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Cathy C. Hallhttps://cathychall.wordpress.com/I write, write, write. Then I rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. THEN I submit all those polished-up words out into the world and sell 'em. It's a plan that's worked pretty well.

Finding Something Friday: Genres, Essay Contest and Hugs

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Because I need to work on my YA manuscript today, I had editing, Chapter 7, and plot directions and themes on my mind. This Writer’s Digest article on The Do’s and Don’ts of Combining Genres was exactly what I needed to clear up some genre-blending questions I have. So, if you’re working on a book-length manuscript, you might find it illuminating.

Because I love to win, I bookmarked this essay contest from Affordable Insurance. So far, I’ve come up with, oh, let me think a minute… Um, nope. Still zero ideas for this essay. But I know y’all love essays, too, and perhaps you’ve got a scathingly brilliant insurance topic. So, good luck with this contest!

And because I can’t exactly hug all my wonderful blog readers, I thought I’d pass along Free Hugs in Sondrio, Italy. I love Cohen’s Hallelujah, and I always smile when I watch this video on Youtube. So, here’s my free hug to you.

I just love Finding Something Friday, don’t you?

Finding SCBWI Southern Breeze’s Newsletter

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If you haven’t become an SCBWI member yet, maybe the latest newsletter from my region, Southern Breeze, will spur you on!

The newsletter’s online now, so it’s easily accessible right here. What makes this particular newsletter a keeper is all the information, not to mention registration form, for the fall conference in Birmingham. I can’t believe the great line-up scheduled for this event-and I don’t know how I’m going to cram everything in that I’d like to do.

But where there’s a will, there’s a way. And thank goodness, I know the way to Birmingham! Join me there in October. (But first, go finish reading the newsletter. And read al-l-l-l the way to the end. Because that’s where you’ll find my article, “While You Are Waiting”!)