The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom

Sin City Salvation
Holidays Are Hell
A Hell’s Belle Prequel Novella

Sons of Darkness is set in Pittsburgh, one of my favorite cities—and a place with great food. We lived in Pittsburgh for ten years, and I’ve set several books and series in and around the area because it’s a very special place.
There are so many wonderful ethnic foods to choose from in Pittsburgh—pirogies, halushka, and other Central European dishes, Italian food, German specialties, and so much more....

Okay, you asked for it.
Here's the only recipe I actually wrote myself. I'm not big on cooking, and I'm always updating this, but here's the current working recipe of my "Rum Fruitcake" just in time for the Holidays.
The instructions will seem crazy, especially to those unfamiliar with cooking fruitcakes, but believe me, it worked....

I’m generally a wild, Darwinian gardener. If I plant it, I encourage it to grow and if it lives, it gets to stay.
It surprised me when I started to seriously consider animal topiary. I honestly can’t tell you what draws me to this form of art.
It’s odd. And I’m drawn to big game topiary, like elephants, tigers, and giraffes....