Today, in honor of Food Day at the dear old blog, fellow Hydra Publications author Erin Danzer is going to tell us about her main character’s favorite eatery. ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~ Erin Danzer wrote her first book at 10 years old for…

My fellow Hydra Publications authors and I are having a Blog Hop amongst ourselves. I’ll have Hydra guests Monday through Friday, and I’ll guest at their blogs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. My first hopper is Michael L. Turner (no relation, even though Turner is my…

The first civilization to cultivate the cacao tree was the Olmecs, three thousand years ago. The Mayans, who came along centuries later, called the cacao tree simply “tree”, just as “cake” means “chocolate cake” to me. Next, the Toltecs believed their king to be the…