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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.

Blurfing the Net

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I kind of like making up new words, like today’s word: blurfing. As in, “You won’t believe what I read yesterday while blurfing the net.” Of course, the spell check thingie will probably drive me crazy, but that’s the price you pay for being the first to combine blogging and surfing. By next week, blurfing will be a household word. At least, in the Cathy C. Hall house. Well, maybe not in the whole house. Maybe just with me. But that’s okay. (It’s lonely at the top.)

So, I was reading all these kid lit blogs, or children’s book review blogs, or just splendiferous blogs, filled with wonderful information,  that I wanted to keep reading. I had to add them to the KEEPERS list, ’cause that’s what a keeper is, right?

Try blurfing yourself, and I’ll bet you’ll find all kinds of amazing things. And hey, if you come across a keeper, let me know. I’ll blurf right over!

The Mail! The Mail! Cup of Comfort for New Mothers Arrives

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One good thing about being busy, busy, busy, is that I completely forget about everything else going on in my life. So, I was stunned…well, maybe not stunned…I was shocked…um, shocked doesn’t quite work either. Let’s just be cliche and say “surprised.” But I was very surprised to get my copy of Cup of Comfort for New Mothers!

It’s just that I don’t like to count my publication credits before the book arrives. ‘Cause sometimes, a book never gets published. It falls into the black hole of Forgetaboutit Land. But not Cup of Comfort! No, sir! My story, “The Mom Memory Lapse,” was right there, on page, um, let me check…295.

Gee. Wonder if “The Mom Memory Lapse” almost didn’t make the cut in a Cup of Comfort for New Mothers? Or maybe it was just so splendiferous, the editor (Colleen Sell) put it toward the very end to build up to the wonderfulness of it all?

I’m going to go with the splendiferous build up scenario. So, here’s my story, in the latest C of C book, and really, I was surprised. But then, I was surprised to find a load of wet clothes in the washer (from a week ago).