Come celebrate with me over at my Facebook page, where I’m giving away four Starbucks gift cards, in honor of hitting over 400 page likes! Today (Saturday) is the last day to enter, so don’t wait! Tell me your favorite coffee treat, or coffee-related treat. Or just say hi — I’m flexible!  :)

 

 

 

Then, head over to N. N. Light’s Book Heaven, where they’ve rounded up the Best Books of 2018 into a last-minute stocking-stuffer gift guide. And don’t forget their BIG Holiday Gift Guide, where you can find all the books, for all the gifts!!

Today’s the day! So many local authors – so many author chats! Including mine (at 11am 😊)! Plus I’m on a panel about publishing models at 4pm – seriously, come see me. I will be there ALL. DAY. LONG. 😍

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Today’s MY day for the Love Romance Reads Grand Opening Bash! I’m posting about death (OBVIOUSLY), taking over the FB page, giving away $50 in prizes, AND DOING A VIDEO INTERVIEW THAT NO ONE SHOULD WATCH BECAUSE IT IS SCARIER THAN ANYTHING IN MY BOOK.

So please – don’t watch. But DO stop by the festivities, and enter the fabulous giveaway! :)

In all the excitement, I didn’t mention THIS giveaway, where you can enter to win a Kindle Fire or an Echo Dot!

And I:

1. Got up at 4:00 to head to the airport, leaving the mild, Spring-sprung NW for 20’s-30’s and snow in the Midwest.

2. Drove RIGHT OVER a downed powerline, coming out of our neighborhood (thank God for tires, because – DUH – the power was out and we didn’t see it until we were right on top of it)!

3. Am now sitting in the airport, waiting to board, sipping Perrier and contemplating the merits of peeing on land vs. the hassle of dragging all my stuff to the bathroom and back. It’s probably worth it, right? *lesigh*

Happy Saturday/30 Days to Go!!!

Yep. Those are exactly what you think they are. Although DEAD is more of a “paranormal adventure,” I do also write romantic mystery/suspense. And when you write any kind of romance, people give you “interesting” cookie cutters. And by people, I mean my BFF, who I’ve known since we were 7&8, respectively, and who gave me the cookie cutters not because I write romances, but because, well, DUH.

They came with a pin that has Bobby from Supernatural on it, saying “Balls!” (Of course they did.) I don’t have the pin handy at the moment, so enjoy this pic instead:

Hope you all have a peaceful finish to the year. See you in 2018!

So this happened:

Yes, I made four pies for Thanksgiving. FOUR.

I can already hear you saying, “Well, Kerry, that seems reasonable. When you have fifteen or twenty people for dinner, you need four pies.”

Maybe. But we only ever have five people. Yes, FIVE. That’s 0.8 pies PER PERSON (#mathteacher  ;)).

And the even more ironic part is that I only intended to make three pies. The fourth was an accident.

[Pause.]

“Um, Kerry — how, exactly, does one accidentally make a pie? Did you drink ALL that mulled wine I see in those crockpots in the photo, all by yourself?”

No. But I do use a FABULOUS website to store/access all my recipes (http://www.plantoeat.com*), and when I planned to make a single pumpkin pie, to round out the Apple and Marionberry pies, I forgot to change the quantity on the digital recipe. I bought the small can of pumpkin, but when I started making the filling, I blithely added four eggs, a whole teaspoon of cinnamon, etc., until I got to the pumpkin and realized it said I needed 3 cups instead of 1.5.

Oops. But I couldn’t throw out the filling and start over. I’m frugal — what can I say? Besides, I also happened to already have an extra pie crust dough ball in the fridge.

[Pause.]

“Of course you did, Kerry. Who doesn’t keep extra pie crusts lying around in their fridge, for no apparent reason? Sheesh.”

Well, that one I can explain reasonably. I think. See, whenever I make pies, I like to make enough crust to have some extra, in case one tears, or I don’t have enough for the edge fluting, or whatever. So since I was making two double-crust pies and one (or so I thought) single-crust pie, I decided to make three double recipes of dough (enough for six crusts), to have plenty extra. But as it happened, the first five crusts needed no additional dough, so I had one entire dough ball left.

HOW FORTUITOUS.

DH and DD wanted a little excursion anyway, so I sent them out to buy another can of pumpkin, and voilá — accidental pie was born.

And in case you’re wondering, we do all the other fixings, too, even though we’re a small group: turkey, cornbread stuffing, garlic smashed potatoes, pistachio-buttered green beans, lime jell-o with fruit cocktail, cranberry-pear chutney, jellied cranberries in the can (for ma mère), cream cheese stuffed mushrooms, and gravy. All of it gluten-free, homemade (except the canned berries), and delicious.

We’ll be eating leftovers for a week. Starting with stuffing-topped turkey pot pie, followed by biscuit-topped turkey pot pie. I love turkey pot pie, in case you’re wondering!

Oh yeah — we also have a spare turkey in the freezer downstairs, because yanno, if you spend enough at WinCo, they give you a turkey. And even though we already had one, I thought, why not? I can always find something to do with an extra turkey. (Har, har.)

How was your Thanksgiving? Peaceful and pleasant, I hope!

(* I love plantoeat.com! Super easy meal planner, list maker, recipe clipper/storer/accesser. And this weekend is their annual half-price sale, so if you’re looking for something new to try, hop on over. And no, I get NOTHING extra if you do — I just really-really love them!  :))