Bad Chinese Food - Guest Post From Author Mary Twomey

Bad Chinese Food

     Is there any better find than when you first unearth a truly great Chinese restaurant? Months of searching for the perfect Moo Shu Vegetable dinner reach their climactic end when you take your first bite of something truly delicious, and all other restaurants fall by the wayside.
Such was the bliss of my takeout experience… until my guy moved. The replacement menu looked the same, but tasted vastly different. And thus, I am back on my quest to find decent Chinese food. This has led me to many a hole-in-the-wall, chain and Thai-Japanese-Chinese tie-ins. Each time, I get my hopes up, dreaming for the deep-fried tofu and spicy peanut sauce with vegetables to magically appear and taste every bit as amazing as the long lost dish that proved to be the gateway drug for me. Alas, my ventures have proved unsuccessful. Anemic noodles, nondescript brown sauce, overpowering soy sauce, and so many disgusting water chestnuts that by the time I pick them out, there’s only a bit of limp celery and two pieces of broccoli to pretend to enjoy. This is not my Moo Shu.
Finding a great book series is a lot like the perfect Chinese restaurant discovery. Every page is delicious, begging you to forget the hour and indulge to your heart’s content. Then when it’s over, you’re left feeling like the egg roll addict you know you are, still jonesing for your next fix. Thus begins your search for the next great addiction.

I’ve set about sating these cravings in two different ways. The first one was to write a four-part fantasy fiction mythology series where frequent Cassandra Clare users, Rowling addicts and Tolkien enthusiasts could jump to safely after closing the last page and still wanting more. Saga of the Spheres kicks off with “The Silence of Lir”, available on amazon or at www.sagaofthespheres.com. There will be no MSG or flavorless duck sauce here. Only the best for fans of the best.

My second project was written to give Harry Potter fans a place to land after devouring the series and foregoing sleep for weeks in their quest to defeat Voldemort. “Jack and Yani Love Harry Potter” is a comedy about the highs and lows of being a fanboy (or fangirl). It is available on paperback, ebook and audiobook through amazon. Harry Potter nuts (of whom I proudly identify myself with) will land safely after coming down from the high of the best-selling series, safely book-ending the experience with a happy little fortune cookie bow.

Don't forget to pick up Mary's Saga of the Spheres series!

The Silence of the Lir
Secrets

The Sword

Sacrifice

Mary E. Twomey lives in Michigan with her husband and two adorable children. She enjoys reading, writing, vegetarian cooking and telling her children fantastic stories about wombats.