Nell Valenti by Stephanie Cole

Jan 27, 2021 | Get To Know You

Nell Valenti sits down for a Q&A with dru’s book musings responding to twenty or more questions so that we can learn more about her. So, let’s get to know Nell. What is your full name?Ornella Mae Valenti, but please don’t let it get around. I’m just Nell. How old...

A Day in the Life ~ Nell Valenti by Stephanie Cole

Feb 26, 2020 | A Day In My Life

Mornings: Damage Control When I took the job of designing a cooking school for American gastrotourists (i.e., foodies) at the Tuscan villa of world-famous Chef Claudio Orlandini, I was offered more money than I had yet seen in this line of design work — plus a...

My Musing ~ Practical Sins for Cold Climates by Shelley Costa

Feb 7, 2016 | My Musing

Practical Sins for Cold Climates by Shelley Costa is the first book in the “Val Cameron” mystery series. Publisher: Henery Press, January 2016 When Val Cameron, a Senior Editor with a New York publishing company, is sent to the Canadian Northwoods to sign a reclusive...

An Editor's Job with Valjean Cameron by Shelly Costa

Jan 28, 2016 | A Day In My Life

. . .excerpt from The Ultimate Writer’s Primer: Your Guide to Finally Getting Published (Sisyphus Books, 2016) Valjean Cameron, Senior Editor, Schlesinger Publishing, Flatiron Building, 175 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010 Q: What are you looking for VC: Send me a great...

In the Kitchen With Eve Angelotta by Shelley Costa

Jul 3, 2014 | A Day In My Life

I’m Eve Angelotta, head chef at Miracolo, the Italian Restaurant on Market Square at the center of Quaker Hills, Pennsylvania. We’re forty minutes north of Philly. My nonna, Maria Pia Angelotta, who actually owns the restaurant, will try to tell you Miracolo’s the...