Vortex Scavenger Hunt : Day Four

Catch up on the scavenger hunt rules and clues here for a chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card. That's a lot of romance. Or aliens. Or whatever you're into.

Today's clue:

black spray painted football pads

Vortex Scavenger Hunt : Day Three

Catch up on the scavenger hunt rules and clues here for a chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card. Happy hunting!

Today's clue:

a power bar

Vortex Scavenger Hunt : Day Two

Catch up on the scavenger hunt rules and clues here. A $20 Amazon gift card is up for grabs, people!

Today's clue:

happy little trees

Vortex Scavenger Hunt : Day One

Since I'll be watching out for Texas county-mounties, shooshing down the Colorado slopes and carting a Mount Vesuvius to-be-read pile for the next two weeks, I didn't want to leave the natives restless. Thus, the first ever Vortex Scavenger Hunt.

Each weekday for the next two weeks, I'll post a word clue. Find the archived post that contains the clue and mark down that post's original date. The first person to email me (la-mitchell@la-mitchell.com) on Friday, March 20 with the correct post dates for all the clues wins a $20 Amazon gift certificate. Easy, eh? Get out that Post-It note and keep it beside your monitor. Free books, people! Doesn't get any better than that.

Have fun! (and pssst!..Don't forget the blog search box at the top left corner)

Today's clue:

A salt-of-the-earth hero named Clay

Patrick, Skiing and Kmart

After arm-wrestling with Twitter for over an hour yesterday, I'm nearing my social-networking saturation point. I'm craving face-to-face, voices, human sensory input, so you can imagine my excitement to finally speak with my Margie Lawson editing buddy on the phone today (Hi Jen!).

This is my mood today:
But, alas, I must push ahead to get my submissions out soon. Next week, I head to Colorado for a good, healthy elixir to combat homesickness: skiing. I haven't been home in almost four years, and I fear I may have picked up one too many "ya'll"s to be able to blend in seamlessly. I also won't have a ski buddy, so stay tuned for Stories from the Skilift. Maybe I'll meet a character for my next book.

I'm off to do all things writerly, but I leave you with this Friday laugh. Maybe it's my twisted humor or the fact that my brother used to do this kind of thing to me in public when we were growing up. Since it's super small, click to expand:Have a great weekend, everyone!

Next week: The Vortex Scavenger Hunt

The Giving Board

Once there was a plotting board...and she loved a little writer. Every day the writer would come to the board and the board would say, "Come writer, fill me with sticky notes, scribble with EXPO markers in my margins, lay out your turning points and be happy." And the writer did.

But the writer stayed away for a long time. And when she returned the board nearly slid from the wall with joy. And the board said, "Come writer, fill me with rainbow Post-its, scribble in my margins, plot and be happy."

"I do not use Post-its anymore," said the writer. "They kill trees and slide off the board and stick to my feet like toilet paper in a bus terminal restroom. I want digital Post-its that have search features and customized colors and editing features so that I do not have to rewrite when I forget something. Can you give me digital Post-its?"

"I have no digital Post-its," said the board. "Come, writer, take my hulking mass from your closet and sell it in the Spring yard sale. Then you can ditch your 30 day trial version and be happy."

So the writer did. And she was happy.

Thousand Word Love Story

WAY too much editing last week. My wrist is shrieking in protest, so for today I'll leave it at the 1000 word love story captured in this photograph:

I love the faces of his friends, trying to live vicariously through this kiss.

Have a great Monday, everyone!