Category Archives: Fiction

Help With Foreign Comments!!!


Every day, I get one or several comments on my blog in Chinese – at least I think it’s Chinese. I always reject them. But, a friend of mine said, why don’t you post the comment and see if anybody can help you out. Maybe they can tell you what the comment says…

So….

On yesterday’s post about Baked Beans, go to the comment section and look at the comment. I’ve also copied and pasted the comment below:
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “Baked Beans!”:

保健食品顧名思義係指含有特定成分並具調節生理機能或可發揮保健功效之食品;因此,保健食品範圍包括了經衛生署認證之健康食品、機能性食品、膳食補充食品、健康補助食品、特殊營養食品等。因此除了衛生署認證的「健康食品」外,凡具有特殊機能的「機能性食品」如運動飲料;補充營養素的「膳食補充品」如綜合維他命;可供營養補給、維持健康狀況或養生的「健康補助食品」,如樟芝與靈芝產品;及因應特殊生理狀況的特殊需求之「特殊營養食品」,如減肥代餐食品等均屬之。因此,所謂保健食品不僅限於通過衛生署認證的「健康食品」,只要具有保健或機能性訴求者均稱之。

大家一談到保健食品就自然而然想到膠囊、放眼市場,具保健或機能性概念且以傳統食品方式呈現的產品已開始慢慢嶄露頭角,如即沖即食大燕麥片、可調節血脂的食用油、可預防蛀牙的口香糖等,除了受到消費者歡迎外,其附加價值也隨之提高了。

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Can any of you tell me what that says?? Or, do you have any idea why someone would comment like this every day on my blog? I can’t email them or contact them since the comments are usually anonymous. I’m just curious to know what they’re saying.

Also, don’t recommend that I change my settings to disallow anonymous comments. I’ve found that a lot of people don’t like setting up blogger profiles and only like to comment anonymously, merely signing their name and email address. When I do my book giveaways, I want to make it possible for all to enter, whether they have a blogger ID or not.

~Cecelia Dowdy~

Author Frank McCourt Dies At 78

I just discovered that author Frank McCourt died at the age of 78 last Sunday. I read his book, Angela’s Ashes, years ago. Most of you know that I don’t read many non-fiction titles, however, Angela’s Ashes reads like a novel. It’s a humorous story about a boy growing up poor in Ireland. There is great sadness in the story, too. When people tell me that they want to write a memoir then I always direct them to Angela’s Ashes. If you want to know the full story about McCourt’s death, you can read about it here.
~Cecelia Dowdy~

My Wedding Pics!

No, I didn’t get married recently. We tied the knot almost six years ago. However, we failed to get digital photos. My sister was kind enough to scan these and email them to me. I thought it’d be fun to post these for my blog readers to enjoy. I’ll probably post on my For Fun page on my website, too.

~Cecelia Dowdy~






Booksigning!


I’ve been tired and busy lately, working overtime at my job. I still have books more books I need to review. Wanted to mention that if you live near the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area, I’ll be doing a booksigning on Wednesday. Here is the information:

Romance Writers of America Literacy Booksigning

July 15, 2009 5:30-7:30 PM; I will also be attending the Romance Writers of America Annual Conference – July 15 – July 18, 2009

Marriott Wardman Park
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20008

Stop by and chat for awhile if you wish, and purchase a few books. There will be tons of authors there (mostly secular) and the proceeds from the sale of the books go toward literacy programs.

~Cecelia Dowdy~

MJ





I watched the Michael Jackson Memorial today. It was very tastefully done. Since he died, my mind has been inundated with MJ memories.

I remember being around five and seeing the Jackson Five on television. I recall watching the J5 cartoon every Saturday morning in the early seventies.

…seeing MJ and his brothers singing Dancin’ Machine and his doing the Robot
…seeing J5 doing commercials for Alpha Bits cereal
…listening to J5, and the Jacksons albums and 45s on the record player
…the impact that Thriller had in the music world when I was in high school. I listened to that cassette tape so much that I about wore it out

When I got into my twenties, out of college, I purchased MJ CD’s since records were going out of style.

I could go on and on with my memories. I’ve been listening to MJ music in some form practically my entire life.

Just can’t believe he’s dead. I guess this is the first time a star has died that’s affected me so much.

Rest In Peace, Michael.

I’ll be back to blogging about regular topics tomorrow.

~Cecelia Dowdy~

Unconventional Has Been Released!


I blogged about the novel Unconventional here.

Well, it’s been released, and you can purchase your copy here, and you can also listen to the free serialized audio book version here.

I enjoyed reading this story, and I encourage you all to read J.J. Hebert’s novel!

Here’s what I had to say about this story:

I loved Unconventional, a stirring love story and spiritual journey that will surely touch your heart. You’ll remember James Frost for a long time!

~Cecelia Dowdy~