Thursday, August 15, 2013

THE WAID BOOKS BLOG: AUGUST 15, 2013

WELCOME TO THE WAID BOOKS BLOG!
AUGUST 15, 2013

This Blog is on FIRE!!!

IN THIS EDITION:

  • CURRENT TITLES AVAILABLE FROM WAID BOOKS
  • T-SHIRTS AND OTHER ITEMS FOR SALE!
  • CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:  BAD GIRL'S TALES
  • HOME MADE ICE CREAM RECIPE (Make some with the kids before they go back to school!)

  • A CREATIVE PROMPT FROM ANDREA R. CUNNINGHAM


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CURRENT TITLES FROM WAID BOOKS!

We are so excited to offer 4 titles from Waid Books with many more to come!

http://www.waidbooks.com/waid-books-authors

From Author T. L. Waid:  

Love and Other Misunderstandings

Something Sensual

From Author Kevin "Pete" Groom
Recipes Made with P-Love's Smokin' Rub




From Author Andrea R. Cunningham
Themes and Dreams:  A Collection of Short Stories

Please support our authors and thank you!


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THE NEW WEB-STORE!!!


We are proud to announce that Waid Books now has a virtual "gift shop".  We are selling T-shirts, Aprons and other whimsy.  Please click over to our Spreadshirt store and thank you in advance!


http://www.waidbooks.com/471286.spreadshirt.com
A few sample items:

Something Sensual T-shirt comes in many colors!




A lovely half-apron.  www.smokeandbbq.com

The Creatively Yours Tote Bag logo!

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!!!
ARE YOU A BAD GIRL? DO YOU HAVE STORIES TO TELL?  POETRY TO SHARE?


WE WANT YOU!


Bad Girl Tales:


(A collection of short stories and poetry)


Seeking submissions from women featuring your steamy tales.  Serious,
comedic, sexual, reformed and general tales of bad girl behavior, nights gone
wrong and others that were oh so right.


We would like to have the book ready for distribution by December 1st for
Christmas gift purchases as well as a book release party/event in Harrisburg,
PA on or around Valentine’s Day 2014.


 A tour for collection participants that are willing to do stage readings of their works (Pennsylvania and surrounding states) is also one of our goals for further exposure of the collection.


A portion of the proceeds from U.S .sales will be donated to the LGBT charity
of Waid Books choice.


Please send full works (max 4) by email in MS Word format to:  editor@waidbooks.com.  Please include your email address and contact phone
number.  Submissions will be accepted until October 31, 2013.  No
submissions will be accepted after the deadline.  You will be notified by
email if your work has been accepted.


Thank you for your interest and we look forward to seeing your entries!

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RECIPE TIME WITH WAID BOOKS! 





The kids will be returning to school in the next few weeks and this is a great recipe to make with them before you send them off!  Peaches are in season...so let's have some Homemade No-Cook Peach Ice Cream!

Recipe courtesy of Southern Living and MyRecipes.com
 http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/no-cook-peach-ice-cream-10000000671425/

No-Cook Peach Ice Cream

Ingredients

  • 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 (5-ounce) can evaporated milk
  • 1 1/4 cups whole milk $
  • 4 peeled, sliced medium-size fresh ripe peaches or 1 (15.25-ounce) can peaches in light syrup, drained $
  • 2 tablespoons sugar $
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice $
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup peach nectar

Preparation

  1. Whisk first 3 ingredients in a 2-quart pitcher or large bowl until blended. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
  2. Process peaches with sugar, lemon juice, and salt in a blender or food processor until smooth. Stir into milk mixture with peach nectar.
  3. Pour milk mixture into freezer container of a 1-quart electric ice-cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. (Instructions and times will vary.)
  4. Remove container with ice cream from ice-cream maker, and place in freezer 15 minutes. Transfer to an airtight container; freeze until firm, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
  5. Note: For testing purposes only, we used a Rival 4-quart Durable Plastic Bucket Ice Cream Maker and a Cuisinart Automatic Frozen Yogurt-Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker.


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A Creative Prompt from Andrea R. Cunningham

Excerpt from the workbook:  "A Creative Person's Survival Guide"  Coming Soon from Waid Books!


A Creative Questionairre! There are no right or wrong answers...just be honest with yourself!





WHO AM I CREATIVELY?

What are a few “special” things about my talent/gift/craft?
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What do I intend to do with my talent/gift/craft?
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Are there other talents/gifts/crafts that I would like to acquire?  What would it take to get to the next level utilizing these new gifts?
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WHO DO I WANT TO BE CREATIVELY?
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR MONTHLY BLOG.  PLEASE TUNE IN SEPTEMBER 15TH FOR A SPECIAL FEATURE WITH AUTHOR EY WADE, AUTHOR OF THE FORTHCOMING NOVEL "TRIPPING PRINCE CHARMING"!


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