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HENNESSY VSOP KYRIOS LAUNCH AT THE ROOM @ AUTOCITY PENANG
After a successful launch of the Hennessy V.S.O.P KYRIOS, 3rd addition to Hennessy V.S.O.P's Privilege Collection, at The Butter Factory, KL, down Central Malaysia, the party finally moved Northern to Penang (Room@Autocity) on 29 March 2013 for a second blasting launch. Party goers, fans of Hennessy and invited bloggers were treated to a resounding club experience with astounding performances by local and foreign deejays.
KYRIOS, which means "Guardian" in Greek, is the key to the codes of Hennessy V.S.O.P – elements which make Hennessy the world's most loved V.S.O.P cognac today. KYRIOS comes after its predecessors Helios and Nyx of the Privilege Collection, this time representing a physical manifestation of the Codes: the Grapes, the emblematic "Bras Armé", the year 1817, the Copper Colour, and the New Silhouette.
A matte, gray mantle envelopes its carafe, giving the KYRIOS a quiet, stop-and-stare evoking brilliance. Copper grapes decorate the bottle as a reminder of the ancestral savoir-faire and elaborate craftsmanship of the blend, while geometrical lines flank the Hennessy V.S.O.P label to accentuate the new silhouette.
The label itself is an innovation, as it is the very first 3D label to be used on a spirit bottle, proudly emblazoning an "1817" monogram which symbolizes the depth of time through which Hennessy V.S.O.P has thrived as the superior cognac. By night, KYRIOS comes alive as its geometrical lines glow in molten copper under black light; a stunning spectacle inside any club.
Of course, there were the beautiful promoters and models with body paintings to liven up the atmosphere.
The launch was spectacular with the models displaying the stunning 3rd edition of the privilege collection.
Fast-rising local stars B.A.T.E. (Brain & The Eye) opened the night with their signature Big Room and Electro mixes, steadily bringing the night's momentum to its first peak – the parading of KYRIOS bottles, each held by a body painted Hennessy V.S.O.P model.
DJ Cookie from Taiwan took over the decks shortly after, unleashing a flow of Club, House and Electro mixes, which brought the first Hennessy V.S.O.P KYRIOS party outside the Klang Valley to a close.
The bloggers had a great night out during the event. Thanks to the organizer~ 🙂
KYRIOS, the third addition to Hennessy V.S.O.P's Privilege Collection would debut in entertainment outlets nationwide this March & April 2013. Let's join KYRIOS, Guardian of the Codes that make Hennessy V.S.O.P the world's most loved cognac. More information can be obtained on www.fb.com/HennessyMalaysia.
Other launching party locations are as below:
KUALA LUMPUR (22 March 2013): The Butter Factory
Featuring: DJ Cookie (Taiwan), B.A.T.E. (KL) & Mr. Nasty & GuruGuru (KL)
PENANG (29 March 2013): Room @ Autocity
Featuring: DJ Cookie (Taiwan) and B.A.T.E. (KL)
BATU PAHAT (12 April 2013): iBeam
KOTA KINABALU (26 April 2013): BED
Featuring: DJ A.Y.E. (Bangkok) and Mr. Nasty & GuruGuru (KL)
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GUARDING YOUR CODES WITH HENNESSY VSOP KYRIOS NATIONWIDE EVENTS WITH AMAZING DEEJAYS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
KYRIOS, the third addition to Hennessy V.S.O.P's Privilege Collection would debut in entertainment outlets nationwide this March & April 2013. Let's join KYRIOS, Guardian of the Codes that make Hennessy V.S.O.P the world's most loved cognac. More information can be obtained on www.fb.com/HennessyMalaysia. Launching parties would be held at the following outlets:
Let's hear what are the codes of B.A.T.E. (Brain & The Eye), two fast rising nu-breeds who are set to be the next big DJ duo in the local scene.
What about the codes of Mr. Nasty & GuruGuru, two infamous household names of the Kuala Lumpur party scene?
There would also be two female guest DJs invited for the events. One of them would be DJ Cookie who hails from Taiwan and voted amongst the Top 10 DJs by Taipei Times. Here's a short preview on her performance.
The other female deejay, DJ A.Y.E. (Aye Purimpun P), is from Bangkok, Thailand. She was the winner of Thailand's Pioneer Lady DJ Championship 2012.
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Hoverfly Advances All-Weather Design With New LiveSky SENTRY UAS | Company Newsroom of Hoverfly Technologies, Inc.
ORLANDO, Fla., September 24, 2018	(Newswire.com) - Hoverfly Technologies Inc., America's leading tether-powered drone manufacturer is pleased to announce its NEW all-weather LiveSky SENTRY line of tether-powered UAS.
IP54 standards define the level of protection for extreme conditions like dust, water and moisture and MIL-STD-810 defines U.S military environmental test requirements for conditions where the LiveSky SENTRY is expected to operate. "Compliance to these standards means our military, public safety and commercial security customers who need the ability to operate in harsh environments can rely on the new battle-ready and tested tether-powered UAS, the LiveSky SENTRY," says Hoverfly CEO Rob Topping.
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Hoverfly Technologies Inc. (www.hoverflytech.com) designs and manufactures tether-powered drones designed for persistent aerial security and public safety applications. Our drones operate in defense, security, public safety, sports, media and large industrial markets where reliability and durability are paramount. Hoverfly drones fly continuously for hours, days and weeks at a time using mobile/ground power transmitted over the tether. Hoverfly drones send RF secure data and operate from fixed base installations or "on the move" vehicles. Our products fly autonomously and require no piloting skills, making them practical for all types of users, applications and missions. Our customers equip their drones with a variety of payloads including video, IR cameras, communication detectors, transmitters, lights and more. Hoverfly drones are designed, built and supported in the U.S.A.


