Needing a Little Help Today Contest

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Argh! I’m in a major deadline for the next couple of weeks and surfaced long enough today to realize — oops, I have a blog to write for Petticoats & Pistols. Well, needless to say, my mind is in a major fog. My current book is giving me the fits. I like the story, I do, but I’m having to plow through the pages. My best friend tells me this will probably turn out to be my favorite book. Hmm. What does she know?

So, back to my blog. I figured I might have some fun with it and, hopefully, fun for all of us. Why not a contest related to my current fit-giving book? Yeah, great idea, right?

I have a miniature donkey in the story that my hero Ridge has agreed to temporarily foster and will likely wind up keeping. He’s that way. Tough on the outside and a marshmallow on the inside. I imagine the donkey to look something like this sweet girl:

She has a particular trait – a really loud and distinctive bray, one that sounds much too big for her small size. Her bray also echoes and reverberates off the barn walls like a tornado siren. It’s rather comical, when Ridge and my heroine Elena aren’t covering their poor ears.

Here’s my problem. I need a cute name for the donkey. One that reflects her particular vocal abilities and, perhaps, her small size. To figure out a name, I thought I might have a little contest here at P&P. Submit your ideas in the comments – as many as you want, no limit – and I’ll choose a winner at the end of the day. The name will then go into my book, and the winner will get a prize package that includes one of my cowboy coffee mugs, Starbucks gift card, a book or two, and some author swag (I need to add, U.S. shipping only – sorry). The package will be similar to the picture below but not exactly the same. Fun, huh? And, really, you’d be doing me a big favor. I can use all the help I can get with this book ?

 

 

 

Cathy McDavid
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Cathy McDavid has been penning Westerns for Harlequin since 2005. With over 55 titles in print and 1.6 million-plus books sold, Cathy is also a member of the prestigious Romance Writers of America’s Honor Roll. This “almost” Arizona native and mother of grown twins is married to her own real-life sweetheart. After leaving the corporate world seven years ago, she now spends her days penning stories about good looking cowboys riding the range, busting broncs, and sweeping gals off their feet — oops, no. Make that winning the hearts of feisty, independent women who give the cowboys a run for their money. It a tough job, but she’s willing to make the sacrifice.

101 thoughts on “Needing a Little Help Today Contest”

  4. Often the books an author struggles with the most turns out to be the best, possibly because they put so much time and effort into them.
    I think Banshee would be a good name for your donkey.

  13. Ethel Merman or Minnie Pearl both have distinctive voices. Don’t know if you can use real names, so maybe Ethel or Minnie?

  15. If its a cute little she as you mentioned, then maybe Lilah? or Lylah? Idk, I just imagined her in a field of lilacs for a minute <3

  16. Such great suggestions here! I agree with Pam, Cathy. It’s going to be hard to pick only one. You might end up with an entire herd. Ha! The first name that came to mind for me was Reba – small lady, big voice. 🙂 Hope the writing smooths out for you.

  23. Donna short for prima donna
    Diva
    I would think this would be good for small lady with a powerful voice

  25. Little Brenda Lee was famous for her BIG voice–of course I seem to be a generation or two earlier than most of the singing suggestions–and still a century late for the setting (or is this one contemporary?). Ethel Merman … wasn’t little, altho’ Lucy’s Ethel wasn’t too big.

    Good luck!

  27. Jenny or Jennet, Sweet Jenny, Burrita Linda, Braying Burrita, Patsy, Julia or Julie, Beloved Burrita – BB for short. Nevaeh-(Heaven spelled backwards) Sweet Caroline, JJ for Janis Joplin, Pewter, Clara short for Clarinet or Claire. Sepia, Stella, Luna, Emma. Demi, Morgan , Mila, Cennet which means paradise or heaven. Penny.

  34. Jolene (I’ve got a friend with a little donkey with a big voice named Jolene, hence my first thought.) 🙂
    Dolly
    Patsy
    Brenda

  38. Cathy, This mini-donkey sounds like quite a character. I like the name Shandie for it. The name Shandie is of English origin and means “Boisterous, loud. There are a variety of spellings, but I think this one fits well. I hope you are coming along well towards the deadline for the book.

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