My favorite gourmet chocolates are those made with Callebaut. And my favorite truffles are Moonstruck. Edible whimsy. So delicious, so fun. But let's face it, 2009 has sucked economically, and as much as we may love the good women in our life, our...

The amount of technological advance since I've been able to spell technological is huge, even though it's dwarfed by the kind of change my grandparents knew in their lifetimes. Still, I learned to type on a manual typewriter, learned accounting in the...

The first article on the new Lessons from Bella's Manuscripts blog is up, dealing with use of Present Tense.

Since joining Bella Books as Editorial Director nearly two years ago I've received and reviewed -- and mostly rejected -- hundreds of manuscripts. I've done internal reviews of manuscripts from established authors in preparation for their editing. I've...

Update: Since I've received several email requests this week for "that turkey brine thing" I thought I'd repost this April 2008 entry with the recipe. No doubt others before me have used this fowl pun, and why you may ask am I writing about turkey in...