Developing new compound distributions which are more flexible than the existing distributions have become the new trend in distribution theory. In this present study, the Lomax distribution was extended using the Gompertz family of distribution, its resulting densities and statistical properties were carefully derived, and the method of maximum likelihood estimation was proposed in estimating themodel parameters. A simulation study to assess the performance of the parameters of Gompertz Lomax distribution was provided and an application to real life data was provided to assess the potentials of the newly derived distribution. Excerpt from the analysis indicates that the Gompertz Lomax distribution performed better than the Beta Lomax distribution, Weibull Lomax distribution, and Kumaraswamy Lomax distribution.


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Sylvia Rhone named President of Epic Records in US
Sylvia Rhone has been named President of Epic Records in the US.
She will report to Epic Chairman & CEO Antonio 'L.A.' Reid. After leaving her post a President of Motown in 2011, Rhone founded her own label Vested In Culture (VIC) as a joint venture with Epic. The label will continue as an imprint at the major.
She effectively replaces COO Mark Shimmel, who left Epic in January last year.
Discussing the appointment, Reid said: "Having worked closely with Sylvia Rhone, I've witnessed first hand how she shares a passion for an artists-first culture. I look forward with genuine enthusiasm to the next chapter of Epic Records."
"I'm honored to have the opportunity to expand my relationship with the talented team and amazing artists at Epic. What makes this opportunity different from any other is my partnership with the renowned music executive L.A. Reid. I'm looking forward to what I think will be the finest chapter of my career," said Rhone.
Before joing Motown, Rhone hwas previously chairman/CEO of Elektra Entertainment Group.Music Business Worldwide
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Toller, T. Northcote, and Joseph Bosworth. "á-beofian." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth : Supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921. 2.
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Q: Like we have readFileSync function in node js, I need http.getSync - a wrapper for http.get() to make it sync I want to make the implementation of this https.getSync the wrapper method, so that it calls the api synchronously, same like the readFileSync method which we use for reading file synchronously,
const https = require('https');

How should i implement this method -
https.getSync = (url) => {
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I want the below two calls to be made synchronously, without changing the below code where we are calling the getSync method. Here for this calling i don't want to use promises or callback.
let api1 =  https.getSync('https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=DEMO_KEY');
let api2 = https.getSync('https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=NNKOjkoul8n1CH18TWA9gwngW1s1SmjESPjNoUFo');

A: You can use npm package sync-request.
It's quite simple.
var request = require('sync-request');
var res = request('GET', 'http://example.com');
console.log(res.getBody());

Here is the link: sync-request

Read this also: An announcement from the package, in case readers would think using it is a good idea. You should not be using this in a production application. In a node.js application you will find that you are completely unable to scale your server. In a client application you will find that sync-request causes the app to hang/freeze. Synchronous web requests are the number one cause of browser crashes.

According to me also you should avoid making http sync request. Instead clear your concepts of using callback, promise, async/await.

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Originally known as the state of Mysore, Karnataka is a state in India situated on the western edge of the Deccan plateau. It is bordered by Maharashtra and Goa on the north, Andhra Pradesh on the east, Tamil Nadu and Kerala on the south, and on the west it opens out to the Arabian Sea.
Karnataka state was formed on Nov 1, 1973. Karnataka's total land area is 1,91,791 sq.km. It accounts for 5.83 percent of the total area of the country (32.88 lakh sq.km) and ranks eighth among major States of the country in terms of size. Located in the southern part of the country, it is surrounded by other states like Maharashtra and Goa in the north, Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the south, Andhra Pradesh in the east and the Arabian Sea in the west. The state of Karnataka is situated approximately between the latitudes 11.5° and 18.5° North and the longitudes 74° and 78.5° East. The state's long and colourful history, and the many forts, temples, mosques, and churches make Karnataka a great place. The majority of the Karnataka state lies on the Deccan Plateau. Bangalore is the state capital. Karnataka is an enchanting land abounding in scenic beauty, rich is flora and fauna. It has pomp and pageantry of glorious traditions and marvels of modern engineering. Bijapur occupies the largest geographical area of the State with 8.89 per cent and Bangalore has the smallest area with only 1.94 per cent. Karnataka has always been at the forefront of industrial growth in India. With its inherent capabilities coupled with its enterprising citizens, Karnataka provides the ideal choice for investment opportunities. Karnataka is well known for producing some of the country's foremost statesmen, scholars and sportspersons, and is one of the major revenue rakers through its strong tourism industry. Majority of IT activity in Karnataka is concentrated in Bangalore. The state possesses six percent of the total water resources in the country as there are many rivers flowing through it.
Karnataka is a tourist's delight. The array of tourist spots include ancient heritage temples, lush green forests, mesmerizing beaches, cluster of hill ranges and modern and cosmopolitan cities. Karnataka is the juncture where the past meets the future. Western Ghats adorn the state with scenic places like Agumbe, Madikeri and Kudremukh. The state houses more than 25 wildlife sanctuaries and five national parks such as Bannerghatta National Park, Nagarhole Park and more. There are many ancient heritage temples built in the 14th century such as Belur, Halebidu and the Badami caves.


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The three-volume set LNCS 10918, 10919, and 10290 constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The total of 1171 papers presented at the HCII 2018 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions. The papers cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of applications areas. The total of 165 contributions included in the DUXU proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this three-volume set. The 50 papers included in this volume are organized in topical sections on design, education and creativity, GUI, visualization and image design, multimodal DUXU, and mobile DUXU.
