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Release day!
HOW TO BAKE A PERFECT LIFE
by Barbara O’Neal
Available TODAY in trade paperback from your local retailer, or these on-line venues
Also available as an ebook for Kindle, and Nook and other formats.
A sweet pair of reviews
“O’Neal’s third novel is, like its predecessors (The Lost Recipe for Happiness, 2008; The Secret of Everything, 2010), a dramatic, emotional story with honest characters and a warm heart at its center.”
At ABC.com and the Huffington Post, a beauty of a review: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12442774&tqkw=&tqshow=
Giveaway #1: sourdough crock and starter from King Arthur Flour
How to Bake a Perfect Life will be in stores in 4 short days (Tuesday!), and in honor of that date, I’m going to start giving things away. This is the first one, a sourdough crock and either fresh or dried (you choose) starter from King Arthur flour. To win, just post to the comments and I’ll draw a name tomorrow morning.
Good luck!
How to Shake Up Your Life*
Three years ago, we lost Leo, the liveliest cat on the planet, to a fox. He was eleven. He went the way he lived, and as much as I miss him, I know it was a death of honor for him.
Then we lost Sasha to old age in January. Which left us with Esmerelda, the 22 year old Siamese; Athena, a very fat 13 year old silver tabby, and Jack, who isn’t that old at 8, but has had a couple of knee surgeries and other ailments, and was slowing down.
For months I’ve been looking out of the corner of my eye for young animals. Christopher Robin wants us to provide homes for old dogs that nobody wants …
THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS WINS GOLD!
Very happy to report that last weekend in Orlando, Florida, the Romance Writers of America awarded THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS their highest honor, the RITA. Every year, nearly 1200 books are entered and judged, and only a handful win the RITA. Thrilled!!
Award news for THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS
Sorry to be absent so much lately. I’m working hard on the 2011 book. It’s the most ambitious I’ve undertaken so far, and requires all my writing huevos to get it on the page. I did write a post on setting for Writer Unboxed yesterday, and it has generated some excellent discussion. Please join in.
IN OTHER NEWS: I am delighted to let you know that THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS is a RITA finalist. Quite a powerful panel of books, and I’m honored to be in such company. Happy, happy, happy.
I’ll write a post about …
A shy bow from her sweet petals
In THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING, Tessa is an amateur photographer. So am I, though in typical writerly fashion, she is far more gifted than I. Still, I do love getting a good shot.
One of my great desires has always been to have a greenhouse. In a corner of my dining room is a small conservatory, a Victorian imitation, and within are a cyclamen and African violets. This morning, this cyclamen was blooming and I spent an hour admiring it, shooting the light on its petals, diving into a wordless orgy of appreciation. There is something so quiet and renewing about flowers, something that heals all those little broken spots …
