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A Hexy Recipe
What do you say you get out your best cauldron and we’ll whip up something fun.
Take one snarky witch, add a heaping cup of sexy vampire (after all you can never have too much vampire), a tablespoon of disgruntled ghost and add a dash of troublesome bunny slippers and you have a recipe for magick chaos. Or maybe not. After all, we are talking Jazz Tremaine, curse eliminator, 700 year young witch and attitude with a capital A. She’s not exactly made of spice and everything nice. More like magick and snark, but that’s what makes this recipe fun because it also includes the unexpected.
It’s a good thing that Jazz is used to multi-tasking. She has a successful curse eliminating business -- we are talking LA after all -- and working as a driver for Dweezil, a creature who can make Scrooge look like a philanthropist.
But her world is shaken up -- again. It was bad enough when a past evil intruded into her life again and she had to face that horror and destroy it. This time it’s affecting Jazz’s need for a good night’s sleep. She isn’t getting any quality sleep and a sleep-deprived witch is a cranky witch.
It’s not so much that Jazz is missing sleep; she’s had terrorizing nightmares to boot. But then, who wouldn’t be freaked out if the nightmare involved your vampire lover tearing your throat out? And it doesn’t help that Fluff and Puff are accused of eating a Wereweasel carnie, which is a death sentence, and now incarcerated in bunny slipper jai. Irma wants Jazz to find a way to give her a d look worthy of the new millennium and Dweezil is naturally demanding his share of her time. No wonder she’s cranky!
The only good thing is Jazz’s latest order of bath products and a pair of sexy crocodile stilettos named Croc and Delilah from fellow witch Thea. It’s just a shame they like to get into her make up, perfume and think human housemate Krebs is yummy.
Jazz is in a stew of magick problems that could easily overflow her cauldron. Especially when a dash of a sexy female vampire who was Nick’s ex is tossed in for some bitter flavoring and along the way Jazz ends up with the worst 48 hours of her life that no witch should endure.
The problem is figuring out what ingredients will work for this witchy stew and which ones are outdated and need to be tossed out. I’m sure you can guess which spices Jazz is ready to get rid of.
Who’s behind her nightmares? Who wants to unsettle Nick so badly with nightmares of his own that he might abandon her? Who’s setting up booby traps if she tries to track down the source and did Fluff and Puff really eat a Wereweasel even if there’s no way the bunny slippers would eat something that disgusting?
What about you? Do you see your books as an intriguing recipe with a hint of this and a pinch of that?
What do you say you get out your best cauldron and we’ll whip up something fun.
Take one snarky witch, add a heaping cup of sexy vampire (after all you can never have too much vampire), a tablespoon of disgruntled ghost and add a dash of troublesome bunny slippers and you have a recipe for magick chaos. Or maybe not. After all, we are talking Jazz Tremaine, curse eliminator, 700 year young witch and attitude with a capital A. She’s not exactly made of spice and everything nice. More like magick and snark, but that’s what makes this recipe fun because it also includes the unexpected.
It’s a good thing that Jazz is used to multi-tasking. She has a successful curse eliminating business -- we are talking LA after all -- and working as a driver for Dweezil, a creature who can make Scrooge look like a philanthropist.
But her world is shaken up -- again. It was bad enough when a past evil intruded into her life again and she had to face that horror and destroy it. This time it’s affecting Jazz’s need for a good night’s sleep. She isn’t getting any quality sleep and a sleep-deprived witch is a cranky witch.
It’s not so much that Jazz is missing sleep; she’s had terrorizing nightmares to boot. But then, who wouldn’t be freaked out if the nightmare involved your vampire lover tearing your throat out? And it doesn’t help that Fluff and Puff are accused of eating a Wereweasel carnie, which is a death sentence, and now incarcerated in bunny slipper jai. Irma wants Jazz to find a way to give her a d look worthy of the new millennium and Dweezil is naturally demanding his share of her time. No wonder she’s cranky!
The only good thing is Jazz’s latest order of bath products and a pair of sexy crocodile stilettos named Croc and Delilah from fellow witch Thea. It’s just a shame they like to get into her make up, perfume and think human housemate Krebs is yummy.