In the everyday world, much of what we do as social beings is dictated by how we perceive and manage our interpersonal space. This is called proxemics. At its simplest, people naturally correlate physical distance to social distance. We believe that people's expectations of proxemics can be exploited in interaction design to mediate their interactions with devices (phones, tablets, computers, appliances, large displays) contained within a small ubiquitous computing ecology. Just as people expect increasing engagement and intimacy as they approach others, so should they naturally expect increasing connectivity and interaction possibilities as they bring themselves and their devices in close proximity to one another. This is called Proxemic Interactions. This book concerns the design of proxemic interactions within such future proxemic-aware ecologies. It imagines a world of devices that have fine-grained knowledge of nearby people and other devices—how they move into range, their precise distance, their identity, and even their orientation—and how such knowledge can be exploited to design interaction techniques. The first part of this book concerns theory. After introducing proxemics, we operationalize proxemics for ubicomp interaction via the Proxemic Interactions framework that designers can use to mediate people's interactions with digital devices. The framework, in part, identifies five key dimensions of proxemic measures (distance, orientation, movement, identity, and location) to consider when designing proxemic-aware ubicomp systems. The second part of this book applies this theory to practice via three case studies of proxemic-aware systems that react continuously to people's and devices' proxemic relationships. The case studies explore the application of proxemics in small-space ubicomp ecologies by considering first person-to-device, then device-to-device, and finally person-to-person and device-to-device proxemic relationships. We also offer a critical perspective on proxemic interactions in the form of "dark patterns," where knowledge of proxemics may (and likely will) be easily exploited to the detriment of the user.
Created for classroom instruction or as a self-study tutorial. Perfect for instructors new to AutoCAD. Each lesson is basically a lesson plan and saves the instructor hours of preparation time. There are 30 lessons with step by step instructions followed by exercises designed for practicing. The lessons are simple, clear and not intimidating. The content can easily be configured for a 6 to 18 wk term.
This comic-page template is the perfect solution for artists who want to practice their comic artistry as well as play with some layout options to see what works best. Consisting of one full sketch page, four different layout panel pages, and a line dot note page for notes and additional input, this book has 30 sets of six pages for you to work with. If you are a very comic or cartoon artist, this book will give you a one-a-day experience for most months. If you are a little slower and more exacting in your artwork, then this sketchbook will last a lot longer! Note that this book comes in 20 different covers, so when you have finished one, and you need another, you can get a different and even more entertaining cover. That way, you can also tell which is the current edition and which are past.


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Can Bulk Sterile Compounding Help with Pricey Off-Patent Drugs?
With the increase in the number of off-patent drugs released into the market, pharmacies have started to look into bulk compounding in order to save money. Specific active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are not approved individually by the FDA, but a bulk drug may be created by a manufacturer that is certified under the administration. For pharmacies, there are several benefits1 associated with utilizing APIs during the compounding process.
In the event that approved dosages are being used, pharmacies can eliminate the need to identify active ingredients and initial doses because the information is already provided by the manufacturer. The elimination allows pharmacies to compound drugs, save time and improve overall efficiency in the creation process.
Approximately 80 percent of APIs originate from foreign facilities, according to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.2 It can be difficult to trace their origins, and cases of contamination and inaccurate dosages have been logged by the FDA. However, government organizations have created several standards to protect compounding pharmacies from these pitfalls.
For example, the USP and FDA now collaborate to evaluate existing monographs and identify any contamination before APIs are used in the compounding process. The NABP also works with the FDA to help state inspectors evaluate APIs on a local level.
Under existing legislation, APIs must now come from FDA-registered facilities not under FDA enforcement action before a pharmacy can guarantee a compounded drug's safety. Purchase orders and receipts must also be available to trace an API's origin.
Aside from the regulatory benefits, there are also financial advantages for sterile compounding pharmacies that choose to utilize APIs. For example, the interchangeable use3 of these products from generic manufacturers can reduce overall cost. APIs can typically be purchased at a fraction of the price of other pre-manufactured products.
Depending on the amount of off-patent drugs being produced, it may be beneficial for a sterile compounding pharmacy to introduce APIs to save money. However, each situation varies according to the pharmacy at hand.
The FDA addressed the use of bulk chemicals with an interim policy on compounding in October 2015.4 This publication pertained to the use of bulk drugs under Section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
The bulk substance being used must appear on an approved list established by the administration.
The drug product compounded from the bulk substance must appear on a drug shortage list in effect under Section 506E at the time of compounding, distribution and dispensing.
Perhaps the largest advantage for bulk sterile compounding pharmacies is cost management. When a pharmacy chooses to utilize these chemicals, they have the option of shopping around for the best provider of the generic ingredient. This ultimately gives it control over the amount of money spent on sterile compounding and production.


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The Puerto Rican Debt is Discussed through Music
By Camila Frías Estrada
Puerto Rico is going through one of the most challenging moments of its history. The debt crisis alongside the unilateral imposition of a Fiscal Board are just the starting point of a bigger problem that is yet to be understood in its entirety.
In April, the Multicultural Music Group, organization directed by Luis Mojica Torres, discussed through an academic panel and a symphonic concert, the possibilities for the Puerto Rican struggle at the XVI Multicultural Music Encounters at Lehman College.
"Puerto Rico has the population of Oklahoma and an economy smaller than Kansas. It also has more debt — $70 billion — than any U.S. state government except California and New York. This fact and the reasons behind it help explain why the territory has tumbled over a fiscal cliff, and why the resulting dismay extends to investors far beyond the Caribbean island. It's a tale of financial mismanagement, Wall Street complicity and good intentions gone awry," indicates Mojica Torres whose organization celebrates 21 years of existence.
The MMG Orchestra and the NYPR Music Ensemble debuted symphonic arrangements depicting the socio-economic progression of the island over the last 75 years.
The pieces were: "Lamento Borincano", "Ese soy yo", and "Preciosa"; composed by Rafael Hernández; "Soñando con Puerto Rico" by Pedro Flores; "Alma adentro" by Sylvia Rexach, and "Jibarito", composed and arranged by Ray Santos, five-time Grammy Award winner and Academy Award Nominee for Best Song in a Motion Picture for "Beautiful Maria of my Soul" in the film "The Mambo Kings."
The NYPR Music Ensemble Director, William Rodríguez, Grammy Award winner and a pioneer in Latin music as a pianist, arranger, composer and educator, caught the attention of the attendees as the interpreter of each piece. His interpretations depicted the Puerto Rican struggle in order to voice the community that's still struggling to survive against colonial oppressions.
