Cathy C. Hall Writes

You know what’s crazy about Bingo? Everybody loves it.

When I was teaching–preschoolers, 2nd graders, middle schoolers–honestly, it didn’t matter. Bring out a Bingo game board, and those kids were all over it.

Yep, you’d be surprised what kids will learn to fill out a Bingo card. So it’s no surprise to me that adults (who played a ton of Bingo in their day) will get sucked into playing the Reading Bingo Challenge. And when I say “adults”, I’m using the term loosely since I’m counting myself.

When I found this fun game over at Retreat for Random House, I thought of you, too. I realize that most writers would read anytime, anywhere, anyway. But this just adds a whole ‘nother level of excitement to reading. Because hey! Who doesn’t love Bingo?

A few weeks ago, I resolved to keep my Facebook link-clicking habit in check and spend only seven minutes a day over there. And so far, it’s been working relatively well.

In fact, you’d probably throw something at me if you knew how many writing hours I’ve accrued this month. But then you might throw your shoulder out of joint. And if your shoulder’s out of joint, you’ll have to go to the emergency room, where you might slip on spilled coffee and careen into a police officer who’s guarding a cat burglar. And now the burglar’s gotten away and gone straight to your (now empty) house and stolen your cat.

Don’t end up with a missing cat. Accrue your own writing hours (and find out how I managed it when you click on this link to The Muffin.)