On Writing

Grab your Miller Lights and sink into a fast-paced thorough inspiring story of a man and his writing. King gives us concrete – that’s the key, not airy fairy advice here – ways to get your writing done. As King struggles with crap jobs (Dunkin’ Donuts – pg. 69) and alcohol and drug problems he wrote wrote wrote. And who isn’t a fan of Mr. King? I grew up on Christine and Cujo. And Hollywood is making another Carrie. Brilliant What an imagination. My fav quote “you need a concrete goal . . . don’t wait for the muse.” King is a writer who loves to write.

Here’s a recipe for the best donuts
1 cup unsalted butter
3 cups flour
1 tbs baking powder
2 tsp salt
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup milk
2 oranges with just the flesh removed and chopped
1 lemon zested and juiced
1 navel orange zested and juiced
2 tbs powdered sugar
8 oz dark chocolate

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10 inch bundt pan. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. In a large measuring cup, combine the milk, citrus juices and zest.
With an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar. Add the eggs.
Alternating between the dry ingredient mixture and the liquids. Mix in the orange pieces. Pour into bundt pan and bake for approximately 50-60.
combine the orange juice, zest and powdered sugar. glaze the cake with a pastry brush. melt the dark chocolate. Dribble he dark chocolate over top the cake. Adapted from Sunday Sundaes
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Published on May 13, 2013 07:14 Tags: advice, burlesque, carrie, christine, cuho, donuts, how-to, king, stephen-king, writing
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