Planting Potatoes

I had a great time planting potatoes.

First, I tilled 2 rows.

Then, I put the potatoes in the rows about 2 feet apart.

I brought out the compost I had been making since fall.

I put a scoop on top of each potato.

Next, I covered each potato with dirt.

Finally, I watered each potato.

That was lots of fun. Have any of you planted anything yet?

Tuesday Giveaway

The winner of last Tuesday's Giveaway is Hegberg who wins a $10. gift card to Amazon. Congrats! Email me at loriwilde@aol.com to claim your prize.


Today's giveaway lasts all month. Emily March is having a March madness giveaway. Here's the details.

Emily's March Madness is back.

Join me along with Christina Dodd, Karen Hawkins, Kristan Higgins, Jayne Ann Krentz, Susan Mallery, Teresa Medeiros, Mariah Stewart, Lori Wilde, Sherryl Woods and more in a 

31 Day, 31 book giveaway!

Plus, a chance to win $500.00 for your local dog rescue organization! 

My beloved Fightin' Texas Aggies aren't going to make it to the "Dance" this year, so in order to distract myself from my college basketball disappointment,  I'm turning my attention to two other loves in my life: reading and dogs.

I'm mad about novels.  I love to read and I love to talk about books with my friends. For the month of March, I'll be giving away at least one book a day--both my books and those of some of my favorite authors.  Thirty-one days, thirty-one books. I'll post the day's prize each day on the home page of emilymarch.com.

Visit Emily's website @ http://emilymarch.com/contest/march-madness/

Guess Who Has a Birthday Today?

Why, the best-selling cookie of the 21st Century, of course, and it's 100 years old.

  

On March 6,1912, the very first OREO rolled off the line at the Chelsea Market Bakery in Manhattan.

Sometime during all those years, OREOs became closely associated with milk.

 Kids just could not get enough.

OREO dunking was in vogue; special sousing tools were used. 

Bakery execs called for BIRTHDAY CAKE OREOs in limited edition to mark the 100th Anniversary. 

  

A regular birthday cake will be provided. But it's symbolic. Everyone will eat OREOs.

And "Happy Birthday to You," will be superseded by...

Are you an Oreo cookie fan? I love them!

Snoring

Do you snore? I do. Everyone does sometimes.

Dogs snore.

Cats snore.

Mice snore.

Hummingbirds snore.

Why is it when I snore, it's not so cute? lol

Former Student Does Good!

Five years ago I began teaching Romance Writing Secrets for Ed2go. One of my first students was Kathy Schindler. She was so eager and excited to learn. She worked very hard and I'm happy to feature her here on my blog celebrating her success with The Writer's Digest Short Story contest. Welcome Kathy! Here's her story.

I was in total shock when I received the email from Writers Digest saying, “Congratulations Kathy Schindler! Your short short story, One Lone Soldier, has won 22nd place in the 12^th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition.” I immediately contacted my critique partner, mentor, writing friends, family and close friends to share my news before telling the entire facebook and twitter world of my great accomplishment. 

As a writer we tend to write the things that are near and dear to our hearts.  Supporting our troops has always been very important to me especially when you personally know soldiers who have served or who have loved ones currently serving. One Lone Soldier is a story about an army soldier who comes home from Afghanistan but had no one there to greet him when he arrived. Unfortunately, there are soldiers that don’t have family to send them care packages or welcome them home. I was able to make that dream come true by telling my story.

Winning this competition is an accomplishment I am very proud of because I was picked out of nearly 5,000 entries. If anyone would like to read One Lone Soldier, it will be published in the 12th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection which will be published in spring 2012.

You can find Kathy at kathyschindler.com on Twitter, Facebook and Blogspot.

Congratulations, Kathy. All your hard work is paying off!

Happy Leap Year

Exactly 100 years ago today, this special Leap Year greeting card countered social constraints of latter day Victorian England and allowed the process of romance to begin "in reverse" . . .  

The first documentation of this practice dates back to 1288, when Scotland supposedly passed a law  allowing women to propose marriage to the men of their choice in Leap Year. Tradition states they also made it law that any man who declined a proposal in a Leap Year must pay a fine. The fine could range from a kiss, to payment for a silk dress or a pair of gloves.

There's one behind every bush.

 Disbelief: this chick would have been snatched up 10 years earlier.

Is that the future mother-in-law giving advice?

  The Queen Bee at work.  Honey Boy?

 

I didn't understand this one right off, either.

 

 A full century later, we have turned the tradition over to the toads. 

Great New Read: THE RANCHER AND THE ROCK STAR

I just read the cutest cowboy ebook with a fun twist. It's also got a rock star in it. If you love stories about rock stars and cowboys, then THE RANCHER AND THE ROCK STAR by Lizbeth Selvig is for you. It's on sale now via ebook!

http://www.amazon.com/Rancher-Rock-Star-ebook/dp/B0070XFNES/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330457232&sr=8-2.

But if you prefer print, it comes out March 27th, the same day as THE COWBOY TAKES A BRIDE.

And hey, get a load of that cover! Nice, huh?

Today's Tuesday giveaway is a $10 gift card to Amazon. You know the drill. Post a comment here and I'll draw a name next Tuesday.



Happy reading,
Lori