Cathy C. Hall Writes

Now, I realize that the heat hovering over us throughout the good ol’ US of A has drained our brains. It is nearly impossible to think, much less think straight. So I will understand if you wrap a cold towel around your head and go back to whatever you were doing to cool off. In fact, use your cold-towel wrapped time for thinking.

The Writer’s Market and Poet’s Market (2013) is still looking for articles and I bet, if you put your feet up and drink lots of ice cold tea, you can think up something brilliant! The deadline’s been extended to August 8th, so you have a couple weeks to mull over ideas.

But even more exciting, the Poet’s Market is accepting poems for the 2013 edition! You could get $50 and a copy of the 2013 Poet’s Market, not to mention the cool bragging that goes along with publication.

So go find whatever’s left of your brain and crank out some ideas. Try to remember to write something down. And when it cools off, you can worry about the details. ‘Cause honestly, it may actually be hot enough for me.

So I adventured out to meet another blogger buddy of mine, Becky Povich, and if you’ve read her blog, you won’t be at all surprised that we shared a lot of laughter and a lot of topics in a very short time!

Let’s see…we discussed writing and blogging, and making new friends and blogging, and books in the works and blogging and mutual writing/blogging aquaintances and peach milkshakes and blogging…well, I think you get the picture.

But here’s the actual picture, just in case you’re still wondering.

And in all the talk of blogging, here’s my favoritest thing that Becky said:

“Visiting blogs and making friends with bloggers…it’s like pen pals!”

You know, I always wanted a pen pal when I was a kid. Better late than never!

(And sometimes, you’re lucky enough to meet in person. Thanks, Becky, for a lovely afternoon! And did you notice that Cathy-on-a-Stick and I were twinsies? She’s such a copycat.)