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Publishing and more update

It is amazing how technology works. I am always surprised at how useful these little machines are plugging away at things until we get something done often time with less input then if we did it all ourselves. Soon I will be attempting to get in to video editing to give our editors on the youtube channel a much needed reprieve. That does mean all my projects are going to take some time to get back up to speed.

Chicken a la kiev will be the first recipe next month with a couple more planned throughout the month. Still working on that getting a basic cover set up for the first book 100 Ingredients: Home Edition.

I am going to try for four recipes next month granted that something does not stop me like my oven blowing up. Odd catastrophe aside the four recipes will work with a variety of proteins. One chicken, one shellfish, one fish, and one with pork.

So with that I got a lot of things going and I need to get back to work on them. Thanks for your comments and see ya next time.

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Weekly update 5/19/14

So in an attempt to get some advertising for the videos we had some meetings with small card shops in the area. It was an experience that was interesting to say the least. Trying to sell ourselves as a new resource to get more people to play. As it stands we have planned out the deckbuilding series as well as the series about different decks you may encounter in play. You always know when you feel comfortable about something until someone else sees it for the first time. I hate that part even if it is perfect I still go to full ocd mode.

The final fantasy shirt designs are done and will be posted soon as well as fiction posted to different sites. One day I hope I can do more enjoying of my life and less work. Oh well sometimes the journey can be just as important.

Also I have gotten a “new” cookbook with recipes that may show up on here ever so often. It is the New York Times Cookbook 1968. Nice old book that I got on sale at a secondhand store.

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From the heart

So from this point I spent some time about and part of me despite all the energy to get things going. No matter what vim and vigor I may have on these things to chase dreams is a difficult thing to do. Not trying to scare people with that statement, but it just is. Honestly I get a little blue for a while wondering why I continue until I have a moment.

I moment in my life where I look at someone or something, and it strikes me like a backhand to the fore head. There are people clawing on to every shred of hope they can while bettering themselves for something. I cannot give up because if they still have the ability to keep getting up then so do I.

The mother who came from nothing and wants to be an rocket scientist. She has two kids and is single does that stop her. Nope she works every day trying to get a little farther then yesterday. The brothers trying to spread the word of god while the religion is not my cup of tea I can respect the passion for their craft, and the drive to get better.

Thanks for the heart to heart and here is a courage wolf

Courage wolf is awesome

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Update and thoughts

All fanfiction has been typed

Another video is done

Agent query letters set out X4 ( Subject cookbooks)

Editing on 100 Ingredients: Home Edition ( Small tweaks)

Also coming up is my birthday( May 1st) which kind of serves as a second new year’s day for me. Reaffirming your beliefs and dreams so it is kind of an important day for me. I take some time for this as I also get some planning done on how to get there in the fastest point. After I post this round of fanfics this will be it for a while. I will be trying to focus more on other projects so I am going to take some time and get some planning. Hopefully I will be able to get things going at a pace I like it will also be nice to take a couple days off throwing myself at it without burning out.

Thanks for reading folks.

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Update for you peeps ( Peep Show #1 )

So I got my fanfiction done. Working on typing it and soon a new batch of designs will be coming. Also this will be something of a monthly thing because the people who follow this make me happy to continue to keep doing this. So in this the first peep show ( The title taken  from a wrestling segment) Let’s take a look around.

Taste of colors has just released a delicious cranberry and white chocolate cookie. Here is a link to get your stomach a grumbling.

cranberries and white chocolate cookies

Showing that helping people can be just as good for the inside as well as the outside are these Colombian Cuties. Headed up by Belle this group is waving the home town flag to show how good their homes really are. I can get behind positive reinforcement about your home. Here is a link in case you want see what their up to.

http://www.colombiancuties.com/

If you need to power up your wordsmithing then O at the edges can help you keep sharp read his works and understand a little bit more about life through someone’s eyes.

Linkus apprationus…..

http://robertokaji.com/

Sometimes things taste so good you just need to dance. The good news with this particular one is she has the dance, why they dance, and what to eat when you want to dance all in one place. Travel, cultures, and food combine below at Fae’s Twist and Tango. she may be gone as of the writing of this, but she has enough to tide you over until her return.

http://fae-magazine.com/

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Fanfiction advice and update.

So I am almost done writing this round of fanfiction. As I had put a couple months previous I only have a couple to go and this round has been very illuminating. When you write with preset characters you see how you like to do things, and your style becomes more definable. It also allows you to try some thing you would not normally write about. whether it be very emotional scenes or very action packed ones you can get a fair bit of practice with things you know. I used to do more technical writing. Things that were directions when something had to be done when I was not present in person.

