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Boozy Chocolate Trifle

2 to 3 lb. pound cake, chocolate marble is best 12 oz semisweet chocolate chips, the darker the better 8 to 12 oz orange liqueur (or one small bottle of Cointreau)             reserve 1/4 cup of the orange liqueur 8 oz bitter orange marmalade 12 oz whipping cream ~1/4 c sugar or to taste

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Free Fiction: Green Light on 514

by Jennifer Stevenson I was slow getting out of the house and had to take a later express. My usual train is the 7:26. Run Number 507, air conditioned, new seats. The early a.m. dispatcher has a soothing voice, a warm old black daddy who can watch the conductors horsing around on the platform and [...]

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Improve Your Writing Through Comic Book Scripting

I learned about plot by writing comic book scripts. Unlike eluki bes shahar, who first suggested this method to me, I did not try sell my scripts. But I learned a very great deal about writing through some fascinating nonverbal techniques. First, I began with a story I had not yet sold. (The story was [...]

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Chat with Jen

When I sit down to write I’m either in a dreamy, creative, let’s-see-where-this-goes mood (5% ) or an itchy-pants deadline mood (90%).  The rest of the time I’m supposed to be doing something else.  Hm, maybe more than that.  Actually, I write by the counter-irritant method.  If I’m supposed to be doing laundry, I can bang [...]

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Late Breaking News!

The Brass Bed is now available on iPhone on the TextOnPhone app, at Book View Cafe, and on Kindle! If you like The Brass Bed, try the next two books in the series, The Velvet Chair and The Bearskin Rug!

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