The event had more than one interpreter.The opera singer Leslie Swanson thrilled the audience with her performance of "Alma adentro", piece composed by Sylvia Rexach, one of Puerto Rico's most renowned composers. The next Multicultural Music Encounter will be celebrated at Lehman College's Studio Theatre on June 16 th, to honor the day-by- day struggles for representations of the people from Equatorial Guinea and the Sahrawis. The event will have Mr. Tutu Alicante, Executive Director of Equatorial Guinea Justice and Dr. Luis Giménez, Ethnomusicologist and Specialist in Sahrawi's Music, as the main speakers.
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Louisiana Tech forgot the first rule of hooking up: Never upgrade from a sure thing.
Van De Velde says because the program had played in the Independence Bowl in 2008 and then the Poinsettia Bowl last year, one of those bigger bowls seemed like the progression.
I'm not sure a two year old bowl game with nearly the same payout or a game in Memphis that is regarded (at least by 'people I talk to') the same is a bigger bowl. The most telling is that the Liberty bowl took a 6-6 Big 12 team in an re-match with the C-USA champion, instead of setting up a game between Louisiana Tech and Tulsa that has potential to become a big C-USA rivalry.
The silver lining is Derek Dooley is available if Dykes decides to leave, which he should absolutely do considering the decision making in Ruston. If Dooley's agent is paying any attention here, he'll absolutely know how to play this.
Is Bruce Van de Velde related to that frog eater that shat his pants and counting his chickens at the British Open?
Maybe But I don't blame them for seeing if a better or at least different offer was offered. The Independance bowl is being pretty dickish about the whole thing. Could have given them a day at least. There were plenty of other 6-6 teams that would have taken it.
Hope they don't sell out.


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LURID: True Hollywood Stories
Torrid behind-the-scenes Hollywood stories haven't changed in a century, as a comparison of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'The Girl from Hollywood' (1922) and Winnie M. Li's 'Complicit' (2022) demonstrates.
LURID: Moral Panic in Poetry — A Quilt for David
Sometimes the best way to retell a tarnished story is through poetry. Steven Reigns' new book, "A Quilt For David", re-examines an old moral panic from the 1990s and finds it wanting.
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Fog rolls through Los Angeles in Dorothy B. Hughes' 1947 noir classic, "In A Lonely Place." This cautionary tale perfectly captures the toxicity of the postwar era and still resonates in our own.
"The Magic of Terry Pratchett" by Marc Burrows
Sir Terry Pratchett died in 2015 but his voluminous legacy lives on. This new biography charts his journey from Beaconsfield Public Library to Buckingham Palace, selling 85 million books along the way


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Randy O. | March 21, 2017 | Arsenal | No Comments
Arsene Wenger will have more decisions to make this summer, if he is to remain in charge of the Gunners despite recent protests.
The Arsenal manager chose to offload several first team players on loan deals ahead of this season as the likes of Wojciech Szczesny, Jack Wilshere and Joel Campbell secured temporary moves elsewhere.
For Campbell in particular, there have been strong rumours suggesting that he is unlikely to represent the Gunners again with Wenger reportedly pursuing other targets in the attacking area.
However, the 24-year-old, who has been in encouraging form for Sporting Lisbon over the past six months, insists he will not be going anywhere just yet.
Campbell was involved in pre-season action for Arsenal ahead of this campaign
According to Campbell, there is no option in his loan deal which would see him remain in Portugal and therefore, he will move back to the London this summer.
"There's no buying option," the Costa Rica international said, as quoted by Sporting Witness (via A Bola).
"I have to fulfill my loan at Sporting in the best way and, then, return to Arsenal."
Even though Wenger does not appear to have Campbell in his plans, the forward received rave reviews from fans for his performances during the 2015/16 season, prompting suggestions that he would have been a better option to have in the squad than the likes of Yaya Sanogo and other scarcely used players.
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Author Robb Grindstaff Speaks of the Power of First and Last Lines
A Guest Post by Robb Grindstaff, Author of Hannah's Voice and the Upcoming Carry Me Away
"You can't really succeed with a novel anyway; they're too big. It's like city planning. You can't plan a perfect city because there's too much going on that you can't take into account. You can, however, write a perfect sentence now and then. I have." — Gore Vidal
I don't know that I've ever written a perfect sentence, but I try. I'm one of those writers who fusses over every word, every punctuation mark, every phrase, every sentence. Some writers can spew words onto the page (or laptop) and the story falls into place with a light edit. I'm more the type who thinks about it for a bit, writes a sentence, and perhaps another, perhaps even a fragment of a scene, then I read and re-read what I've written. Is it expressing what I want to say? Am I saying it the right way? Will this particular set of words, in this precise order, capture the moment or action or thought or emotion that is in my imagination and accurately convey it to the readers exactly the way I want them to experience it? Probably not, so I edit, revise, delete, rewrite, and read it over and over.
Then I move on to the next moment in the story. Well, it's not always quite that painstaking on the first draft. I'll get caught up in the story and write a chapter or two or three in a single stretch. But soon, I'll start reading what I've written and trying to fine tune each and every word, every comma, every sentence until it's as good as I can make it and says exactly what I want it to say.
"This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again." — Oscar Wilde
This, I'm sure, drives my editors nuts when they suggest changes, like wanting to change one word or one comma that I'd spent forty-five minutes on and changed twenty times until I thought it was perfect.
"Every word you add dilutes the sentence." – Miller Williams
I'm the type of writer who polishes a sentence by taking words away rather than adding them. This, I'm sure, drives my editing clients nuts. I've had clients send me a 100,000-word manuscript, and I sent them back an 80,000-word novel without deleting a single scene.
Because this is the writer curse which afflicts me, what really stands out to me are great and perfect sentences. The best novels are those with a perfect first sentence and a perfect last sentence, assuming all the sentences between are at least pretty good.
Here are a few of my favorite 'perfect' first and last lines of great novels.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
First line: You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain't no matter.
Last line: But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before.
