"Tips, The Server's Guide To Bringing Home The Bacon - The Customer Speaks!" is the perfect accessory for every restaurant uniform. Featuring the results of a national survey of restaurant patrons, this book is the only restaurant industry self-help resource written from the customer's point of view. Delightfully illustrated and straight-shooting, "Tips..." helps servers and restaurants make more money.
The Official Scoop:
Tricia Spencer received the Best Nonfiction Book award for "Tips, The Server's Guide To Bringing Home The Bacon - The Customer Speaks!" from the Southwest Writers International Manuscript Competition. "Tips..." is available on Amazon.com and elsewhere and has become a training manual for restaurants and food servers around the country. Her short story, "Deviled Eggs," was a winner in both the L. Ron Hubbard Writers Of The Future Competition for Science Fiction and CrossQuarter Publishing's Paul B. Duquette Memorial Short Science Fiction Contest. "Deviled Eggs" is published in "CrossTime", the 2002 science fiction anthology featuring the winners of the CrossQuarter competition. Her short story, "Miracle Man," was a winner in the 2005 Cloak and Dagger Mystery Writing Contest where the finalists were judged by renowned mystery author Jeremiah Healy. And her short story, "Noses, Toes, and Elbows," was a winner in the 2005 Scribes Valley Publishing Short Story Competition and is published in that publisher's winners' collection, "They Do Exist." Another short story, "Empty Shoes," took top honors at Scribes Valley and appears in the 2009 anthology, "The Road to Elsewhere."
Her 2011 book, "The Touch of Roy and Dale: The Impact and Influence of Roy Rogers, The King of the Cowboys, and Dale Evans, The Queen of the West, As Only Their Fans Could Tell It," published by West Quest, is a unique fan-driven book about the indelible affect Roy and Dale had on the lives of their fans.
2012 will bring Volume II of the two-book Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, West Quest series, as well as a new wedding book from Seller's Publishing.
Tricia is listed in "Who's Who of American Women", "Who's Who of Emerging Leaders", "Who's Who in The West", and "Who's Who in The World".
Her life pursuits reflect her philosophy that variety is truly the spice of life. From food service to touring with the International Company of Up With People to creating and marketing her own line of wedding accessories to author, with a world of diverse creative pursuits in between, Tricia has reveled in the highs and lows of self evolution and in the myriad of endeavors life has to offer.
Born and raised in Central Illinois, she and her husband, Mark, live in Southern California where they share their home with all manner of furry and feathered creatures. They also share a passion for the simple pleasures of life, like sharing a great meal or taking a drive through unknown territory.
The Unofficial Scoop:
I love diversity, stretching for the stars and pursuing my dreams. Those dreams are constantly evolving, and I embrace them as they come. I hope everyone finds as much pleasure in their own pursuits as I find in mine.
