How about this for willpower? No post in over a month?
This has been an amazingly productive and creative period.
- My cookbook is done and soon available for download (i will keep you posted and if you have not done so yet, go to the left hand column and sign up for your free copy)
- I've completed 60% of a non fiction book and 70% of my next novel. Amazing.
-I've mustered the courage (well, not courage, really. I have my friends Lenora and Robin to thank for my so called courage) to go to Paris. Better yet, I'm, amazingly, going solo for the first time since I left France over 25 years ago (flying there and back when my father passed away does not count) .
This going to Paris thing is not a vacation. I'm going to do important research for my book. I mean, my next novel is set in Paris and here I am, unable to accurately describe the taste and consistency of a Religieuse au chocolat, a baba au rhum or a chouquette?
I don't want to lose all credibility with my readers. ha.
I also want to point out that I am able to finance that trip thanks to the sales of my novel, Hidden in Paris. And that is the most amazing thing of all.
Yay! You deserve all your success... can't WAIT to get the cookbook...(also I think 'yummy' covers the taste of the religieuse, the baba and the chouquette quite accurately)
Posted by: Paola | March 15, 2012 at 09:43 AM
yes willpower in deed, i was missing you but also envious for my willpower seems to have gone down he toilet when it comes to staying away from the internet!
OH corine, Paris to do "research" for your next novel funded by your first is there nothing more romantic so much to be proud of and how lucky we are that we benefit from your hard work and calorie intake:)!
Posted by: nadia | March 15, 2012 at 09:49 AM
Welcome back and enjoy your trip to Paris... such great news about your books... xv
Posted by: vicki archer | March 15, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Yay!!! You're going to have the best time in Paris, and I can't wait to see your photos and read about your experience for this "research" trip. And I'm so honored that I had just a tiny part in helping you fund this trip. I only wish I could meet you there!
Posted by: josephine | March 15, 2012 at 01:53 PM
ah, going to Paris as a "grown" up! bon voyage and travel safe!
Posted by: susan | March 15, 2012 at 03:43 PM
I can't wait for your next book to come out as I loved your first book! Have a fabulous time in Paris! xxoo
Posted by: cathi | March 16, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Well, if going to Paris is the sacrifice you have to make for your next novel, then it has to be done....:) HMMM what reason could I give my DH as to why I NEED to go to Paris? Gotta find one real soon. Best wishes on your next novel.
MCB
Posted by: My Casa Bella | March 22, 2012 at 11:05 AM
So incredibly jealous! Bon voyage and have an amazing time in Paris! (eat a few dozen macarons for us stuck in the states.
Posted by: a&b | March 23, 2012 at 10:43 AM
If you really want to not lose credibility with your readers you better bring home some chouquettes Corine. Or at least the recipe :)
Posted by: Isabelle | March 26, 2012 at 09:44 PM
On our way to my lifelong dream of a trip to Paris last summer, I read Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery and first learned about the Chouquette. Forgot about it until a French friend put out a plate of the delightful little pastries and my daughter and I ate the entire plate. We were so embarrassed, but when we learned that this was what the esteemed food critic had been searching for - we overcame our shame and asked where we could buy more! Since I have been back to the states I have tried to perfect my Chouquette baking skills. (Practice makes perfect you know). I DID learn that they dont save well. So ever since, we just make and eat!
Posted by: Laura | April 04, 2012 at 01:38 PM