Posted by Christie Kelley Mar 21 2013, 12:30 am
For once, this isn’t a release party. Today is far more important than that. I’d like to call it a re-release party or the maybe the release of Christie 5.0. That’s right, today is the big day 5-0. I’m ready for the day. I made my crazy cake, which is the best chocolate cake ever! If you want the recipe, let me know. It has oil and vinegar in it (not that you’ll taste the vinegar). If you’re vegetarian, no problem…no eggs in the recipe. Not into dairy…also no problem. So after a nice dinner with my boys, we’ll have
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Posted by Christie Kelley Mar 17 2013, 1:00 am
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It is an honor and privilege to talk about my ancestry. Being a historical writer, I’ve always been fascinated by the emigration out of Europe to North America and Australia. I think the Irish emigration is interesting, not just because I’m Irish, but because it was one of the first mass emigrations. In 1845, 75% of the potato crop was devastated by the potato blight. This was more than just a crop that the farmers sold for money. This was their food. The potato made up the majority of their nutrition. People ate them for three
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Posted by Christie Kelley Feb 17 2013, 12:45 am in Christie Kelley, Fast Five
This will be a short one today. I’m neck deep in work for the day job, revisions for the job I wish was the day job, working on the third book in the trilogy—again for the wished day job, and the never ending work around the house. All said, that’s a lot of work for one person. So I thought it might be fun to do a totally random fast five. What was the last book you read? What’s your favorite dessert? Are you a cat person or a dog person? What’s your favorite way to relieve stress? (desperately needing
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