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What the Dog Ate Giveaway
Thanks so much to Taryn over at A Tail of Two Cardis who wrote a lovely post about my novel, and is hosting a giveaway for a copy right now. All you have to do to enter is visit her post here before Thursday, April 25th and leave a comment about a funny thing that your dog (or another pet or even you) ate. It's open to folks beyond just the US, so hop on over there.
Now, when you do, you'll see that Taryn decided to "revise" the cover of What the Dog Ate, substituting one of her handsome pups for my usual cover model:
Too cute, right?? |
This of course made me wonder: "Why didn't I ever think of that?!?" So, here you go - Rita as cover girl:
She makes a cute cover girl, IMHO! |
Celebrate Jeffie's Birthday!
Meanwhile, Jeffie over at the Talking Dogs blog is celebrating his 7th birthday, and stretching out the celebrating over the entire month of April. (You know how to pawrty, Jeffie!) Part of the celebration involves a giveaway for a $25 Amazon gift card if you submit a party pic of your pup by April 27. Check out this post here re: entering. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing, so go on over and join the fun.
I can't resist taking fun pics of Rita, so we had to enter. I was able to doctor up the pictures I sent with some captions using the free website PicMonkey. (Thanks to Taryn -again- this time for the heads up about PicMonkey!) There's a paid subscription version, but you can do some fun things even with the free version.
So, here are some outtakes of the pics I took of Rita, and at the end you'll see the final captioned shots I sent in for Jeffie's pawrty.
One outtake - she's drinking a "The Vixen" beer |
Another outtake - the party "aftermath" |
One more outtake - I put some cheese on the lid! |
I had to put a treat in the lampshade to get her in there, of course! |
Now go out there and have some fun with your photos! And enter some fun giveaways!
Happy Monday Mischief!
You totally should have made Rita the cover dog of your book. She'd be a celebrity! Unfortunately, Canadians cant enter many contests, but I did enter Taryn's. Hope I can get my hands on your book. Even if I don't win, I may just purchase my own copy.
ReplyDeleteGood luck in Taryn's giveaway!
DeleteIf only we'd had Rita back when I started writing What the Dog Ate. We had a beagle at the time - good eaters, but I knew a Lab would be the breed most likely to eat things it shouldn't! (It's actually my friend's dog on the cover.)
I love Rita on the cover of your book! (Well, no surprise there - I just plain love Rita) And I did enter to win a book. :-)
ReplyDeleteYour outtakes are great!
Awww, we just plain love our little cutie too. Guess I'll have to write a book where Rita can be the cover model!
DeleteGood luck with the giveaway!
Love your version of the book cover. LOL! We too will go and have some fun with pix. Have a serene Sunday.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
Molly, you'd look great on a book cover too! Get your Mum to write a book about you! :)
DeleteEvery dog should be on their own book cover :) I saw Rita'
ReplyDeletes photos over at Jeffie's party and loved both of them...Great job for your first tries at photo fun...I'm new at it too and I warn you it's addictive
Yes, I fear I may be totally addicted... Great - just what I need is another time-suck! :)
DeleteThat is a riot! GREAT photos!!! That cracked me up!!! Surely you have to win!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a random drawing so anypawdy can win! (But we did win another treat giveaway they were having! Whoohoo! We've been SO lucky lately!)
DeleteI just saw Rita's picture at Jeffie's party - hilarious!
ReplyDeleteThanks! She wasn't crazy about the lampshade shot, but the treats made it worthwhile!
DeleteLOL those are great. I especially like the last one.
ReplyDeleteWanted her to actually wear it sitting up, but she was having NONE of that!
DeleteWoof! Woof! We entered your book giveaway and did noticed your book cover change. Mmmm We do like the Rita cover??? Happy Monday and enjoy your beautiful weather (again). It's been chilly, raining/snowing here. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you are having more rain/snow! We are definitely enjoying the nice weather here - supposed to rain her Wed/Thur if that's any consolation! :)
DeleteI saw your pictures on Jeffies blog, too funny.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I had fun taking/"shopping" them. (Not sure Rita did...) :P
DeleteI love your pics for Jeffies birthday - My mum never remembers to put treats on the props, I think I'll encourage her! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd she's also done that publish before you intended to thing, it seems to be way to easy - on Wordpress if you click the wrong button, it doesn't even ask if you're sure! No that's mischief! :)
Hope you're having a fun day :)
Your pal Snoopy :)
I'm glad I'm not the only one to publish before I mean too! This is my 2nd time doing it. The last time it was just because the save / publish buttons are too close to each other! We agree - there should be a "are you sure?" question first!
DeleteAhh, the lampshade on the head party drunk...one in every group isn't there.
ReplyDeleteYes, but why does it have to be MY dog? She's such an embarrassment!
Delete:)
These are great! I always have so much fun photo editing my pictures! I was up late last night working on a few!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Your pics are always great.
DeleteOh, hilarious! I love editing photos in Photoshop. I think the shop part is accurate, but not as in shopping. My dad owned a mechanic shop when I was growing up. He fixed and doctored cars in his shop. Same kinda different. See? Crystal clear. ;)
ReplyDeleteOoooo. Okay! I get it now! Thank you for 'splaining.
DeleteLove the pictures and we thinks Rita makes a great book cover model!
ReplyDeleteHa the lampshade picture is too cute!
ReplyDeleteI like how you revised your book cover, that would make a fun contest for people to put their own dog on your cover. Of course I'd never figure out how to do it, but maybe there's a way to make it easy for everyone to try. Sounds like fun.
Oooh, I saw Rita's picture on Sue's blog, those were some great photos. I've also started using Picmonkey and I like it. It's not to hard or too fancy, but it works for me.
ReplyDeleteHa! Love the party pics... too funny. Reminds me of the time tequila made my pup act a lil crazy... http://www.wagworkwine.com/2012/12/30/cause-tequila-makes-kirby-crazy/
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