Bomba Dancing and Quoting the Raven | Writers Drinking Whiskey with Jessica L. Sparrow

Connecting with writers and discussing the trials and tribulations, the successes and failures, the tips and pitfalls, is REWARDING. And if that’s corny, well, we don’t care! Join author Jessica L. Sparrow as we dare to be corny and discuss her love of Edgar Allen Poe, the long editing process, and more. Join us!

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we do!

Pale Blue 75 cocktail recipe
1 1/2 oz of Gin
3/4 oz of fresh lemon juice
3oz Champagne
3/4 oz of blueberry simple syrup or just regular simple syrup with a dash of blue food coloring
some ice
These Gum my eyeballs https://a.co/d/09Ehthg (optional but it will make it fun)
Cocktail pick

DIRECTIONS:
Take the ice, the Gin, the simple syrup, & lemon juice and put it in a cocktail shaker & shake
Strain & serve in cocktail glass
Top with Champagne
Put the eyeball gummy in the drink
Use the pick to stab the eye once it's in the drink

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Bios:
William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

Jessica L. Sparrow is a mastermind of spine-tingling Puerto Rican Gothic tales, eerie thrillers, and soul-stirring poetry. Drawing from her Afro-Boriquena roots, she weaves cultural magic into her work, like her mesmerizing poetic collection, "Visions & Nightmares of a Gothic Rican," captivating readers everywhere. In a literary whirlwind, she unleashed "Burning Slumber," a nod to the Tainos, featured in the mind-bending anthology "Beyond the Bounds of Infinity." At Laurel College Center's Hispanic Heritage Month events, Sparrow shines as a Puerto Rican powerhouse. She shares her wisdom as a Speaker, Educator, Author, and Bomba dancer, spreading her vibrant heritage with eager minds. When she's not conjuring up tales or lighting up the stage, Sparrow is the heart and soul of the writing community. Catch her orchestrating and hosting Author Events around the Laurel area, bringing book lovers together under one roof.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:38 Introducing author Jessica L. Sparrow
00:06:56 The Pale Blue 75 cocktail recipe
00:12:07 The author journey
00:30:46 Bomba Dancing as storytelling
00:39:13 Work in progress
00:44:26 Pirates of Appalachia
01:02:49 Edgar Allen Poe discussion
01:18:15 Shots - rapid fire questions
01:36:30 Author reading
01:42:12 Last Call
01:46:01 Extra shot

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