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

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

I had been teaching myself photography.

Ninety-five percent of the time when I run a contest I've purchased the giveaway prizes with advertising money.

Knowing what I'll write about and what I won't has never really been a problem. I won't write about things that bore me.

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

The truth of the matter is that I live on an isolated cattle ranch in the middle of Oklahoma and that's not going to change.