Notice how Twain establishes the first-person narrator/character and the voice in that opening sentence. Today, we tend to frown on the character speaking directly to the reader, or characters referring to previous novels in which they've appeared, but here it works. In the hands of a master, anything can work.
The last line fully resolves the story, looks ahead to the future, and creates the impression in the reader's mind that this story and character continues on. The character's voice has never wavered, consistent from the first sentence to the last.
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
First line: If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
Last line: Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
Here's another first-person story that opens with the character talking to 'you,' the reader. I don't recommend this, but it works here. Again, the voice and the character are immediately established in one sentence, and the character is letting the reader in on a secret. I love how he says "I don't feel like going into it," and then proceeds to tell the entire story, although he never does go into all that background, the perfect set-up for the unreliable narrator. He ends with 'Don't ever tell anybody anything' right after telling us everything. It comes full circle to complete resolution.
Let's move to a third-person voice:
The Trial, Franz Kafka
First line: Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested.
Last Line: "Like a dog!" he said; it was as if the shame of it must outlive him.
Here's an opening sentence that is simple, direct, and matter-of-fact. Someone must have done something because this happened. Yet it immediately creates intrigue and mystery, and it sets the tone for the entire story. We never know who caused Josef K. to be arrested. We never know why he was arrested, or on what charges. At the end, Josef still doesn't know, but is ashamed of having been arrested.
For a novel that starts at the end:
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
First line: Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
Last line: Races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth.
This is a great example of the one-sentence prologue that gives away the end of the story, then drops back to the beginning to lead us through the journey to find out how the Colonel ended up in front of the firing squad. Notice that the title of the book is contained in that last sentence, which sums up the overall story.
Here are the opening and closing lines of two great novels by two of the greatest writers of all time. Years ago, I would read a novel by Hemingway, then a novel by Fitzgerald, then another by Hemingway, alternating between the two until I'd read them all (more than once, in most cases). Their styles couldn't be more different.
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
First line: He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
Last line: The old man was dreaming about the lions.
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
First line: In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
Last line: So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Hemingway was a word economist. He could say so much with so few words in a sentence constructed in the simplest manner. He's credited with the shortest short story:
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Fitzgerald, on the other hand, was the master of the more fluid, beautiful sentences, lengthy at times, with multiple clauses, sentences that would start you at one point and lead you through the moment, then turn completely around and end up in a different place than where you began, different from where you expected.
For one of my personal favorites:
The World According to Garp, John Irving
First Line: Garp's mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater.
Last Line: But in the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.
The first sentence reminds me a bit of the opening of Kafka's The Trial—a straightforward statement of the inciting incident that sets the entire story into motion, and at the same time introduces the character and gives us some insight into that character. Not much—it's only one sentence. But enough of a peek at the character to make us want to read the next sentence. The only thing any great sentence can do is make you want to read the next sentence. It also ends with the title of the story in the last sentence, like One Hundred Years of Solitude.
I don't compare anything I've written to any of these masterful works of literature, but I'll include a couple of mine anyway, just because.
Hannah's Voice:
First line: "Pancakes." With that one word, I broke my silence of a dozen years.
Last line: "I only wish I could hear my Hannah's voice."
Carry Me Away:
First line: Finally, they painted these walls a different color.
Last line: Finally, I'm leaving footprints.
Yes, the repetition of 'finally' was intentional. In both of these novels, I'd written the last sentence long before I finished writing the novel. In Hannah's Voice, in fact, the last sentence was the first sentence I wrote, and I never changed it.
So pick up your favorite novel or short story and read the first and last sentences. Or, if you're a writer, pick up your own novel or short story or manuscript. Does that first sentence pull you in and make you want to read the second? Does the last sentence provide complete closure and resolution, even if it ends in an obvious cliffhanger that leads to a sequel?
If so, fantastic. Now, just check to see that there are a few thousand excellent sentences between those two.
The State of the Book Publishing Business and How Evolved Publishing Fits – Updated March 2014
A Little about Where Evolved Publishing Fits into the Grand Industry Scheme — by Lane Diamond, Managing Publisher/Editor
As a publisher, we recognize that we have two distinct audiences out there: those who would be a part of this industry, and those who just want good books to enjoy. This article will speak primarily to the former, though certainly everything we do affects the latter. Given the tendency of this industry to change every 15 minutes, I will occasionally pop back to this piece to update it, making it a kind of constant guide. If it seems like the right time to engage in such discussions, I'll be back.
Fair Warning: You might want take that BRB and freshen-up that cup of coffee before you continue. We have much to talk about.
Who is Evolved Publishing?
We think of ourselves as a small press. No, we don't pre-print and inventory books, choosing instead to use the fine print-on-demand (POD) services provided by Lightning Source, a division of Ingram. According to some others, we would best be considered a "Partnership Publisher," though not all Partnership Publishers are created equal. For example, we focus heavily on bringing to bear the power of the full team in our day-to-day operations; we maintain open and constantly accessible lines of communication with our team; and we engage our readers and fans on a daily basis.
Sadly, there are those in the industry – members of the old guard – who look upon our model and say, "Hey, you're not really a publisher." Why? Because we have the audacity to try something new, something more suited to the new market paradigm. Because we're crazy enough to think that a model in which publishers print and inventory books, then distribute them, then get a high percentage of them returned for credit and/or disposal, is just plain nuts. Most retailers, schools and libraries, in most countries of the world, have access to our books through their distributor.
Furthermore, we have extremely tight editorial guidelines (just ask any of our authors), which I would put up against anyone in the business – and yes, I do mean anyone. We produce top-rate covers (just look at the bottom of THIS PAGE), our children's picture books are beautifully illustrated and well-written, we're producing audio books, and we're translating our books into foreign languages (French, Italian, Spanish, and more to come) and pursuing opportunities in those markets. Those last two categories will expand significantly as 2014 and 2015 progress. And of course, we continue to grow the team, bringing on new authors, editors, artists/illustrators, translators, and we continue to partner with new audio book producers/narrators.
