Hi there, insatiable readers!
How's YOUR week going so far?
Good I hope...and it's about to get even better.
How do I know? Oh well, call it intuition....call it psyhic ability....call it blog writer advance knowledge since I put this post together and know what it's all about. Any way you slice it, there's fun to be had today as we welcome a blog tour featuring an author that makes his home in a particular genre that's simply perfect for this time of year.....HORROR.
Yep!
That's right!
Today's guest is author Scott Nicholson and he's cooked up (hehe....you'll see why that's funny in a second) something extra special for just for you...not to mention the killer contest that goes along with it. You may recognize his name from another post or two on my site (if not, no worries, I'm about to link them up for you right here...tour announcement and book review) and you're bound to see another in the days to come, but this one is the main attraction. Are you ready to play chef's apprentice to today's post? Here goes!
Take it away Scott Nicholson....
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Food for ThoughtRecipe for disaster:Take one confused, troubled childhood of povertyChop into bite-sized morsels and marinate in the public school systemSprinkle with bay leaves and the scraps of bad poetry about tennis shoes and butterfliesStrain through a Kurt Vonnegut seiveBaste with Hemingway sauce and add lemonsSteam over the low coals of collegeSpear on Ka-bobs featuring magic mushrooms and green herbsSprinkle flakes of Stephen King and Dean KoontzAdd a teaspoon of Clint Eastwood moviesLet simmer for 10 yearsToss in a typewriter, stirring frequentlyAdd two pinches of alphabetRemove from oven and let cool on the counterServe with digital devices and a dictionaryGoes well with fermented PoeDispose of properly.---------------------------------Author BioScott Nicholson is author of 12 novels, including the thrillers Speed Dating with the Dead, Drummer Boy, Forever Never Ends, The Skull Ring, As I Die Lying, Burial to Follow ,and They Hunger. His revised novels for the U.K. Kindle are Creative Spirit, Troubled, and Solom. He’s also written four comic series, six screenplays, and more than 60 short stories. His story collections include Ashes, The First, Murdermouth: Zombie Bits, and Flowers.To be eligible for the Kindle DX, simply post a comment below with contact info. Feel free to debate and discuss the topic, but you will only be entered once per blog. Visit all the blogs on the tour and increase your odds. I’m also giving away a Kindle 3 through the tour newsletter and a Pandora’s Box of free e-books to a follower of “hauntedcomputer” on Twitter. Thanks for playing. Complete details at http://www.hauntedcomputer.com/blogtour.htm
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How's that for an interesting recipe...though I don't know if I would actively SEEK disaster. *ponders* Anywho....thank you for joining us on the blog tour today! To enter for your chance to win...well, you know what to do. Have fun!
Until next time....happy reading.
Great recipe, Scott! Although, I'm not sure what the proper disposal method would be....
ReplyDeleteScott rocks.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll pass on the recipe. Not sure I can digest Hemingway, Clint Eastwood, and Stephen King all at once. Talk about indigestion.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're out of jail though. You had me worried there.
Christa
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Dispose of properly? I think this wonderful recipe should be regurgitated again and again.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a wonderful comp, please include me in it.
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What's a typewriter?
ReplyDelete:-)
randymir@gmail.com
Interesting recipe - not that I will be trying it out any time soon. I'm far too busy developing my own.
ReplyDeleteInteresting poem/recipe! :)
ReplyDeletekt1969 at comcast dot net
Cute. This sounds like my kind of disaster recipe.
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These giveaway posts have been hilarious
ReplyDeleteI would love to be entered!
littlebearries@yahoo.com
Scott, you're leaving yourself wide open for Monster A Go-Go with that picture...
ReplyDeleteCount me in for the Kindle!
Paul
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The recipe sounds like one for Hell's Kitchen. :)
ReplyDeleteAlthough, from the picture, it is apparent that this recipe leads to an Abominable Snowman luau...I guess disaster then quickly follows, but was perhaps too gruesome to actually depict?
jamesemr (at) gmail (dot) com
Clever recipe. Thanks for sharing.
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Throw in some salsa verde and you got something there. Fermented Poe...interesting. Happy Thursday and I thought that WAS a picture of Monster before he became a little dancing skeleton.
ReplyDeleteJeff White whitejw@ameritech.net
Please enter me. bkhabel at gmail dot com
ReplyDeletemmm, sounds tasty, but I would have to put a dash of steamy prose on it .
