Risk Are Scary by Margaret Daley

Risks Are Scary

By Margaret Daley

Sometimes playing it safe doesn’t get us where we want to go. Take for an example, falling in love (something romance authors write about all the time) can be a big risk. Can you imagine a world where a couple doesn’t take that risk and fall in love? I would be out of a job. There would be no romances. I’d hate a world without love stories.

The act of writing a book is a risk. An author is putting part of herself on the page for people to read—to like or not. I never thought I had such a risky life until I started thinking about this.

Risks are everywhere in our life, often coupled with decisions we are faced with throughout the day. So how do we navigate through all these decisions and risk choices we are faced with. 1) A strong faith—belief system that has formed and grown over the years you have matured into an adult. 2) A plan for your life to help you keep yourself focused and on course. The risks develop when we stray from our plan/purpose. Then we find ourselves in a rocky place. We’re not sure of our footing and often find ourselves falling. 3) Reassessment periodically—we need to be willing to change when it is needed. Life is full of changes, but we have to be careful the change fits in with what we think our plan is.

An example of reassessing and changing is the current publishing industry of traditional and self publishing. In the past few years how an author gets her book published has altered. Or rather, now there are more choices for each person, but the writer has to decide, which is best for her and be willing to learn and reassess if it isn’t working.

Risk is part of life. Change is too. But don’t be afraid of either one. They can be good for you—like a new love or a writing career through the self-publishing route.

Blurb for Deadly Secrets:

Secrets. Murder. Reunion.

Sarah St. John, an FBI profiler, finally returns home after fifteen years for her niece’s wedding. But in less than a day, Sarah’s world is shattered when her niece is kidnapped the night before her vows. Sarah can’t shake the feeling her own highly personal reason for leaving Hunter Davis at the altar is now playing out again in this nightmarish scene with her niece.

Sarah has to work with Detective Hunter Davis, her ex-fiancé, to find her niece before the young woman becomes the latest victim of a serial killer. Sarah must relive part of her past in order to ensure there is a future for her niece and herself. Can Sarah and Hunter overcome their painful past and work together before the killer strikes again?

  

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Margaret Daley, a USA Today’s Bestselling author of over a hundred books (five million plus sold worldwide), has been married for over forty-six years and is a firm believer in romance and love. When she isn’t traveling, she’s writing love stories, often with a suspense thread and corralling her three cats that think they rule her household. To find out more about Margaret visit her website at http://www.margaretdaley.com.

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Warming Winter Soup by Alicia Street

In the winter when the temperatures drop and a cold chill hovers in the air, making soup is a great way to send steam floating through the house as well as having a nourishing meal to warm the body. And some say it warms the soul, too. J

Here is one of my favorite winter soup recipes.

Cannellini Vegetable Soup

1 48 oz package chicken broth

½ medium onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, chopped

3 stalks celery, cut into ½ inch pieces

3 medium carrots, cut into ½ inch pieces

1 medium zucchini, chopped into 1-inch chunks

5 white button mushrooms, chopped

2 6 oz fresh uncooked chicken breast, cubed (optional)

16 oz cannellini beans, can or cooked from dried beans

1 cup lima beans, frozen or cooked from dried beans

½ cup frozen sweet corn

½ cup frozen green beans

1 7 oz package fresh loose leaf spinach

Pinch of salt, rosemary, sage, thyme (optional)

Prepare all the fresh ingredients and add to the chicken broth in large soup pot. Bring to a boil and cook for ten minutes. Add in the frozen and canned ingredients. Cook for twenty minutes. Gradually add the spinach leaves and stir with wooden spoon to submerge.

Simmer another fifteen minutes.

Let it cool down just a bit, then serve it with your favorite bread.

What’s your favorite thing to cook in winter?

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Alicia Street is a USA Today bestselling author and a Daphne du Maurier

award-winner. A compulsive reader of every genre, she writes

both sweet and spicy romance. She spent many years as a dancer,

choreographer and teacher.

Alicia loves to connect with readers~

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