of attending a theatre production presented at Virginia Tech. The production was comprised of three one-act plays by Harold Pinter. To say that “Pinter Works” was beautifully produced and performed and left us a little breathless is an understatement. But, the thing that got me thinking even before…
Your One Wild and Precious Life
Today, I drifted out onto the patio after breakfast with a mug of coffee and a blanket because it was, as my Canadian friends would say, “fresh”. It was such a glorious introduction to Fall, that I had to post a little Facebook status about sitting there, watching the deer graze past me and listening…
The Bully
[Note to readers — As I mentioned in an earlier post, Graduation, I have been writing biographies of my characters who will be appearing in the novel series. In the process, I’ve written some short pieces that provide a bit of their back story — back story that probably won’t appear in the books, but…
What We Did On Our Summer Vacation…
Obviously, we took an unannounced hiatus from the blog the past few months (did anyone miss us??). Without giving out more mundane detail than anyone wants to read, it’s safe to say that we’ve been doing pretty much what everyone ELSE has been doing all Summer – gardening, making up recipes, spending time with family,…
Transit of Venus
For days I have been captivated by this phrase. It evokes thoughts of mythical love and passion. Whisper it, “transit of Venus”. What (or who) does it make you think of? True, it is an astronomical event – an extremely rare one – with all the attendant scientific terminology and descriptors, but even astronomers and…
The Sisterhood
Women are some of the most caring, compassionate, nurturing creatures on the planet. They can also be the most cunning, conniving, backstabbing beings in the world. All are capable of great drama, often unnecessarily. In a long career in which opportunities for professional women were limited, I have known more than a fair share of…
Just for the Halibut
Yes, yes. I know. Old joke. But. I have to share an absolutely delicious outcome involving fresh halibut that I picked up at the market yesterday and served for dinner last night. First thing you need to know about me is that I often do not plan menus in any great detail and have to…
Graduation
[Note to Readers — As I have been writing the biographies of my characters who will be appearing in the novel series, I thought it would be fun to create vignettes that reveal some of their back story and share them here. At the moment, I don’t plan to include these in a novel, although…