As The Pioneer Woman has grown and the revenue has grown, the prizes keep getting better, and that certainly feels good.

I attended college in Los Angeles and wore black pumps to work every day.

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.

I had been teaching myself photography.

I'm a writer and a photographer - I'm totally aware that doesn't always translate to TV.

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.

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.