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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.

Can You Write a Puppet Play?

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I read that Librarian’s Aide is looking for a few good puppet plays.

Well, maybe more than a few. They have two different anthologies for which they’re seeking submissions. Librarian’s Aide wants to reach preschoolers and promote literacy (and visiting your local library!), so a puppet play seems like a very good idea to me.

I don’t know if I can write a puppet play, but I’m pretty excited about giving it a try. And I don’t know if I’ll try to make it a rhyming play, but I remembered this cool website, Write Rhymes, which might come in handy if I do.

So, if you’re good with dialogue and love books, you should get to work. Deadline for submissions is the first week of November, more or less. And thanks to the ICL newsletter for posting this goody!

Finding Something Friday on Confusing Words

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Once in awhile (okay, every day), I spend some time (okay, hours) exploring (okay, pooting around) on the wide world of the web (okay, mostly Facebook).

Anyway, I find interesting things. Then I bookmark them. Then I completely forget that I’ve bookmarked them. So, it behooves me to occasionally take a little time and check my bookmarks. It’s like opening a Bookmarks Box of Chocolates. I never know what I’m going to get!

Today I found Confusing Words. This is a handy little tool for those of us who may have trouble with certain words. Words like the perennially confusing lay, lie. And let’s not forget those favorites, affect vs. effect. You don’t have to look up a whole bunch of grammar rules. You can go to this site and find the definition of said confusing words, as well as sentences using said confusing words. And bam! That confusing cloud hanging over your head suddenly disappears.

Assuming it’s a word thing. I wonder if there’s something in my Bookmarks called Confusing Life Stuff (okay, you know what I mean).