Jazz is in a stew of magick problems that could easily overflow her cauldron. Especially when a dash of a sexy female vampire who was Nick’s ex is tossed in for some bitter flavoring and along the way Jazz ends up with the worst 48 hours of her life that no witch should endure.
The problem is figuring out what ingredients will work for this witchy stew and which ones are outdated and need to be tossed out. I’m sure you can guess which spices Jazz is ready to get rid of.
Who’s behind her nightmares? Who wants to unsettle Nick so badly with nightmares of his own that he might abandon her? Who’s setting up booby traps if she tries to track down the source and did Fluff and Puff really eat a Wereweasel even if there’s no way the bunny slippers would eat something that disgusting?
What about you? Do you see your books as an intriguing recipe with a hint of this and a pinch of that?
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posted by Lynda Hilburn at 8:40 PM
27 Comments:
I've never thought of books as recipes before.ut they do make a good time.
great interview. I have 50 Ways to Hex your Lover sitting on end table as my next tbr so i was excited to read this blog.
It's always a fun recipe, quilting reader and you never know what you might throw in for spice.
Linda
I hope you enjoy it sarabelle!
Linda
Yeah, now you mention it, in can see my books are recipes. Depending on the book, can be light or heavy fare. Great blog.
Exactly Pamela! Spicy or comfort food.
Linda
Hi, Linda! Welcome to Paranormality today. What a great post -- the idea of a recipe. As quiltingreader said, I never thought of it, either!
Hugs, Lynda
Hi, Linda! As a reader, I hadn't thought much about how you might put a book together, but it makes sense that creating a story might be similar in some ways to whipping up a meal :) And maybe that explains why I love reading and eating ;) As Pamela said, you can find just about anything you want in a book, just as you can find any kind of cuisine to hit that craving :)
Yes, books do make up recipes! That's a pretty neat way to think about it!
I loved your first book!!! I'm especially fond of vampire!
That A cool way of think about your books. like a recipe or spell you throw in a dash of this and a splash of that till it's just right. I can certainly understand it being put that way. When I am being crafy I have to work things out like that.
If I were to compare my books to a recipe I would say, 1 cup romance, 1 1/2 cup action, 1/4 cup battle/conflict, 1 cup suspence, 1 cup smart sexy heroine with a sense of humor and big on attitude and always understimated and 3 cups sexy, strong hunk of verile man.
Thank you so much for having me Lynda!
I think it's fun to consider our writing in different formats and a recipe just seemed to work.
Linda
Flchen1
That's the fun part, seeing where your craving leads you.
Linda
Thanks Ruth!
Nick is pretty special and makes up some fun spice too along with more than a few touches of cayenne pepper for heat.
Linda
It is fun PamK
Linda
That recipe works for me, Darlene!
Linda
Hmm.. books as recipes. Never thought of them that way.
Absolutely, the more ingredients, the better it tastes, so to speak. LOL
Deidre
deidre_durance at hotmail dot com
I've always been known to look at things a bit odd, Ellory.
More fun that way.
Linda
And think of all the ingredients you can throw in there ddurance!
Linda
I guess because I don't cook I haven't thought of books as recipes before, but it makes sense. There are some books that are just the perfect combination of ingredients---like humor, adventure, and romance---to be completely satisfying. The analogy also explains my tendency to "devour" books!
Not a cook either so I never thought of them as recipes either, Linda, thought it fits with this series, and I like Darlene's recipe a lot, especially those 3 cups, lol.
I don't like to cook, Kimberly B, but I love to bake. Let's go for the satisfying, shall we?
Linda
Thanks Pam P!
I always think it's fun to look at books in a different way.
Linda
I have never thought of books as recipes. Refreshing idea. I loved 50 Ways To Hex Your Lover.
Thanks Crystal!
I've got to say that Jazz and crew are fun to write.
Linda
I've never looked at either writing or reading as a recipe, yet that does make a lot of sense!
I'll have to try this out!
Thanks
Darby
darbyscloset at yahoo dot com
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