Through the years, a few up-and-coming young writers have contributed their own post ideas to Andi’s Blog. For example, many of the character quizzes I have recycled (and updated) came from Sadie S., who years ago asked, “Mrs. M., I would love to think up some character quizzes. May I?” Absolutely! Ellen S. contributed at least two dozen “Andi’s Journal” posts, some seven parts long! Another young writer had an idea for a history post and I published that as a blog post.
Do you see where this is going? Andi’s blog is our blog–yours and mine. If you have an idea for a blog post, I would love to hear it. You can contribute to the content in many ways. Here are ideas.
- An “Andi and Melinda” Favorites post. Here’s the list of ideas you all came up with in September. You could also volunteer to do a least-favorite post. Just send the bare bones and I will do the rest (but I will give you credit).
- favorite (least-favorite) trips
- favorite (least-favorite) meals
- favorite (least favorite) chores
- favorite activity with brothers
- favorite season
- favorite Christmas memory
- favorite (least favorite) ranch animal
- favorite (or worst) childhood memory
- favorite (least favorite) Bible character
- favorite (least favorite) hairstyle
- favorite song
- favorite bedtime story
- best (worst) lesson learned
- favorite (least favorite) ranch hand
- favorite niece or nephew
- favorite prank (this one has been spoken for)
- favorite adventure
- favorite (least favorite) memory of Aunt Rebecca
- A history post about anything of interest during the setting of the Circle C books
- A character quiz for a minor (or major) character. (Think of one. I will let you know if I have questions from an earlier quiz on that character.)
- A Riley’s Ramblings post about something that happened during the “in between years,” before he showed back up on the Circle C in The Last Ride. Or a courtship post the year between the last two chapters of Courageous Love.
- An original idea I haven’t thought of!
How to Submit and Suggest
If you have an idea for a post, contact me >> I would love to talk with you about your idea. As a guest blogger, I would also include a short bio, and if you have a website/blog, I would include the link. You can also share ideas for posts and other things of interest in the comments (but if you want to be a guest blogger and you share about it in the comments, don’t forget to include your email in the private box before posting the comment).
Definitely going to do this!!
I just need to think of a idea, are there anymore ‘flashbacks’ that Andi talks in the last Milestones?
Can’t wait to get started!!! I’m thinking about doing a fav things, or a least fav things!
If you find any hints of backflashes in the Milestones books, you go for it!!!
Great! Will do!
I have an email, but I don’t use it. I there any way I could talk to Mrs.M, like using a private comment, or something? I am working on a good fan fiction story based on Andi Carter. As I said before, I don’t use emails.
I answered this already in another comment.
Please reasons to the comment two squares below as soon as you can please Andi
What comment two squares below? I answer all comments on a master “comment” page so I do not know to which comment you are referring. What are you trying to ask? I have already replied to your other comments. Thanks
Which comment did you answer my question about the email thing? I don’t know which one.
You commented on a page “Submit Your Fan Fiction” with the same question. I don’t know how you got there, since that page is no longer active, but oh well. I answered your question there: http://andicartersblog.com/submit-your-fan-fiction/
This is the new page that explains how to submit your fan fiction. https://ranchfanfiction.blogspot.com/p/fan-fiction.html
But here is the answer again:
There is no way to post a “private” comment. Sorry. The best way is through the Contact page. You can paste the story in the message box. That way the story will get to me. You can use your email address even if you don’t “use” email. That is the only way to get the story to me. Unless you are on Facebook and you can IM me the story. Can’t think of anything else. You may NOT post the story in a comment. It is too long and will be flagged as “spam” most likely by WordPress and be deleted.
Oh, the two squares above thing, I messed up on that. Sorry.
Thanks for the story information !!!!!! By the way I am your number one fan.(And Taffy’s)! Ps. That page you said worked for me. Maybe it was my location.
Where did you find the link for that page?
Where can I find the Milestones set for a good price? I really want them.
My store is a good price with free shipping (and autographed with a bookmark).
https://circlecadventures.com/product/milestones-4-book-set-2/
Christian Book has them a little cheaper than I do but no free shipping unless you buy a certain amount. Not sure what that amount is.
https://www.christianbook.com/circle-milestones-series-volumes-1-6/susan-marlow/pd/449229?event=ESRCG
Hope that helps.
I’ll see if I can come up with some ideas too 🙂
Would you maybe like to write one together? I enjoy writing with others and its really fun! 🙂
I think I found it on Email Me. But I’m not sure.
Found what?
I think doing a character quiz about a minor character would be fun. You would really need to read the books to get the answers!!
So … So you want to create one? Lol
I might. Any idea on the character?
You think of one and I’ll tell you if I’ve already thought of it or not…. Lol
Hmmm….maybe a Mr. Foster quiz? Or Jeffery, Melinda’s boyfriend? Or even a bad guy, like Jed or that creepy Chinese cook in San Francisco Smugglers…those character quizzes would be fun to create☺😀
The Jed quiz is a great idea because he appears in three series!
Jeffrey? Nothing to ask about. He is not in the books but only mentioned
Could i do a goldtown character quiz?
Not many people would enter it , so maybe not….
Do you have a quiz on James Carter?
No, not yet. 🤩
I will do a guest post – could I do a “Favorite Things” post?
Yes yes yes!
Great!! Is there a certian date you need it by? It might take me a couple weeks to do.
That’s sounds perfect
Okay!! 🙂
What about a quiz on Aunt Rebecca?
