Comments for Margaret Dilloway, American Housewife

Comment on Wedding Cake for Breakfast by Barbara Whittington

Barbara Whittington — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:16:01 +0000

My daughter and her husband were stationed at Fort Lewis, WA eighteen years ago. Wow, that’s a long time ago.

Can’t wait to read your story. PLUS, I still love the name Cadillac.
What a fun name.
Barb

Comment on The Quest for the Lost Blanket of Adorableness by Barbara Whittington

Barbara Whittington — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:01:29 +0000

My grand daughter – now 16 – still thinks the baby rabbits living outside their front porch has her binky from when she was three or four and her mom wanted her to give it to the baby rabbies because she was now a big girl.
My kids had much love blankets. One is in her forties and has a piece of her blanket from when she was little, and it’s the size of a handkerchief! I know how important those things can be to them as babies and to us mothers who cherish all that they cherish.
Blessings and thanks for this post of reminders.
Too, I have to say I believe my daughter who still has little ones needs this post so I’m sharing.
Barb

Comment on Jack in the Box Bacon Shake by Margaret Dilloway

Margaret Dilloway — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:38:13 +0000

Ah, thank you so much, Ellen!

Comment on Jack in the Box Bacon Shake by Ellen Bragdon

Ellen Bragdon — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:59:52 +0000

Hi! I just finished “How to Be An American Housewife.” I really enjoyed it, and I am mainly a fan of dead writers. =) (Just being honest. “Kirsten Lavransdatter” is a recent favorite, to give you an idea.) It seems like so much new fiction that I pull off the library shelf is either syrupy sweet or depressing and crude. Thanks for writing a story that is neither. It was refreshing to enjoy new fiction so much. I’m looking forward to your next book coming out.

Comment on How to Outline a Novel: 60 Index Cards Method by Margaret Dilloway

Margaret Dilloway — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:58:03 +0000

Essie, I haven’t written a trilogy, so I can’t speak to that. I do know that each volume should stand on its own, and probably the most important/exciting climax should occur in the final book, when everything comes to a head.

Comment on Jack in the Box Bacon Shake by Leah

Leah — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:49:20 +0000

I’m not sure I could handle the shake. I love bacon. But something about combining it with the sweet doesn’t sit right with me. I had a bacon brownie sundae at Slater’s 50/50 a while back and I just couldn’t get into it.

Comment on How to Outline a Novel: 60 Index Cards Method by Essie

Essie — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:47:43 +0000

What happens if you are writing a trilogy? How do these rules affect the arc and outline of that? Is there micro micro outline example?

Comment on Jack in the Box Bacon Shake by Margaret Dilloway

Margaret Dilloway — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:05:37 +0000

This recipe for candied bacon ice cream looks pretty good, too.

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/03/candied-bacon-i-1/

Comment on Jack in the Box Bacon Shake by ~T~

~T~ — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:32:50 +0000

Josi Kilpack includes a recipe for Bacon Ice Cream in her mystery “Blackberry Crumble.” It looks intriguing, with the sweet and salty and real cream flavor. But I don’t have an ice cream freezer, so I don’t have to decide whether I am brave enough to try it!

Comment on Jack in the Box Bacon Shake by Barbara Whittington

Barbara Whittington — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:42:11 +0000

I thought I’d heard it all. This WV girl will take her bacon fried up crisp in a skillet and served with biscuits and gravy. Whew. BUT I can assure you my triplet grandkids, age ten, would go for it in a big way. I have to say anything that says milkshake they would devour and never know what it had in it.
Kids are braver than I. I don’t think we have Jack in the box here though I’ve seen it in other states.
Enjoy! All of you who try.
Blessings, Barb