Okay, I admit that I get a little sensitive when someone – always one of the old dinosaurs – says we're not a real publisher. They're behind the times, and I have faith that they'll catch up eventually. This industry tends to move at about the pace of a snail that's been trapped in a glacier, so… someday.
For authors, we offer one of the most unobtrusive contracts in the industry, in which authors regain full rights to their work after just 7 years (this assumes they choose not to extend with us, which is their option, and which we try to make attractive and as much of a no-brainer as we can); and we pay royalties higher than most, if not all, in the industry (typically 69-77% of gross royalties paid by retailers). Why? Because it's the author's work, not ours. I know: crazy concept.
Furthermore, while we do not require authors to pay a single penny to publish with us (I feel as though I should repeat that over and over and over), we give them several options – more than they're likely to find elsewhere. If they believe it's in their best interest to pay a small up-front fee for some services (E.g. editing or artwork), in order to raise their royalty rate to levels as high as 81%, we make such options available to them. In short, we let the author decide what works best for their career goals, wherever we can.
Frankly, we prefer authors keep whatever money they have to invest in their business – and make no mistake, this is a business for them – to utilize it for such things as a professional website, personal brand marketing, contests/review sites, fan swag, book signings, etc. In this way, sales are maximized more quickly, and everyone on the project team benefits during the 7-year contract term.
We focus most of our energies on eBooks for one simple reason: we believe that's where the greatest financial potential exists for us. Print books are dying a slow death, as the "Star Trek-ification" of America, and the world, is well underway – there's simply no turning back technology. Nonetheless, so long as there's a demand for print books, we'll continue to produce high quality POD books, as paperbacks and/or hardcovers, which are available worldwide through Ingram and through Baker & Taylor. Of course, we're also producing those audio books and foreign translations I mentioned earlier.
More information is available about us through various pages in our ABOUT menu at the top of the page, and throughout this website, which seems to expand weekly. We try to be an open book (no pun intended) about who we are and what we do, providing as much detail about what we do as we possibly can. We have nothing to hide. Indeed, we're rather proud of the business model we've built here. So please… browse around.
Why Evolved Publishing instead of Self-Publishing?
Now I'd like to revisit a subject I've talked about in some length in the past: Evolved Publishing versus the Self-Publishing option. It's possible some of you have already seen portions of what follows, although I've updated it to reflect changes over the last year, when last I spoke of it.
In all candor, we think of our primary competition as the self-publishing option, and we've modeled our business in such a way that we can compete fairly and attractively with that option, in order to attract the most talented authors. We have always recognized that we'd ultimately achieve success based on the quality of our team, and on the quality of the work that team produces. We've focused on building that quality catalog as quickly as possible, all the while remaining mindful that we must not compromise on quality… ever.
More than that, however, we gaze constantly into that crystal ball, opaque though it may be, to get a sense of where things are going, and to position ourselves out in front of the next wave. We try (the entire team) to keep our finger on the industry pulse, to identify new challenges and opportunities, and to determine the best way to adjust to the constant evolution of our industry.
Yep, we chose our name for a reason. The industry has evolved significantly over the past few years, but while the breakneck pace of that evolution may have cooled a bit, the changes continue to come at a fair pace. We believe that a perpetually evolving industry requires an open mind and a willingness to adjust rapidly. Publishers who fail to do so will suffer greatly, as will all who are affiliated with those publishers. This includes self-publishers.
Self-publishing enjoyed a boost in credibility after the eBook revolution made it easier, even financially attractive, to self-publish rather than pursue traditional methods. Some reputable authors chose the self-pub route with fair success, and soon everyone followed suit. No… really… I mean everyone. Based on the 8.2 trillion blogs to which I subscribe, the comments left there, the social media buzz, and the latest gossip from my neighbor's poodle (he's having a hard time selling his book), there are now approximately 4.3 billion self-published authors. Okay, maybe it only seems that way.
This David versus Goliath picture does not, as you might expect, represent us (small press publisher) versus them (the so-called Big 5 [used to be 6]). In fact, I intended it to represent them (self-pubbers) versus them (self-pubbers). Yep, individually, a self-pubber is the underdog, David. Collectively, they are the brute, Goliath.
As tens of thousands upon tens of thousands of self-pubbers flood the book markets with a tsunami of new material, authors and readers alike are shaking their heads and wondering, "What the devil is going on here?"
I'll confess to something of a love/hate relationship with self-pubbers. I love their entrepreneurial spirit (for those who actually treat it like a business, which it is), their willingness to say, "Go spit!" to the train wreck that is traditional publishing (Hey, this is just me editorializing.), their daring attempt to walk the tightrope from which 99% plummet to their deaths. Yet I hate that such a high percentage of self-pubbers give short shrift to their profession, and publish substandard work.
I particularly love the self-pubbers who do it right: professional editing, professional covers, professional websites, professional self-promotion and marketing. Are you noticing a theme here? Unfortunately, even the professionals, given their self-publishing label, must suffer under the reputation driven mainly by the non-professionals. The early pioneers, and the traditional mid-listers who made the jump, have been able to defeat that reputation to some extent. The John Q. Nobodys lost in the sea of fellow John Q. Nobodys, however, have had less than stellar luck at combating the label.
Indeed, one of the reasons we formed Evolved Publishing in the first place, with an unwavering insistence that Quality is Priority #1, was that we didn't want to be lumped in with people taking shortcuts. Let's face it: a significant percentage of self-pubbers take shortcuts, and the people they probably hurt the most – aside from themselves, of course – are the self-pubbers doing it the right way: professionally.
Well, technically savvy book consumers have been figuring all this out, and their frustration has grown. Yet what is an indie author to do?
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Well, we've learned a bunch in the past two and half years, not the least of which is that last quarter's brilliant idea is this quarter's old news – and next quarter's Dodo Bird.
