Month: October 2012
Cocktail Special
Celebrate the night with this cocktail special, the Black Martini! A fairly recent addition to the growing pantheon of mixed drinks, the Black Martini is a deliciously wicked variation of a Martini. Instead of using vermouth, you add either blackberry brandy or chambord, a raspberry-flavored liqueur. For extra darkness of night, several recipes suggest using… Read More ›
Friday Cocktail
Try something a little devilish this Friday and enjoy the El Diablo! This one had been around for awhile, being a popular tequila-based drink. Recent recipes call for the use of Ginger Beer. However, the original recipe uses Ginger Ale. Either way, this one’s a great accompaniment to salsa and chips. What you’ll need: Tequila… Read More ›
Writerspace
With the tagline: Websites for Writers, Communities for Readers, Writerspace is an expansive site for everyone who loves fiction, particularly romance and mysteries! Writerspace was founded in 1998 and is now home to over 550 authors. Readers are encouraged “to gather, talk to each other, learn about releases and communicate with authors. The authors featured are… Read More ›
Friday Cocktail
It’s Alive! Well, maybe not … but this Friday Cocktail might just revive you. Try the Frankenjack! Dating back to the Prohibition Era, this cocktail is very much like the amalgamation of two drinks. The ingredients of a classic martini are given a boost of subtle fruit flavors with the addition of apricot brandy and cointreau. … Read More ›
Death at the Chateau Bremont
Dotted by medieval towns dating back to Roman times, filled with rolling hills of lavender and herbs, alive with the sun-drenched colors of ochre, azure, and sienna, Provence has long inspired creative minds. This is Cézanne’s country, and his birthplace, Aix-en-Provence, is the setting of M. L. Longworth’s debut novel, Death at the Château Bremont. The Mistral… Read More ›
The Ogham Society
It finally has a name. Creating the world in which your characters reside is an ongoing challenge. What places and organizations are a part of their world? Are they real or imagined? Ever since reading Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour (see post here), I’ve wanted to create a psychical research society for my own series. … Read More ›
The Witching Hour
An Englishman remarks to a bartender in New York City that “he’d just come from New Orleans, and that certainly was a haunted city.” The doctor sitting next to him agrees and remembers … “He had been dreaming of the old house in New Orleans again. He had seen the woman in the rocker. He’d… Read More ›
Friday Cocktail
The leaves are beginning to turn, so why not try an appropriately named drink for the fall season? Enjoy an Autumn Delight! There are other cocktails with this name, but this version originated in Japan, created by the makers of Tamazaki Whisky. Ideally, Suntory Yamazaki (12 year) is the whiskey that should be used. It’s more akin… Read More ›
Writing Challenge 10
A mysterious photo appears … Where has it come from? What is it a photograph of? When was it taken? We’ve all seen them at one time or another. A sepia-toned photograph of an earlier time that begs us to question what life was truly like then. Some of us are lucky to have pictures… Read More ›
The Poisoned Martini 