ReplyDeleteI love it...'Dispose of properly'
ReplyDeleteNow that's creativity! ;)
ReplyDeleteinannajourney at gmail dot com
LOL! That's great!
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Hi Scott, Neat recipe. I am still following you and still want one of the Kindles..lol
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ReplyDeleteAwesome recipe!
ReplyDeletevicky.vak8(at)gmail.com
LOVE the picture!
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Dangerously close to my official stop ...
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Creative Scott, thanks for the chuckle.
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That was great!
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haha, nice picture. thanks for sharing!
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Love it!
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LOL - fun post. :)
ReplyDeletecalseeor (at) gmail (dot) com
Wonderful recipe!
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Burp ....
ReplyDeleteeewww, what is that odor?
I will have to go download another Scott Nicholson novel to help my indigestion.
bmcbroom at gmail dot com
gee, I miss Monster A Go-Go... looks like the blog police got him again!
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That receipe explains ALOT, love it Scott.
ReplyDeletecaity_mack at yahoo dot com
Great post
ReplyDeleteeddiem11@ca.rr.com
green herbs? I'm thinking oregano and thyme.. :D
ReplyDeletewaitmantwillie at hotmail dot com
Thanks! for sharing.tributebooksmama(at)gamil(dot)com
ReplyDeletei actively seek change? LOL but would like to leave the disaster out of it. chaos, sure. disaster, no thank you ;0)
ReplyDeletehancoci_s at msn dot com
LMBO!!!! Magic mushrooms and green herbs? Sounds way too familiar. Great recipe. lol
ReplyDeleteCount me in for the Kindle. ;)
LaQuiet(atGmail(dot)com
NICE! Now I'm thinking of developing my own!!
ReplyDeleteanamlgrl@yahoo.com
I'll take a serving.
ReplyDeletebyonge@lonepinetv.com
I miss Monster A Go-Go's posts as well. He brings some spice to the blog posts! Everybody else is sooo serious!
ReplyDeleteChrista
Interesting recipe. Warning though I hear that fermented Poe is quite potent.
ReplyDeletebacchus76 at myself dot com
Interesting recipe for your life and great picture. I think the monkey dwarfs you though. They always get all the attention, along with goats...had to add it...have a great day.
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I like my disaster with a sprinkling of bitter disappointment.
ReplyDeletereedrobin9721@att.net
Love the recipe for disaster and cute pic! :) purposedrivenlife4you at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised there wasn't a pint of Elvira's monster marathon in there.
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A biographical recipe! What a neat idea. I would have made the last line, "Dispose of leftovers properly." Not that there would be any leftovers!
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Still stalking you and that kindle. :)
ReplyDeletebluefrog62@yahoo.com
Super duper post. Thanks.
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Oops, Monster's post got deleted! (GR, he's a friend...):
ReplyDeleteOh my STARS!! I had heard sordid and distasteful rumors, but I REFUSED to believe them. But after your cryptic message and this startling photograph (a picture is worth a thousand words, remember), I find the stories I've been hearing are TRUE! You are HOT for the Abominable Snowman!
Ever since the snowbeast decided to follow in Ricky Martin's footsteps, came out of hiding and publicly declared his homosexuality, he's been frolicing in all of the gay hotspots--San Francisco, West Hollywood, Maui, etc. I had heard you encountered him when he stopped in Boone as he was traveling between Key West and Fire Island. It's obvious from the photo (you in your best clothes, sneaking up on the beast's backside! SHAMELESS!) that you had wooing on your mind!
What is it about the snowman that attracted you? The fur? His goat-like scent (actually, it smells more yak-like to me, but whatever)? Or maybe just how his butt looks in spandex shorts?
In your "Recipe for Disaster" (which this love story between you and your beast truly is -- his cousin is Sasquatch, and you KNOW what they say about guys with really big feet! I hope you can handle it---but then, you DID just get out of prison, apparently.), your last line was "dispose of properly." To those who don't know you well, it could be read as if you were saying to trash your novels -- which I am sure happens all of the time anyway! But I know you so well, and know that what you were saying is that you are trashing your writing career and throwing everything away...just so you can be with your snowmonster! But tell me, is gay interspecies marriage with snowmen legal anywhere in the world yet? Or are you just going to go back to his mountainous homeland and live in SIN??? You want desperately to be the "HIM" of the Snowman-speak "Him-a lay-a" Mountains, don't you? Shocking! Shameless! Vulgar! I had no idea you were such a tawdry little monster tramp! And what about the goats? Turning your back on them so coldly---just a regular love 'em and leave 'em gigolo, eh? It's so NOT fair. You're breaking their hearts--and how many of them are carrying your offspring? While I wish you much happiness with the snowman, I find this whole affair simply abominable!