You need to go to this link to see which quizzes have already been done. It’s the Character Quizzes category. Thank you.
https://andicartersblog.com/category/character-quizzes/
I would love to do one, but let me think about it for a bit😃
I’ll try Come up with something too
Sounds cool! I have a few questions for you:
1. Does Macy Walker have an uncle? I looked in Thick as Thieves and there is no mention of him.
2. Is Aunt Hester rich or poor?
3. How long was Macy’s brother’s jail sentence, and why weren’t they hanged for horse thieving?
And BTW, if you wanted to, you could also do poetry contests or art, maybe? Just an idea if you wanted contests other than writing!
1. Yes she has an uncle. Married to aunt Hester
2. Not rich or poor
3. I have no idea. You can make it up. 😉
Okay thanks! What was Macy’s uncle’s name? And I’m clueless about the prison time. Five years? Ten? Or more?
And when it says they have a farm, what kind of animals would they have? Pigs? Sheep?
Thanks so much for your time! I really appreciate it!
Golly, I have no idea. I dunt create bios for such minor characters. You can make it up any way you like!😉
Ok thanks! Just wondering!
Maybe a character quiz on on Jack Goodwin or Johnny Wilson? Or Mr Blake or Rosa? How about Sid Mc Coy?
Sid would be good. I have one for Jack.
Just thinking of Ideas
You could do character quiz on… (People) Jared, Kate’s kids, Troy, Jed, Sadie, Henry,Miss Hall,Sheriff Tate,Doc Weaver, Tim O”Neil, Matthew Powers. And (Horses if that is aloud 🙂 )Shasta, Sunny,Thunder, Sky, Chase, Dakota, Midnight, Coco,Pal, Snowflake Hope that helped! 🙂 😉 :);)
and What Happed to Duke, Prince, and King? and Never saw it in the books mrs M
The original “Tales from Memory Creek Ranch” says that Duke was bitten and killed by a rattlesnake. The new book has the same story but doesn’t specify the dog killed. Hope that helps!
Thx
How many questions do i need to make a Character Quiz?
20 questions is for a normal one so I think 20. 🙂
Plus the bonus one if you want to add!
Okay, i will! Thank you so much!
Could we still do Jack, Jed Hatten, or Sid? Or are they done already? Just want to make sure before we start! 🙂 ty!
You can do Jack Goodwin or Sid McCoy. I already have a ready-to-go quiz for Jed Hatton.
Hello. 🙂 I decided to make a Rosa Garduño character quiz. I have 17 questions and a bonus question. Rosa is mainly only in one book, so it’s hard to find questions. Is 17 questions okay?
Yes. I can probably think of the last 3 to make it an even 20. She is in Long Ride Home, Dangerous Decision, and Price of Truth. That’s three books. 🙂
And I hate to tell you this, but I already have a Rosa Garduno quiz. I think you were supposed to check with me to see which ones I had before creating one. *oops* However, email me what you have and your questions might be better than mine from a few years ago.
Oh no! Well, i guess that’s what i get for not telling you my idea first. *sigh* Okay, first I’ll try to see if i can make think up any more questions. Then I’ll send you what i have and hopefully you can use some of it.
Don’t worry about thinking up any more. Just send what you have. I bet we have some of the same questions. 😊
Yeah. When did Rosa stop going to school? In what book?
In thick as thieves. That’s why Andi had to sit with Macy, cuz Rosa did not go any longer.
Do you need a bio if I create just a character quiz?
Only if you want one. 😉
Mrs. M, are you still looking for guest bloggers? (Like, could I still do a guest post?)
All the time! Email me your ideas on what you would like to blog about. 😉
How long should an Andi’s Journal be? As in words. Thank you.
Oh, about 1,000 words or so. It can be longer, though, if you want.
Oh! I’m already over 2000 words. Whoops. Would you mind if it was two parts? Thank you!
That would work! 😉
Do you happen to know if there is a post of Riley’s Ramblings when he comes back to Circle C Ranch after being always for eleven years? And becomes a wrangler?
I thought I read something like this somewhere but can not remember offhand.
Thank you!
He was never away from the ranch for that long. Only 8 years. And it’s not a post. It’s the book The Last Ride.
That would make more sense. I tend to get the amount/years mixed up often. LOL
Ok! I was thinking of maybe writing that but from Riley Prescott’s point of view… and maybe adding a few things here and there. 🙂
Thank you!
Sounds fun! 🐎
I assume you have a copy of the last ride so you can keep things consistent?
Certainty do!
Then you shall have no trouble writing anything from Riley’s POV. 🤪
What about a Katherine Carter Quiz?
You need to check the category character quizzes to see if it’s been done already. 😉
I didn’t see one in the character quiz page. I’m gonna try to get one wrote up if that fine!
It’s right there… I’ve already done a Kate one.
It’s the third post down on this page… The category page.. not sure where you were looking.
https://andicartersblog.com/category/character-quizzes/
Ok I see it now🤪
What about Ellie? I didn’t see one for her but I might be missing it again🤪
There is not enough to find information since we can’t use the Goldtown….
What about lucy? or maybe she’s the same
I can’t imagine where you would find enough questions. She is a very minor character
I thought maybe since Lucy was in the book where her and Andi got kidnapped there would be enough questions.
Oh… You are right about that, actually! Between thick as thieves and courageous love you might find enough.
Ok I’m gonna look a little and see if I can come up with enough. If not I’ll find someone else, or another post idea.
Lol
Or if you have a better idea?🤷♀️
Ha. My brain is so dead these days that I have had to cut back on how many times a week I post. Too much going on with family….