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Friday Feast: Guinness Chocolate Cake

Lia Keyes — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:44:37 +0000

This is one of my favorite chocolate cake recipes EVER. You can make it as a traditional round cake, or as individual cup cakes. The process and cooking time are the same. Guinness Chocolate Cake 1 cup Guinness (extra stout will work just as fine, too) 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 3/4 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs 2/3 cup sour cream Preheat [...]

Sending the Inner Editor on Vacation

Ann Marie Gamble — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:31:35 +0000

Much advice about getting words on the page and finishing a manuscript will recommend at some point to “banish your inner critic!” If you’re critiquing or editing as you go, the theory goes, you’re also inhibiting your imaginative self, the parts that will come up with the fantastic ideas. I’m an editor in my day job, and I do a lot of wrestling with the issue of ignoring the Inner Editor—at this house she’s paying the mortgage, so we don’t [...]

Friday Feast: Illustrator Lauri Jon Caravella’s Rum Ball Recipe

Lia Keyes — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:24:48 +0000

Ahhh, rum balls... It must be Christmas!

G’Day from Nicky Strickland, Scribbler Down Under

Nicky Strickland — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:30:00 +0000

G’Day! Yes, an Aussie saying, coming from an Aussie. Don’t get used to it. I’m not one for using the term, and I don’t think I’ve ever uttered the word ‘crikey’. My name is Nicky Strickland, and Scribblerati’s founder Lia Keyes managed to convince me that posting regularly here on the Edge would be a good idea. So here I am. I’ll admit the fact that I may be the lone voice from Down Under had a certain appeal for [...]

Why’s The Chocolate Always GONE?!!

Lia Keyes — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:38:00 +0000

It’s 1.27 am and the house is quiet. Even my hyper Irish hound is out cold. The cats are snoring ever so softly. No Harleys are thundering past my window, making the glass rattle in its frame. All is at peace. Except my stomach. My stomach craves CHOCOLATE. Why does it always do that when I haven’t got any?!! Why does the craving always hit hardest when I’m up late trying to thrash out a few more NaNoWriMo words? Gingerly, [...]