Daily Dish Recipes» Writing http://dailydishrecipes.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:55:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 NaNoWriMo: It’s that time again, 50,000 words! http://dailydishrecipes.com/nanowrimo-its-that-time-again-50000-words/ http://dailydishrecipes.com/nanowrimo-its-that-time-again-50000-words/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:00:56 +0000 Nicole Cook http://dailydishrecipes.com/?p=9352 Chicken Spaghetti
It’s October and I’m staring down the starting gate in just 8 short days – the beginning of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). As of this writing, in 8 days, 6 hours, 54 minutes, 12 seconds. yikes. I’m scared. I’m not usually this nervous before November 1. I usually have a plan for NaNoWriMo, and [...]

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Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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Finally today we have a beautiful day. It was nice enough for me to gather my laptop and all my writing materials and move outside to my back patio. I wish I could say why writing outside is so inspirational for me, but I just love everything about Spring and Fall weather, and if its [...]

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Nicole Cook
Food Blogger, Freelance Writer at Daily Dish Recipes
Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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It’s almost here Celtic Thunder Fans! Celtic Thunder is ready to release their Heritage show to the public. The new album/DVD release is scheduled for February 22, 2011 and can be pre-ordered from Amazon right now. I am really excited about this because it is a return to their “roots” (well except Scotsman George, but [...]

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Nicole Cook
Food Blogger, Freelance Writer at Daily Dish Recipes
Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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]]> http://dailydishrecipes.com/celtic-thunder-heritage/feed/ 2 New Years Writing Resolutions… To Do or Not To Do? http://dailydishrecipes.com/new-years-writing-resolutions-to-do-or-not-to-do/ http://dailydishrecipes.com/new-years-writing-resolutions-to-do-or-not-to-do/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:31:21 +0000 Nicole Cook http://nicolehumphrey.net/?p=1561 New Years Writing Resolutions... To Do or Not To Do?
That is the question. Every year I struggle around this time trying to decide if I should create resolutions to commit to (among other things) writing more, blogging more, spending more time with _____, doing more ______ …you get the idea. Once upon a time I used to create New Years Resolutions every single year. [...]

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Nicole Cook
Food Blogger, Freelance Writer at Daily Dish Recipes
Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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I draw inspiration from a lot of different sources, but when I am having a particularly tough time sitting down to write, I love to look at imagery. This can come from visiting a certain place, or just looking at a photograph of a beautiful location. If you saw the amount of “coffee-table” style books [...]

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Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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My best friend Amy’s husband is in a popular local band, Whiskey Dixon and I go to most of the gigs. I traveled with the band to Decatur, Illinois one last time this weekend, before entering into NaNoWriMo mode. They don’t get what I’m doing, but they know I won’t be around for a few [...]

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Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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Food Blogger, Freelance Writer at Daily Dish Recipes
Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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Food Blogger, Freelance Writer at Daily Dish Recipes
Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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I made my own banner to go in the signature field over on NaNo, but the signatures aren’t working. It’s there it just doesn’t come up unless I quote. LOL I’m seriously thinking about using quotes constantly! What do you think?

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Nicole is a mom of 5, cooking and baking her way through life. She specializes in family friendly meals your whole family will crave. Most of her recipes are inexpensive, and she spends time showing you how to save money on food, preparation and cooking. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, those 5 kids she mentioned and a menagerie of pets, including the newest addition, a hedgehog.
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