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Inside the Writer's Garret

On writing and life, with a little chocolate thrown in from time to time.

Finishing Georgette

9/29/2014

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PictureRockefeller Center, in the heart of Manhattan, is where Georgette worked. Image courtesy of Wikimedia.
Last Friday, I wrote the very last scene of my new romantic comedy, a book that's in my work in progress file as "Georgette Alden Starts Over".  It's the story of daytime television star Georgette Alden and what happens to her when Electra Holmes, the character she's played on the daytime drama "Our Time Tomorrow" for over thirty years, is killed off. 
Georgette is nothing if not a drama queen, and in imitation of my character,  I fist pumped and sauntered around the garret a few times when I wrote the ending--because (yes!!) I've been working on this book on and off for over two years. And (yes!!) I have a draft, a complete story all written. 
It's not ready to roll out yet, of course. Over the next few weeks, I'll edit it through, then give it to a few readers and then later edit through it again when I prepare it for submission. If I'm lucky enough to find a home for it, it'll pass three or four time between me and my editor and then through the hands of a copy editor and then back to me for a final crossing of the t's and dotting of the i's. In other words, it's a looong process.
In truth, I don't mind. I've come to like the editing part of my work, I love polishing and refining, trying to make a book the best it can be.  
For now, I can take some satisfaction in having a draft.







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A Touch of Cookery--#Bruschetta

9/15/2014

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The fresh tomatoes in our garden are nearly all harvested. I'll miss the wonderful taste. This bruschetta is fabulous made with big boys picked ripe from the vine, but if those aren't available you can use vine ripened tomatoes from the market. The recipe is easy and always a favorite here at chez Carbone

Tomato Bruschetta
6 slices of crusty bread (ciabatta or sesame semolina work well)
olive oil 
3 vine ripe tomatoes
3 slices fresh mozzarella




for dressing--
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon basil


Sprinkle bread slices with olive oil and place on baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for eight minutes, or until toasted. While bread is toasting, dice tomatoes and mozzarella and place in a medium-sized bowl. In a small bowl, combine extra virgin olive oil, vinegar, garlic, and basil. Pour dressing over tomatoes and mozzarella and mix until well blended. Spoon mixture over toasted bread. 
Enjoy!   






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A peek into the pages--Sweet Auralie

9/8/2014

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More about the Sweet Lenora Series
 I've been sailing with Anton and Lenora as I work on the final, full length novel that will finish their story. The book is written in three parts, and I've just finished the second part and made a small dash into part three. I'm going to set it aside in a bit, so I can work on my romantic comedy,  but these characters will occupy a little part of the garret even as I do that. 
The book's working title is Sweet Auralie and part two is called From the Ashes, it begins in San Francisco in 1859, several years after Anton and Lenora return from their first journey to China aboard Willow (which constitutes part one of the book.)
Since I haven't shared for a while, here's a short peek at some of From the Ashes, written in Lenora's voice--


As I passed this room, the door shut, I wished again we had never altered our home and that Anton and I could go back to a simpler time, when the cottage had been his and mine and there were no others to count on us. Ah, but to not have Auralie? I could scarce imagine my life without our little girl. And Robert? No, I would not expunge the short and precious days with him, though I paid for them now with such fierce pain. Yet I often thought about the young woman I had been when we first arrived in San Francisco, the woman so full of desire and passion, who knew so well what she wanted from her life. Was she still there, hidden inside the shroud of the older, wiser, and infinitely sadder woman I had become?

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