Please welcome Lisa Maliga, author of Out of the Blue, to my blog! I have been asking people to tell me about their holiday traditions, since I am getting into the holiday spirit. Check out her ideas and her book below!
“Favorite Holiday Traditions”
By Lisa Maliga
Thank you to Amy who is such a book-fan that she incorporates the word
into her blog’s name! I appreciate the question about holiday traditions and
when I think of holidays, due to this being November, I naturally think of the
two biggies that are just around that corner.
into her blog’s name! I appreciate the question about holiday traditions and
when I think of holidays, due to this being November, I naturally think of the
two biggies that are just around that corner.
Thanksgiving is always a day of eating turkey, dressing and gravy, and
watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. As a child, I loved being able to
get up early and not have to go to school but to switch on the TV and watch my
favorite parade. Years later, I was able to watch the Hollywood Christmas
Parade, which was held the Sunday after Thanksgiving. My first Christmas in
L.A. I was eager to stand on the Walk of Fame, can’t remember whose stars I was
hanging around, and seeing a big parade live and in person. It was a lot
different than watching it on TV. In addition, the weather was mild and I only
wore a lightweight jacket. Along with my favorite main course of turkey, I always love to drink
eggnog [non-alcoholic], and hopefully there’s a lot of cinnamon on top along
with a dollop of whipped cream.
watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. As a child, I loved being able to
get up early and not have to go to school but to switch on the TV and watch my
favorite parade. Years later, I was able to watch the Hollywood Christmas
Parade, which was held the Sunday after Thanksgiving. My first Christmas in
L.A. I was eager to stand on the Walk of Fame, can’t remember whose stars I was
hanging around, and seeing a big parade live and in person. It was a lot
different than watching it on TV. In addition, the weather was mild and I only
wore a lightweight jacket. Along with my favorite main course of turkey, I always love to drink
eggnog [non-alcoholic], and hopefully there’s a lot of cinnamon on top along
with a dollop of whipped cream.
continued until I was in my late-teens was the Christmas Card Clothesline. My
creative Mom loved decorating the house and, of course, the tree. But she came
up with this special idea as a way to display all the Christmas cards we
received. It was a special clothesline in that she’d gone to the fabric store,
one of her favorite hangouts, and bought several yards of silver and gold cord.
Then she strung them up in the corner nearest the Christmas tree. There were at
least three or four rows, alternating colors of shiny silver and gold cords.
Then came the tiny Christmas clothespins, which were red and green plastic, or
wood with painted on pictures of holly, wreaths, stockings, snowmen, Christmas
trees, mistletoe, skates, gifts, etc. I remember admiring my Mom’s artwork, as
she used little brushes because these clothespins were maybe an inch or two
tall. So she hung the cards on the cords and some were held with one clothespin
and others required two. The cards were all different, and even if they came
from the local realtor or the newspaper delivery person, they reminded us of
how nice it was to receive the gift of a Christmas greeting card.
Giveaway!!!
Giveaway: Two winners will win an ebook copy of Out Of The Blue, and the first place winner also has their choice of one of the following:
Fiction:
Hollywood Office Temp
I WANT YOU: Seduction Emails from a Narcissis
Love Me, Need Me: A Narcissist’s Tale
North of Sunset
Notes from Nadir
Satan’s Casting Call
South of Sunset
The Wilkes House Haunting
I WANT YOU: Seduction Emails from a Narcissis
Love Me, Need Me: A Narcissist’s Tale
North of Sunset
Notes from Nadir
Satan’s Casting Call
South of Sunset
The Wilkes House Haunting
Nonfiction:
12 Easy Melt and Pour Soap Recipes
Monoi de Tahiti: Spa in a Bottle
Nuts About Shea Butter
Squirrels in the Hood
Monoi de Tahiti: Spa in a Bottle
Nuts About Shea Butter
Squirrels in the Hood
Author Bio:
Lisa
Maliga has been writing ever since she learned how to put crayon to paper back
in kindergarten. Since then, she has learned to type and uses a laptop, citing
it as way more convenient.
Maliga has been writing ever since she learned how to put crayon to paper back
in kindergarten. Since then, she has learned to type and uses a laptop, citing
it as way more convenient.
A fan of
taking digital photos, you will find some of them on her website and in her
nonfiction books. The masthead is a shot of the Pacific Ocean taken at sundown.
Variations of this photo are seen on the covers of North of Sunset and
her short story collection, South of Sunset. As an avid
squirrel-watcher, all photos in Squirrels in the Hood were taken by the
author.
taking digital photos, you will find some of them on her website and in her
nonfiction books. The masthead is a shot of the Pacific Ocean taken at sundown.
Variations of this photo are seen on the covers of North of Sunset and
her short story collection, South of Sunset. As an avid
squirrel-watcher, all photos in Squirrels in the Hood were taken by the
author.
Buy Links:
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of the Blue
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the Blue
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of the Blue
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of the Blue
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of the Blue
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Blurb:
Sylvia Gardner is a naïve cashier who lives with her mother in Richport,
Illinois. Upset with being dumped by her first boyfriend; she later falls in
love with an English actor after watching him on a TV show. For two years she
researches Alexander Thorpe’s life and career, saving her money to travel to
his Cotswolds village, intent on meeting him. Staying in the village’s only
hotel, she gets room and board in exchange for working at the Windrush Arms
Hotel. Complications ensue when the drunken hotelier, Harry Livingstone, takes
a fancy to Sylvia. As in her fantasies, Sylvia and Alexander get together—but
with unexpected results.
Illinois. Upset with being dumped by her first boyfriend; she later falls in
love with an English actor after watching him on a TV show. For two years she
researches Alexander Thorpe’s life and career, saving her money to travel to
his Cotswolds village, intent on meeting him. Staying in the village’s only
hotel, she gets room and board in exchange for working at the Windrush Arms
Hotel. Complications ensue when the drunken hotelier, Harry Livingstone, takes
a fancy to Sylvia. As in her fantasies, Sylvia and Alexander get together—but
with unexpected results.
November 5 Cocktails and Books Excerpt
November 6 My Devotional Thoughts Excerpt
November 7 Hanging With
Bells Guest Post
November 8 A Buckeye
Girl Reads Author Interview
November 9 A Buckeye
Girl Reads Guest Post
November 10 My Devotional Thoughts – Review
November 11 Cuzin Logic Guest Post
November 12 So Little Time Review
November 13 My Cozie Corner –
Review
November 14 Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer Excerpt
November 15 Passion For
Pages Review/Author Interview
November 16 Books, Etc. Review
November 19 Amys Booket
List Guest Post
November 6 My Devotional Thoughts Excerpt
November 7 Hanging With
Bells Guest Post
November 8 A Buckeye
Girl Reads Author Interview
November 9 A Buckeye
Girl Reads Guest Post
November 10 My Devotional Thoughts – Review
November 11 Cuzin Logic Guest Post
November 12 So Little Time Review
November 13 My Cozie Corner –
Review
November 14 Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer Excerpt
November 15 Passion For
Pages Review/Author Interview
November 16 Books, Etc. Review
November 19 Amys Booket
List Guest Post
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