It has always struck me as ironic that in an industry driven by highly creative individuals, the business aspect of the industry is one giant exercise in, "Hey, let's do what that guy did." Someone finds something that works, and then tens of thousands – nay, hundreds of thousands – of people rush in to do the exact same thing.
We saw it with social media: Want to be a successful author? No worries. Just build a strong social platform and you'll sell thousands of books.
We saw it with $0.99 pricing: Want to establish yourself as a mover and shaker in this marketplace? No worries. Just price your books at $0.99 and watch your career soar.
We saw it with Amazon's KDP Select Free Days: Want to develop momentum for your book, and then sell thousands of copies afterward? No worries. Just put your book up for free for a day or two or five, and then watch your paid sales go through the roof. This fad started fading just four months in.
Indeed, we're now seeing that today's big idea fizzles within a few months, overwhelmed by the rush of untold thousands of people chasing the same pot of gold, only to find that when they finally close in on the end of that rainbow, the sun has set. Today's ingenious marketing idea becomes little more than a fad. And fast.
Stick to the Basics, and Be the Best
Some things become increasingly clear every day:
Quality Catalog: that simple concept drives the train. Without it, indie authors are sunk.
Fads come and go, offering only short-term opportunities, but business fundamentals are forever.
No one strikes it big with one book. Few do it with two or even three books. It's a long road. This business we call writing is a slow grind – always has been – and it requires hard work, determination, and more than a little perseverance.
Quality Matters: this should be first, second and third on everyone's list. Staying power requires an absolute commitment to quality.
We all got caught-up in the excitement of the eBook revolution. We saw numbers by the early pioneers and thought, "Man, I want a piece of that!" Now, that excitement has dwindled considerably, people are coming back to reality, and the marketplace is reasserting itself.
Are there sufficient consumers to support 10,000 or more new authors every single year? No. At least, not if we mean by "support" that authors earn a comfortable living as authors, or even a reasonable part-time income sufficient to the work that goes into it. Already, self-pubbers have seen their sales numbers dwindle, and many have complained that they're losing money, falling back into the old "Vanity Publishing" mode. Even some of the "stars" have been struggling to keep sales moving.
Indeed, even long-established pros have suffered the effects, dragged down by the entire market dynamic. The difference for them, of course, is their reputation, ready-made audience, and a staying power self-pubbers don't have. As more consumers run away from self-pubbers, those old pros will be the first to benefit.
What does it all mean, and how do we counter it?
Frankly, we counter it by doing what we do, and by grinding it out for the long haul. We counter it by becoming those old pros.
Surviving the Mad Rush
The eBook revolution encouraged a mad rush into the marketplace by newcomers – a rush that hasn't slowed a bit. Hey, now it's easy and cheap – really cheap for those willing to compromise on quality, meaning the majority. The result? Writers first dumped tens of thousands, now hundreds of thousands, of substandard books into the marketplace, competing for a far-too-finite number of customers, selling for $2.99, then $0.99, and ultimately free, all in a desperate attempt to be that which they always dreamed of becoming: an author.
Yet those who succeed as authors have always been few – the true professionals producing high quality work – and despite the initial excitement of the eBook revolution, this will be true again.
If we are to be successful authors, we must continue to separate ourselves by providing books that aspire to and reach high professional standards. We must continue to write, each producing at least one book per year (two is a better goal, if you plan to do this for a living). We must continue to hone our craft, to learn, to keep our finger on the pulse of the industry we hope will support us. We must be professionals.
Reasonable Expectations
Part of that mad rush, of course, was the expectation that we were all immediately going to start selling thousands of books, making a mint, living the good life as authors. Well, now that we've all been dealt a dose of reality, we have an opportunity to take a deep breath, re-examine what we're doing, and plan for the next positive steps.
Authors who make (net) even $5,000 their first year as authors are rarer than you might like to believe; nonetheless, it's true even in the traditional publishing industry.
Most authors kick into second gear starting in year two, and then build speed through year three and beyond. This assumes, of course, that said authors continue to produce good work. This is nothing new; it's always been that way. The problem, if we may call it a problem, is that so many thought the eBook revolution would change that, and bring us our riches more quickly.
Not so. It remains a process.
That's one of the toughest things for writers to settle on: to stop worrying about what book one is doing, and get about the business of writing book two. Then, stop worrying about what book two is doing, and get about the business of writing book three. And so on.
In this age of instant gratification, and where most of us are accustomed to punching a clock or working on a regular salary, knowing precisely what's coming in the next paycheck, it's a hard thing to say, "Never mind that. Just get back to work."
Yet history tells us that until you get at least book three or four to market, with each of those a quality product, you're probably not going to make a living as a writer. Even then, if you must fight to establish your reputation because of who's publishing (or not publishing) your books, the odds are against you. It also tells us that when you hit that stride, achieving your "overnight" success, the whole of your catalog will rise at once. In other words, if book three or four is your magic bullet, books one and two will also sell better from that point on. The rising tide carries all boats.
So don't obsess over the fact that you're only selling a copy or two a day (or less) of your first book. Obsess over completing your second book, and then your third book, and so on. And those numbers will rise. It's not magic. It's just the business.
Investing in Your Profession
I tread into this section with a warning: it may sound a bit preachy. Please bear with me.
As authors, we are all businesspeople. There's no escaping that fact, so we must embrace it. That doesn't mean you need to invest many thousands of dollars to get your career rolling. Indeed, I have my doubts about the potential payback of huge investments, if they don't get you to your ultimate goal of a quality catalog. No business survives for long that invests $2 in order to gross $1.
However, there are things we can all do that will make a difference in the end, and we should do some of those things sooner rather than later – a quality website, for example, with a blog that offers interesting, funny, poignant, or informative content (all of the above is a dream come true). Do you need a bunch of bells and whistles? Well, that would be nice, but so long as it's functional, clean and professional, it'll do. If you can do more, you should.
