News flash: August 29, 2020
- My moment in the limelight: Author Musings blog - author interview
- Release of my new nonfiction book: "Safe and Scrumptious" - Tasty recipes free of wheat, corn, milk, and tree nuts
So she's an author. What else does she do?
- line art and caricatures
- book cover art
- screeving: sidewalk chalk art
- ventriloquism
- Celtic harp, langeleik, sheepbone flute, recorder
- spinning and tablet-weaving
- sprang netting and naalbinding (ancient norse crafts)
- needle-felting (see the fox below)
- song and story booth* at medieval events...
Where can I find her?
Find me where my books are sold:
Tour the landscapes of Norway and Cumbria as captured by painters of the past (and browse my own artwork) on Pinterest:
For breaking news, anecdotes, new images, and chat, find me on Facebook:
Shoot me a note at:
authorjoyceholt[at]gmail[dot]com
Read flash fiction glimpses into history on my blog:
Safe and Scrumptious:
Tasty recipes free of wheat, corn, milk, and tree nuts
A 98-page cookbook with recipes free from
wheat, corn, milk, and tree nuts,
including these sections:
- Substitutions
- Grains
- Cookies and Cakes
- Pies, Crisps, and other fruit delights
- Desserts and Candy
- Dressings and Condiments
- Vegetables
- Legumes and Chili
- Soups and Stews
- Meaty Main Dishes
- Beverages
- Miscellaneous (including plant food)
The $4.50 book includes a few tips for avoiding corn products, which aren't always flagged on labels.
You can read a wider variety of Holt's not-yet-published flash fiction on
(an online community of readers and writers)
Flashback:
flash fiction set in ages past
- Celtic rebels
- a girl of Zimbabwe baffled by Portuguese explorers
- a footsore Norman squire
- Chinese explorers stranded on Australia's northern coast
- a Roman soldier gone AWOL and lost in a haunted forest
- a cacao farmer paddling along the Caribbean coast
- ...and many more tales
Hatchlings:
flash fiction in many genres
- chalk drawings rise to ominous life
- a Sasquatch laments intrusion by little folk
- a feline guardian prevents disaster
- post-apocalypse lament about the cause of civilization's downfall
- a housewife's wild adventures at the mall opening
- a ghost finally wins free of the haunted mansion
- ...and many more tales