That and I am a class A sucker for a really sappy romance. Always was so being able to get comments from people and hear what they liked or did not like. Posting something online you will always have some problems with people who just want to rip you apart without actually thinking about their comments. There is a difference between constructive criticism and just trying to be hurtful. Which in my case trying to be hurtful over the internet is like trying to cause a paper cut with a soggy oreo. It just is not going to happen. 

So I am almost done and if you want to start with fanfiction the best information I could give is to just jump right in. Find a show or a game that you want to do something before just jumping in.

 

 

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Portland – Unnoticed in Tv food competition?

So I want to get some more experience in culinary competition. At first I thought I would try to toss my hat in on Chopped or Top Chef and give it a try. While doing this I thought I would look up some notable competitors to try and talk to, and get some tips or at least talk strategy. Doing my little research I looked up the past contestant list of both shows ( Chopped and Top Chef ). Not masters or teen of something or other until I realized something.

Between the two shows from their inception to the end of 2013 there has not been one single winner from Portland, Oregon. Now I have also found out the reason for this. Between the start of both seasons to the end of 2013 there has not been a single competitor from my fair little slice of the world. More then seven hundred people have tried between the two shows without a single one being from Oregon.

If I seem to be mistaken then please let me know. When every other state is represented by at least a half dozen only for one state to not have one seems a bit odd and a mistake by people who have to pick the people to go on their shows. I cannot say whether it is on purpose or on accident. It does not really matter to me, but where it does is that you cannot really say that it is truly in the spirit of competition.

Just something to think about.

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3 months in goal check.

So I say the word dreams so much it is kinda funny. However, it is a concept I do believe in. So as one cannot preach without practicing it. Here is how things are looking after three months.

Cookbook – Pictures still going

Cooking blog – Practicing recipes on this blog

Mtg Grand Prix – Training

Get more social – All this noise

Youtube channel – Eleven videos and counting

Work on my inventions : All my progress has been transcribed and running in a journal. Slowed due to fundage

Zazzle : Logic that’s why is the most popular shirt and I am getting a small trickle of sales ( A couple here and there) Currently working on a batch of final fantasy designs.

Back burner:

Recording – Need better equipment

Pro wrestling training – Saving for it

Writing for funds – Learning that aspect

Draw more – Working slowly on it

L.o.l team – Still one short but we are still practicing 😀

As you can see there is a lot I am trying for. Gotta go big when your on your last life.

With that in mind how are you doing with your dreams since the beginning of the new year? I hope you all ( I am legit surprised to see that between just on the wordpress page. I have close to 200 subscribers Thanks for everything so far and if we can hit 250 I am going to do my best to come up with a couple really good.

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Pictures and Updates 3/24/14

Since my last entry I did some searching to find some of the pictures from one of my own conventions. Now if by any way you find yourself in these let me know and I will give due credit. They will be after all this noise. Recording was done for six more videos and our main magic series is done from here we will be going in to how to build a deck and any other game styles. You can check that out on the channel when you have some time. We got a new(er) camcorder on the way so soon that we can get it hooked up we will be filming with it. Be aware none of us have said we are handsome, but we do have fun so if you don’t mind the occasional low def face on a high(er) def camcorder. We have a few videos for our card and table game series and our lets plays and rage face videos have a couple to each.

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So if you see here people are to have fun with these now with taking pictures at conventions always try to ask for permission first. I did with all of these and if they ask you to take something down please respect the wishes of the cosplayer. Until I can get everything off my camera peeps have a good one and hope you enjoy your week. Check my links when your bored and let me know what you think. I have made an email address for this blog its a silly name but you can contact at blazingblackphoenix@gmail.com

 

 

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How to enjoy a convention

    For a lot of people a convention can be a bit overwhelming. The pictures, the attitude, the atmosphere it can be a bit much for a lot of people. If you find a con with a subject you con support then by all means go for it. Here are some things to know to make your time there much more enjoyable.

First, is plan what you need (food, room and board, spending money, etc.) When you go to a con most times the hotel will not allow many secondary food vendors in. So unless you want to go for a walk, and often times they will set up not so far away form the con so it will not be a long one. Then you will need to have some way of eating because the worse case scenario is you not being at your best to enjoy the good times to be had. You will also be surprised how many calories you can burn in such settings.

Pick out a couple things you want to go to and leave the rest up to your whims. Over planning can really drain you and although you really to get all the place can offer there is a charm about just milling about seeing what your fellow con attenders can get going.

Get social, bring a camera or at least a notepad so you can keep in contact with your new friends as time goes by. To help with this please keep yourself springtime fresh. Conventions do have a bad stigma attached of a couple people per con being what you called fairly ripe. for those who are not educated on the term it means they reek like a seat cushion after chili night.

Last is make sure you have funds to get a couple items. A little spending money may be all you need if you have a mind to haggle. Go out to a con and have some fun.

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