If you know me, you know I like to have fun!

The Dare Devil Dachshund Contest is my way of  having fun with you on my web site. It's also another way I can give back, by awarding a packet of cool prizes to a dozen writers a year.

On the last Wednesday of each month, I’ll place a dachshund cartoon on one of my web site pages. You find the Dare Devil Dachshund, e-mail me with the name of the page it’s on, and you will be entered in the monthly drawing. You could win my EDITS System Power Pack!

The EDITS System Power Pack includes:

1. Five Highlighters and Red Pen

2. Mini-Office Supplies Kit (stapler, tape, scissors, clips)

3. Sunflower Seeds

4. Yummy Tea

5. *Certificate for One Hour of Margie’s Deep Editing Brain

*The winner schedules a time for a Deep Edit Consult -- phone or Skype -- within two months. They send me fifteen pages as an e-mail attachment (Courier New, 12 pt., 1" margins).  I share my Deep Edit of those pages and respond to questions as time permits.

Here's the DareDevil Contest Scoop!

1. Monthly Contest

2. E-mail me with the name of the page where you find the DareDevil Dachshund.

3. Please label your e-mail:  DARE DEVIL DACHSHUND CONTEST.

4. I'll post the winner on the last Wednesday of each month.

The current Dare Devil Dachshund Contest ends Tuesday, August 24th.

I'll post the winner's name on Wednesday, August 25th.

Maybe you'll be the winner!

COMIC STRIP DACHSHUNDS!

Dana Summers, our Dare Devil Dachshund cartoonist, featured Thalia and Calypso in  his  Middletons comic strips. 

 

 

April 27th

The Middletons by Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers

April 28th

The Middletons by Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers

April 29th

Thalia and Calypso are thrilled to be comic strip celebrities!

Calypso insisted I drive them to the store so they could buy sunglasses. She's such a dachshund diva.  I'll post a picture of her wearing the sunglasses . . . when she stays still long enough to snap the picture.

A l-o-n-g 'Thank You' to Dana Summers for sharing his talent and humor.

What a doggone good guy!

 

BACKSTORY:

I needed the talent of two experts to make this contest work:  Lisa Norman, my web site designer, and Dana Summers, a professional cartoonist.

I connected with Lisa Norman by bidding on a web site design she generously donated to Brenda Novak's Diabetes Auction in May, 2009.  I'm so lucky my bid won.  Lisa's talent shows through on every page of my web site  AND--Lisa plans to upgrade my web site in 2010. Her creativity is beyond limits. Lisa is a brilliant and cherished gem.

I thought I might have to go on Craig's List to find a cool professional cartoonist. You can find everyithing on Craig's List, right?  Ha!  But I got lucky again. I met mega-talented cartoonist Dana Summers at the Florida Writer's Association conference in October. What are the odds I'd meet a cartoonist when I was looking for a cartoonist?

PLUS -- Lisa and Dana are both writers.

PLUS -- They both GET me. Our brains work in synch.

Again -- lucky for me.  Probably scary for them.  :-)

Please read about Lisa Norman and Dana Summers below. They are both as smart as they are good people.

All smiles..........................Margie

Lisa Norman:

-- A writer with a degree in creative writing who designs web sites for writers.

-- She creates websites that are clean, content rich, easy to navigate.

-- Her web sites load fast, use the latest technology, are search engine friendly

-- Lisa is tireless in pursuit of designing a web site that captures your voice and makes you happy.

 

Dana Summers:

-- Editorial cartoonist for the Orlando Sentinel.

-- Creator of the comic strip, 'Bound & Gagged.'

-- Cartoons syndicated nationally and internationally, 350 papers

-- Co-creator of 'The Middleton's' with fellow cartoonist Ralph Dunagin.

-- Illustrated 'Run, Dog, Run,' a children's book for young readers.

-- Gave up watching 90% of the football games he'd usually watch, to write thrillers.