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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.

April 1st, Not Just for Fools Anymore

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So if you’re tired of all the April Fool’s shenanigans, perhaps it’s time for you to move on to something a bit more highbrow. Like National Poetry Month. Which just happens to be April.

Some people (and by people, I mean writer folks) celebrate by writing a poem a day. You can zip over to the Poem-A-Day Challenge that’s going on at the Poetics Aside blog and post your lovely poem. Or you can stop in at GottaBook if you’re a fan of children’s poetry. And if you want to win a poetry anthology, then you should drop in at Irene Latham’s lovely blog to see how she makes that possible.

I’ve been pretty busy already, on this fine April Fool’s Day, visiting and reading poetry. And now I think I’ll write a little poem:

To Sally Dog (Who Was Not Feeling Well, But Now She’s Much Better, Thank You)

Sally is my crazy dog.
She likes to chase the lizards.
She sleeps beneath my office chair,
And tries to steal my Blizzards.

She’s always there, and underfoot.
And makes me want to holler.
But life just wouldn’t be much fun,
If Sally didn’t foller.

Okay, it’s not exactly highbrow. But it is a poem.

Finding a Keeper Contest at Pockets!

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As you know, I’m all about the contests.  And I guess if you didn’t know, you know now.

So, naturally, I was pretty excited to see that the Pockets’ Fiction contest had returned. (Last year, the contest was canceled for restructuring.) If you have a swell story for kids, between 750 and 1,00o words, you should send it in. There’s no particular theme and no entry fee. And even if you don’t have a story now, you have till August 15th to think up something brilliant and write it down.

Then you can send it off and enter the contest. That’s what I plan to do. Because I’m not just all about entering contests. I kinda like winning them, too!