Thursday, June 22, 2006

SUMMER IS HERE

As promised, here is your Thursday recipe to enjoy after a hard day's work writing:

LEMON DROP TEA PARTY

1 bottled Iced Tea or make it yourself
30 ml (2 tbsp) of vodka
30 ml (2 tbsp) of orange flavoured liqueur such as Grand Marnier
30 ml (2 tbsp) fresh lime or lemon juice (be adventurous and try the lime)

Combine all ingredients in a martini shaker filled with ice. (any shaker will do). Shake well and then strain into well-chilled glasses. Garnish with raspberries or lemon slices. Great outdoor drink.

Next week, I'll try and have something specific for meat on the BarBQ, for the long July weekend. If you haven't tried these two drink recipes by then, you can give them a whirl on either Canada Day, or Independence Day. :)

Wip Notes:

Ever have a story that would go well from either the hero's POV, or the heroine's POV? Do you try to really "mainstream" it and hope you can land an agent, or do you go with the heroine and hope you can "romantic suspense" it and sell to that market? I'm thinking I should try do write a partial from either POV and see which feels right. Sheesh. Maybe I'm just trying too hard. I keep just deleting pages in frustration and have nothing to show for myself. So much for hoping to be in the Killer Class of 2007. Ha!

2 comments:

Bailey Stewart said...

I do both POV's - different chapters. I really like to "watch" the hero fall in love.

Toni Anderson said...

It can be hard to find the right balance. Sometimes writing from both and figuring out who has the most to lose in a scene is a good way of figuring it out--sometimes a third person added to the mix helps!

Argh--no help!!!