UPDATE: The winner is…Pansy Petal!
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Don’t you? What’s even better to love? It’s the first Saturday of Spring Break and EVERYONE’S here together! Do you see my maniacal smile?

Well, I really am glad of the break because I’m mama’s helper getting the kids out the door, and them making her breakfast and coffee so it’s waiting on the table when she gets back from dropping them off. (No, I don’t have to, but I like to do something nice for her since she’s not the morning person and can be a little grumpy—until she sees breakfast. LOL)

Anyway, I just thought I’d see if anyone else has Spring Break fever running amok at home with no outlet (no travel, no big plans). Or do you not have kids around and Spring Break is some foreign concept you watch on the nightly news? Have fun with the puzzle, then…answer for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

And if you are traveling, be sure to keep safe and avoid those big, unmasked crowds! Be safe!

Open Contests

1. Saturday Puzzle-Contest! (Plus, Open Contests!) — Win an Amazon gift card!
2. Diana Cosby: Winter at the Marsh! (Contest) — Win a pretty tote bag!
3. We’re Dead Horse! (Contest) — Win a $5 Amazon gift card!
4. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! (Contests–Multiple Prizes!) — Win an Amazon gift card!

UPDATE: The winner is…Joy Boutwell!
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Puzzle-Contest

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, solve the puzzle, then tell me: Would you be more curious or frightened?

Open Contests

1. Reminder for Authors! A Puzzle for Puzzlers! And Open Contests! — This one ends soon! Win a FREE book!
2. While the world is in chaos… (Contest) — Win a handpainted (by me!) bookmark!
3. Flashback: Begging for It (Contest — 2 Winners!) — Win a FREE book! 2 Winners!
4. Celebrate National Procrastination Week! (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
5. Those $%#-ing Plateaus! (Contest) — Win a FREE book!

UPDATE: The winner is…Elaine Swinney!
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Reminder for Authors

Deadline for Submissions is March 15!

When you send in your story, I’ll send you back a note to say I have it! If you have questions, don’t hesitate to email me!
Here are the guidelines: Silver Soldiers Guidelines

Puzzle Contest

For a chance to win a FREE download from my backlist of books, tell me—how’s the weather where you are? We’re nearing 80 degrees here today and tomorrow, then we’re going back into a freeze, followed by possible tornadic activity. It’s almost Spring in Arkansas! Is the weather as crazy where you are?

Open Contests

1. Michal Scott: Elizabeth Jennings Graham — The Rosa Parks of the 1850s (Contest) — This one ends soon! Win an Amazon gift card!
2. February into March (Contest–and more contests!) — Win an Amazon gift card!
3. Ukraine Solidarity (Puzzle-Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
4. Cameron Allie: Character Spotlight — Lucifer (Contest & Excerpt) — Win a gorgeous pendant!
5. Lainey Reese: The Inspiration Behind a New Series (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
6. Anna Hague: South Carolina, here we come! (Contest) — Win a FREE book!

UPDATE: The winner is…Jolene!
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A Reminder

First! A reminder! This Valentine’s Day giveaway ends tomorrow night! Get your copy!!

A woman accidentally sets her kitchen on fire while trying to catch the eye of a Texas firefighter…

“Hunk of Burning Love” is a short story in my Cowboys on the Edge series!
Please share this giveaway with your friends!

Get your FREE copy here!

A Puzzle

A Contest

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, tell me why whatever it is in the puzzle picture is doing whatever it is. 🙂

UPDATE: The winner is…Jennifer Beyer!
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I bought this little brainstorming tool years ago at some writers’ conference. “Story Cubes” is a brainstorming game. You roll the dice and whatever pictures appear face-up are the ones you use to riff off a story.

Now, I’d like you to tell me a story based on what you see on the cubes. Do any of these symbols tell you anything? You can pick some or use all of them.

Have fun with this! Don’t overthink! Here’s the roll… 

To make this fun, I’ll offer a prize—a $5 Amazon gift card—good for purchasing one or two stories…

UPDATE: The winner is…Rita!
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It’s Saturday! I’m late posting because, well, I goofed off this morning. I’m allowed to do that once in a while, right? 🙂

Here’s the challenge!

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, solve the puzzle then tell me what she’s walking toward! Have fun!

It’s O-dark-thirty in the morning as I post this. My quiet time. It being a weekend, my quiet won’t last long. Between COVID and cold house-bound kids and eight indoor animals that need feeding and walking, quiet only happens when everyone’s sleeping. Although, I do have an office in the basement to keep well out of the way of most foot traffic.

I have a puzzle for you! It’s not my usual, and my choice was likely influenced by all the hours of Deep Space Nine I’ve been watching. It will be challenging, so roll up your sleeves and get cracking! I’d love to hear what you think. My first impression was that I was disappointed it wasn’t purple or swamp green. My second was that I wanted the goggles. Finish the puzzle. Share your time if you like. And be sure to enter the CONTESTS below while there’s still time!

Open Contests

1. Your favorite fairytale…? (Puzzle-Contest) — This one ends soon! Win an Amazon gift card!
2. January into February… (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
3. Flashback: Baby, It’s You (Contest — 3 Winners!) — Win a FREE book! 3 WINNERS!
4. Happy Groundhog Day! (New Contest — and Open Contests!) — Win a FREE book!
5. Tell me a story… (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!