Monster a Go Go (Shawn)
Okay, Scott added Monster's post while I was writing this so going to read it now. My recipe for disaster has some similar ingredients, but my Clint Eastwood movies got so stale had to throw those out. A Tablespoon of Dexter series works as a great substitute. Another great blog, Scott. varbonoff22 at cox dot net
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting photo! ;-)
ReplyDeleteEntering, thank you!
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Curiously I'm hungry.
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ThrillersRus.blogspot.com
NIce picture Scott - you never disappoint!
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Very interesting recipe.
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I am happy to learn that you've read Dean Koontz. He's my favorite author. No offense Scott. My Mom introduced him to me while other girls where reading Sweet Valley High. I had no chance since she was such a huge fan. I was put on the Dean train at an early age. LOL.
ReplyDeleteMonster A Go-Go is rehabilitated and back up. Yeaaah!
ReplyDeleteChrista
That recipe is priceless! Love it!
ReplyDeleteMargay1122(at)aol(dot)com
I would LOVE a Kindle DX. Thanks for the opportunity to win one! :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Click on my name for my contact info. ;)
Seeking disaster does seem counterproductive, but who am I to judge? :)
ReplyDeletetherabidfox[at]gmail.com
LOL! I love the recipe. I'll have to think of one for my life. . I wonder what I would come up with. .
ReplyDeletejessangil at gmail dot com
Hmmmm...
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I'd love to be entered to win the Kindle ....Tiffypoot @ (aol.com)
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ReplyDeleteI Love the recipe but I'm trying to cut down on my typewriter intake..so may have to adjust it some..lol
Your to funny..
Good luck to all..
:)
baby_blackroze@yahoo.com
Sounds fun
ReplyDeleteGreat tour! Thanks for the chance.
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ReplyDeleteLove the recipe! That was really clever.
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What a unique blend! ;)
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That's great!!!Too funny!
ReplyDeletekristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com
hmmm...doesn't sound like a recipe I should follow...lol
ReplyDeletejlynettes @ hotmail . com
LOL And the Pic is funny two.
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OH, that recipe for disaster is great; I must share it.
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Tracey D
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Perhaps the recipe would taste better if you substitute the typewriter for a computer? :)
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conrad.jd (at) gmail (dot) com
this just made me smile... and great photo!
ReplyDeletestephanie(.)pridgen(at)gmail(.)com
I'd love to win!
ReplyDeleteleeannafatovic@bellsouth.net
very cute. you've got some cute friends too.
ReplyDeleteJulie
pjtansey@hotmail.com
You had me at "Clint Eastwood movies."
ReplyDeleteScott, too!
YUMMMYYYY!!! I'll have to make this recipe on Halloween :)
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@Randy, my first works were on a cheap typewriter, then I had an electric typewriter for my first three or four novels.
ReplyDelete@Paul, I'm always wide open...
@Betty Scott Nicholson books are good for a number of ills!
@Weston if you're ever been to DragonCon, normies get NO attention at all!
@n2France Nah, I'd never compete with the Dean--he wrote me a really nice letter back when I started out.
@RReed writers don't need to seek out disappointment--the world dispenses plenty!
@scooter, Brenda I'm old-school Eastwood, the new ones are too slow. Good Bad Ugly and Unforgiven are more my speed
Best. Recipe. Ever. Sure, tastes a little funky, but what doesn’t these days?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Scott.
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i liked the picture but thought it looked like staying n it for a length time could boil you up a bit. spvaughan@yahoo.com
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ReplyDeleteGreat recipe, Scott! Lovin the blog tour though getting behind...
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Love the recipe!
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I love the recipe! AND it explains a bit what happens to a person to make their mind come up with fantastical plots!
ReplyDeleteJulie @ Knitting and Sundries
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Great picture!
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Yum! Sounds tasty.
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fantastic! quirky and clever!
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That's some recipe!
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Thanks for entering, everyone, and thanks for hosting, Gina. Comments here capped at 92 for entry purposes but feel free to keep posting and come back often.
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Too funny!
ReplyDeleteNow what to do with the leftovers...
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