I'm a writer and a photographer - I'm totally aware that doesn't always translate to TV. Ree Drummond
I'm working on a second cookbook and am working on my love story, 'Black Heels to Tractor Wheels.' Ree Drummond
I've set aside a nice chunk of my advertising revenue each month for giveaways, like a KitchenAid mixer. I like buying them for the audience, because without the audience I wouldn't have the blog or the revenue in the first place. Ree Drummond
It never occurred to me that I was going to have to talk to a camera. I don't know if I can do this. Ree Drummond
As The Pioneer Woman has grown and the revenue has grown, the prizes keep getting better, and that certainly feels good. Ree Drummond
I hate to play the I-live-in-the-country card, but it really takes all of the 'pack the kids into the car and run from here to there' out of the equation. Ree Drummond
Ninety-five percent of the time when I run a contest I've purchased the giveaway prizes with advertising money. Ree Drummond
I'm a thirty-something ranch wife, mother of four, moderately agoraphobic middle child who grew up on a golf course in the city. Ree Drummond
My days are spent wrangling children, chipping dried manure from boots, washing jeans, and frying calf nuts. Ree Drummond
I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think I'm crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though we have a state-of-the-art PC. There are just less distractions with the simpler machine. Wendelin Van Draanen
I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say. Wendelin Van Draanen
Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write! Wendelin Van Draanen
My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to. Wendelin Van Draanen
Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It's work, and often it's hard work. Wendelin Van Draanen