Learn your craft. This is a profession, like so many others, that requires a continuing education. The moment you stop growing as an author, you start dying as an author. I've been studying this crazy craft for 35 years, and every time I learn something new, I realize I have much more to learn. Read about writing – not only for the instruction, but for the motivation. I've read some 90 books on the subject, and untold thousands of articles, and any time I feel I'm slipping into a rut, I search for another piece to help pull me out of it. I love these books for the way they re-energize me and kick me in the keester. You might even consider hiring a writing coach, someone who works one-on-one with you in way you simply can't duplicate in school.
My only advice here is that you choose your sources carefully. Just because someone has published a book (let's face it; anyone can do that nowadays), doesn't mean they're an expert. Follow recommendations and trusted sources. Of the thousands of blogs out there, for example, many are valuable, many are confused, and many are just plain wrong. For books on writing, for example, you would do well to start at a place like Writer's Digest Books. I could also make any number of recommendations, as I do in the lower right margin of my personal Home page at www.LaneDiamond.com. For a writing coach, get references and get a free sample of what the coach can do with your work.
Read your genre, of course, but reach beyond that. Stretch your wings and fly through some other genres. Don't skip the classics. You'll learn a lot.
There! That wasn't too preachy, was it? I just wanted to emphasize here that part of being a professional businessperson is keeping your finger on the pulse of your industry, and being an expert in your field. Doctors do it. Lawyers do it. Accountants do it. Well… you're an Author, so just do it.
The market has undergone some rather severe adjustments, and will continue to do so. Frankly, many self-published authors are feeling the terrible squeeze. How do I know? Well, lots of them are blogging and commenting about it, of course, but more than that, a high percentage of the submissions we now receive are from previously self-published authors. Even those who have produced good work – well edited, properly formatted, professional cover – are struggling to sell even a few copies a month consistently.
It's not surprising to us, really; after all, we formed Evolved Publishing precisely because we dreaded going down that self-publishing road, fearing where it would lead. Building a brand for "you" is hard work, but might it be easier if you co-branded with a reputable publisher? We think so, which is why we work hard to build the Evolved Publishing name on behalf of our entire team.
We must all be realistic about the hard work, dedication, and patience required to succeed in this business. Historically, precious few authors – even those published traditionally – succeed over the long haul. It's far, far more daunting for self-publishers, where for every success story there are a hundred, or two hundred, or a thousand failures.
Even in the face of that, and although it's impossible to provide guarantees in this business, I remain guardedly optimistic. The marketplace is still trying to sort itself out, suffering the shock of that tsunami of new authors and books. I believe that it will eventually find some semblance of equilibrium, and when that happens, authors who've developed a strong reputation for quality work, and who've built their catalog nicely, will be poised to prosper where others fail.
More self-publishers will be dying off as they fail to make any money, and decide that being a vanity publisher isn't worth the time, energy, money, or heartbreak. I say that not with glee, for I wish sad tidings for no one. I say it merely to indicate what's happening in the marketplace. Yet for every author who throws his hands up and says, "I give up," two more are likely to step down that path and take their chances.
The technological bubble that was the eBook revolution burst for many because, like all economic bubbles before it, it grew too fast, too big, too out of control, and with no regard for natural market forces. One cannot change the fundamental laws of open-market economics, any more than one can change the universal laws of physics. The deflation has already started. That's not to say there won't continue to be excellent opportunities for those who survive. Indeed, I think there will be fantastic opportunities for those who do it right.
However, the market will continue to shake off any rapid excesses that form, and consumers will do what they've always done: they'll find the true values, "value" being a variable ratio of quality-to-price (Value = Quality:Price).
Want to survive and prosper on this long road? Then give book buyers the value they demand for their hard-earned entertainment dollars. That's the proposition we offer our readers.
As for you struggling or aspiring authors considering your next move, we at Evolved Publishing happen to believe that a well-coordinated team is likely to give us a better chance at success than trying to go it on our own. However, even if you choose to be that bold, daring entrepreneur blazing your own trail, just keep your eye on the prize, and remember that you must be the one thing too many in this business fail to be: professional. Then… write! And write some more. And never, NEVER compromise on quality.
UPAUTHORS.COM Recognizes "The Devil Made Me Do It" by Amelia James
We're always pleased when others find our books worthy of recognition with an award. We'd been blessed to have a few award winners in our early catalog, and the latest to step into that light is The Devil Made Me Do It by Amelia James.
The Devil Made Me Do It is a collection of couples' erotica, featuring 18 different stories, and it has been recognized by UPAUTHORS.COM, which awarded it the BEST CHAPTER winner in the Erotic/Romance category.
Congratulations, Amelia James!
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One of my favorite foods is the Hashbrown casserole that you can get from Cracker Barrel. After eating this several years ago, I decided to do my best to find a recipe that tastes as good as theirs. I found it and it is delicious!
This yummy potato dish will be gracing my table this Thanksgiving so I thought I would share the recipe with you!
This recipe tastes just as good if not better than Cracker Barrel. Not only is it a great dish to serve during the holidays, but I love taking it with me to church functions. It holds up well.
You can also had bits of chopped ham into the dish to give it a meaty substance as well. Then you have all things together in one pot.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray one 9x13 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, butter, salt, pepper, onions, soup and cheese. Gently mix and pour into prepared pan or dish. Bake uncovered for 35 minutes. Enjoy!
This is the recipe I use and it is ALWAYS a hit!
OHHHH I love that too! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Oh my word. How yummy does that look? I wonder how well this would cook in the crockpot? Now I'm hungry.
I am so making this my kids thank you,too.
I needed some more ideas for TG, and now, I think I have found one with potato, yummy.
WOW! What a great alternative to mashed potatoes. This looks wonderful! I'm so excited to be cooking my very first Thanksgiving dinner this year. YUM!
Hope you'll stop by my blog and enter the CSN Giveaway I'm hosting this week.
I love the Cracker Barrel – everything just tastes homemade – even though I know it isn't. The hashbrown casserole is one of my favorite sides – I love that you made your own version. Delicious!
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I am going to add it to my Copycat Club round-up (posted Dec 7, monthly).


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