Category Archives: Fame and Fortune

Tooting My Horn Tuesday on WINNERS! The Enchanted Conversation and The Giveaway

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Oh, how I love the smell of victory in the morning!

So, come celebrate with me over at The Enchanted Conversation, a new blogazine (what will they think of next?) that debuted on January 1st! I love the genre of this blogazine (Fairy Tales! Woohoo!) and I love that the editor, Kate Wolford, worked hard to get her new venture out despite the difficulties of a business start-up AND is paying her contributors (Double WooHoo!)! All that combines to make The Enchanted Conversation a winner. And maybe you’ll be a winner if you enter one of the contests going on over there right now.

Then you can read my poem “The Problem with Fairy Tales.” Or read my poem, then enter the contest. Yeah, that’s the ticket. And if you write a scathingly brilliant comment about my poem (or anything else, for that matter), you might win 25 bucks! C’mon, how easy is that? I’d love to see one of the Hall of Fame regulars win! Heck, I’d like to see me win. So, it’s on, people. May the best comment-er win!

Speaking of best comment-ers, I had plenty of readers’ comments on the Hall of Fame in December. I really wish I could have pulled everyone’s lovely name out of Santa’s Hat for the First Holiday Hall of Fame Giveaway (Have you noticed I’ve called this contest something different every time???)

The point is, Juniorest Hall, who is by far the most honest of the clan, drew GAIL’S name out of the hat! So, Woohoo for Gail, the winner of lots of wonderful writing whatnot! Gail, send me your address and your package will arrive soon.

Isn’t that a lovely way to start the New Year? And now, I think I smell something else…I’m gonna call it Sally the crazy dog (and go take a shower).

Finding Something Friday on Writing-World.com, The Muffin, and Me

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I found the holiday edition of my free newsletter from Writing-World.com in my inbox this week. And that means I found “Santa Baby for Writers” by yours truly!

I do so wish I could share Santa Baby with you (the song, not my SB, the Beneficent Mr. Hall) but it’s only available in the newsletter. I can give you the sweet link to Writing-World here so that you can dash away and sign up. Then, you’ll get the latest newsletter, full of all things from the world of writing, including Cathy C. Hall’s cool Yule song for writers. Absolutely free!

And after you sign up for Writing-World, dash away over to the WOW! Women on Writing’s blog, the Muffin, to see who went on and on for Friday’s Speak Out guest blogger. The topic’s “After Nano: Rewrites Can Be (Sorta) Fun.” Off you go to The Muffin–

Okay, I admit that wasn’t much of a surprise. But it’s not like today’s post was titled “Writing-World, the Muffin and Yul Brynner.”You knew I’d be coming up sooner or later. Or more or less.

Turns out, it’s more. ‘Cause I’ve been a very busy little elf the last few days, making over the Cathy C. Hall website. Nothing too drastic; Gladys the Goose is still there, doing her thing. And I hope I’ve made my thing more about humor writing, and less about “waterfowl writing.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

It’s just that all I want for Christmas is…well, Santa Baby’s heard that song before.