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Haiku and Heroines

Sandra Hume — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:30:36 +0000

Judging by sub-zero temps this week and the inches of snow outside my window, it’s safe to say that winter is upon us, at least at my home base in Colorado. Long or not, it’s an exciting time for fellow Coloradoan Erin Blakemore, whose 2010 book The Heroine’s Bookshelf is now out in paperback. You know what that means: time for another contest!

To kick off the holidays in wintry style, we thought we’d try something a tiny bit different this time … a haiku contest to accompany a giveaway of the book.

Here are the rules:

1. Write a haiku about The Long Winter
2. Post it here in the comments

That’s it! You have until the end of the day on Monday, December 12. Erin and I will choose our favorite and bestow the winner with a copy of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, which features a chapter on The Long Winter and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Happy writing!

The winner (of The Wilder Life) is…

Laura Welser — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:10:45 +0000

Thank you to those who participated in our recent The Wilder Life (by Wendy McClure) book giveaway. Wow! There were some great stories and I’m sure everyone enjoyed reading them all. Maybe a few of you even learned a fact here or there that you hadn’t known before.

We went to random.org to choose the winner…and she is Deb whose comment is:

I remember being shocked that the Boast’s tried to “buy” Laura and Almanzo’s baby. It felt so tragic and lonely and incredibly personal. Although it’s never clear whether the Boasts were infertile or just had no children live past infancy it is one of the more hard and adult truths in The First Four Years.

Congratulations, Deb! Please email your address to beyondlittlehouse at gmail dot com. We will send The Wilder Life right out to you and you will also receive a signed bookplate from Wendy McClure!

A Wilder Giveaway!

Beyond Little House — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:00:27 +0000

Wendy McClure’s book, The Wilder Life, has been chosen for the first round of the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Memoir & Autobiography category! Make sure you take a trip over to Goodreads before Nov. 20th and vote.

In recognition of this honor, we are hosting a The Wilder Life book giveaway here at Beyond Little House. At Wendy’s events, she likes to ask the audience Little House trivia questions. So, we thought we’d turn the tables here a bit.

Comment below and share one of your favorite Laura/Little House/Ingalls family true facts–one that surprised you or surprises others, or just something you find fascinating or funny or poignant. We’ll randomly pick one of the comments as a winner. The winner will get not only a copy of The Wilder Life, but also a signed bookplate from Wendy! Don’t put it off and don’t delay…you have till Friday to leave your comment.

Book Giveaway

Rebecca Brammer — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:52:38 +0000

That’s right, another giveaway — but not from us this time.

Visit Wide Open Spaces and leave a comment to enter a drawing for a copy of The Prairie Girl’s Guide to Life, by Jennifer Worick. Good luck — and may the best prairie girl (or farmer boy!) win!

The Winner of the First Quote Contest is ….

Amy Lauters — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:52:16 +0000

Roberta!

Four of you slogged through to the very, very end, and from those four, a winner was randomly chosen. Congratulations to all of you who made it!

Roberta, you now need to contact me privately at alauters[at]yahoo[dot]com so that I can send you your book.

If you’d like to continue the game vote “yes” or “no” in the comments below. I see Tish already has an opinion!

Quote Contest

Amy Lauters — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:56:26 +0000

You all are truly Laura-lovers. You’ve memorized the books and cite chapter and verse when it comes to even the most obscure quotes. It also looks like you had fun participating over the past two weeks.

I’ll release the comments from Quote #12 tomorrow, and announce the winner of an autographed copy of “More than a Farmer’s Wife” at that point.

Comments I’d like to see now? Would you like to continue the game, just for fun?

Quote #12: Last one!

Amy Lauters — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:00:17 +0000

You all have through Monday to post your answers, and I’ll make this one easy:

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“It can never be a long time ago.”

Quote #11:

Amy Lauters — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:03:22 +0000

Just two quotes to go! Here’s today’s:

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“Then the sun went down, far away in the west, and it was time to make the camp ready for night.”

Quote #10

Amy Lauters — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:39:37 +0000

“From the grassy swell where she picketed Ellen she could see the town beyond to the north. Big Slough curved between and spread wide southwest, covering acres upon acres with its rough high grass.”

Quote #9

Amy Lauters — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:28:10 +0000

“Ma sat by the lamp, mending one of Pa’s shirts. The house seemed cold and still and strange, without Pa.”