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 deep editing fifteen pages for a dozen writers a year.

I make three deep editing passes, and take the time to explain what I'm recommending and why, just like I do in my Triple Pass Deep Edit.

The winner sends me fifteen pages as an e-mail attachment (Courier New, 12 pt., 1" margins) and we schedule a time for a Deep Edit Consult -- phone or Skype -- usually within two months. I email the winner my multi-annotated copy of their 15 pages. The file is usually 20+ pages with my notes. We chat -- and I share my Deep Edit of those pages and respond to questions for an hour.

Please label your e-mail:

DARE DEVIL DACHSHUND CONTEST

The current Dare Devil Dachshund Contest ends at midnight (Mountain Time) on April 30th.

I'll post the winner's name on my home page on May 1st.

Maybe you'll be the next winner!

COMIC STRIP DACHSHUNDS!

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

The Middletons by Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers

The Middletons by Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers

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. 

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  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 everything on Craig's List, right?

But I got lucky again. I met mega-talented cartoonist Dana Summers when I presented a full day workshop at the Florida Writer's Association conference three years ago. What are the odds I'd meet a professional cartoonist when I was looking for a cartoonist?

PLUS -- Lisa and Dana are both writers.

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

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.