LAURIE ROCKENBECK
My personal and random blog
Cassoulet–Step 1, Duck Confit with the Anova Sous Vide
For many years, my in-laws would celebrate their New Year's Day wedding anniversary by hosting an open house and serving Cassoulet. January 1, 2015 was their 50th anniversary, and a cassoulet open house seemed the perfect way to honor their golden year. What is...
Ah, WP statistics, you make me wonder sometimes…
The screenshot to the left shows what google searches have led people to my blog. I didn't include the numbers to the side, but I found this one kind of interesting and kind of creepy. The top search item was for my daughter. She's off at college and doing her own...
Killing Some Darlings
I just opened Scrivener for the first time since I compiled the "full draft" for the writing competition I entered in May. A lot of writers find it is helpful to set a work aside for a while before a revision. This time away helps the writer gain some objective...
Wanna help your writing friends or favorite authors? Review their books.
As an emerging writer, I am beginning to look at this business a lot more seriously. Sure, getting published in erotic anthologies has been a lot of fun, but I don't make much money for short stories. And, figuring it an hourly rate is downright depressing. I am a...
Reviews…you can’t control the reader’s experience
I was doing some catch-up work for the erotic pen name I've been using. I have an Amazon Author page that needs updating, a Goodreads Author page that needs updating, a blog that I need to write...well, you get the picture. While I'm still keeping mostly mum...
Home Sweet Home
We've spent the last year plus thinking about Emma and her gap year. (Anyone who knows us is probably tired of hearing about Emma this, and Emma that--but it's been our LIFE for a while now.) First, we were planning, planning, planning. Then, once she was gone, it was...
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