Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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Weekend bullet points, because otherwise, madness.

1. The Roseville event was awesome, and the store now has autographed copies of all five of my currently published books. A Local Habitation is naturally in the shortest supply, so if you'd been planning to swing by the store and pick up a set, you should probably do so soon, before everything goes away. Thanks to Alex, for having me, and to Sunil, for bringing me wonderful goodies from England and giving me hugs.

2. In case you missed the announcement, An Artificial Night is in the BSC Review Book Tournament Finals, and Toby could use your vote. Also, once she has conclusively CRUSHED HER OPPONENT, I can stop posting about this, thus freeing up your valuable display space for other topics, like the ever-popular "complaining about my cats."

3. I really enjoyed the newest Disney Channel Original Movie, Lemonade Mouth. I did not enjoy them presenting the first hour of the movie sans commercials without warning me first, as it meant I had not brought a soda, or a blanket, or the paperwork I needed to finish during the movie, before sitting down on the couch. I am told the book is better than the movie. I must now read the book.

4. Served at yesterday's brunch: potato cake. It's cake, made of potatoes, bacon fat, and bacon. HOW CAN THIS BE? The spirit of sweetmusic_27 hovered over my shoulder and watched me eat it, and I now need the recipe, because I must cook it for her. It is a moral imperative.

5. I visited the Sacramento Shirt Shop, and plans for Wicked Girls shirts are now proceeding apace. I should be posting about it soon. Girl-cut shirts are available up to 2x, and we'll be able to do standard-cut shirts up to 5x, as needed, for no additional cost. Baby shirts are a different setup, and so would be a different order. Details will be forthcoming; I don't have them just yet.

6. I am solidly on target to hit 100,000 words on Blackout by Saturday. This is both incredibly exciting and incredibly stressful, since it means I'm coming closer and closer to the point where I have to stop setting things up in favor of knocking everything down. Considering what I have left to do in this volume, I'm starting to worry that the first draft may need more trimming than I thought. Since I am a perennial trimmer (better a late trim than a panicked plumping), this is okay, it's just surprising.

7. Zombies are love.

8. The Cartoon Network schedule for the rest of 2011 has been released, and Tower Prep is not represented. Here's hoping this is either a glitch, or they're about to announce moving Tower Prep to SyFy, where it could find an enormous audience and live forever.

9. I will probably celebrate hitting 100,000 words on Blackout by cleaning as much of my room as is physically possible and then writing the rest of "Rat-Catcher" in one feverish sprint. Don't judge me, this is how writers party hard.

10. Doctor Who comes back on Saturday. Saturday can't come fast enough.
Tags: an artificial night, blackout, food, geekiness, good things, in the wild, social life, toby daye, too much tv, writing, zombies
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Potato cakes

filceolaire

April 18 2011, 16:04:43 UTC 6 years ago

Potato (or potatoe as I believe you spell it in the USA) cakes are good. My recipe - mix cold mashed potato with flour and a little bit of milk. to make a sticky batter. It should have enough flour to stick together, enough milk to keep it sticky. Powder flour on the outside so it's not too sticky. Add salt and pepper to taste. Put butter into a heavy griddle. When its hot spoon batter onto the griddle. use a spatula to smoosh the batter down so its about the thickness of a potato cake (say 5mm). When it's cooked on one side it will will come unstuck from the griddle, like a pancake, and you can turn it and cook the other side.

Mixing bacon grease in or cooking in bacon grease does sound like it could taste good. I like to serve with bacon and maple syrup (since I've met telynor).

Re: Potato cakes

tigertoy

April 18 2011, 18:59:49 UTC 6 years ago

(or potatoe as I believe you spell it in the USA)

*shudder* *twitch* I hope that's just chain-yanking.