Just For Fun | Cathy C. Hall Writes

G.K. Chesterton wrote, “There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the cloud.” I love that quote; I think I might have to write that one on a sticky note and carry it about with me. And to think I wouldn’t have found it if I hadn’t been dipping into BrainyQuote.

I found BrainyQuote on the Writer’s Digest list of 101 Best Writer’s Websites. I know I don’t have time to check out all those websites, but I’m a sucker for quotes. Which website will you dip into today? Take a quick look here and then come right back. I found a contest that I know you’ll have time to participate in and even get a freebie to go along with it.

Elizabeth Guy is the editor of The Verb, an online magazine that she produces every month. This month, to celebrate five years of The Verb, she’s sponsoring a contest. And you don’t need a castle full of imagination to win. In fact, one sentence is all that’s required. That’s like a little corner in the castle’s closet.

But you don’t have much time to join her party. Check out today’s winner here, then off you go to try your hand. Or brain, as the case may be.

I feel just like Aladdin when he rubbed a lamp and a genie appeared to grant his wish.

Just last week, Bill sent a few commercials my way for a listen. Not just any old commercials. These were commercials I’d written and he’d produced while we both worked at the same (now defunct) radio station. For a couple of twentysomethings using, I believe, Marconi’s original recording equipment, we were pretty darn amazing.

But you don’t have to take my word for it. Bill granted my wish when he put those commercials on his podcast. So if you’d like to have a listen to those days in radio when announcers like Bill and copywriters like Cathy C. Hall made crazy commercials, then give a listen here.

Too bad I don’t really have a genie. I might wish for one day at the Big X with old friends (and a young Mr. Hall). Well, at least until the Boss showed up.