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Fun Friday! On a Friday!

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One day! That’s all you have to win a $25 Amazon gift certificate over at Enchanted Conversation! BUT you have two ways to win, so listen up.

If you’re already a follower at Enchanted Conversation (like moi), you’ll want to throw your name in this contest. And if you haven’t quite got round to following Enchanted Conversation, then now’s a splendiferous time to to do so and throw your name in for this contest. When you’ve finished up that bit o’ fun, you’ll still have plenty of time left for reading fun at Enchanted Conversation!

Speaking of Amazon, I noticed that one of the Hall Nephews had put up an Amazon Wishlist for his Birthday today. SO fun! And being related and possibly the godmother of this Hall Nephew, I zipped over to check out the list. He’d picked out a stunning Rolex watch, a backyard grill that was possibly bigger than his backyard, and somewhat la-ti-da boxer shorts. I’m thinking his philosophy might be if you can’t wish big, why bother to wish? So I’m wishing him luck with that scheme. Happy Birthday!

And finally, I’m wishing you fun over at Bored Panda (the only magazine for Pandas). Not that you’ll be bored at all. You’ll laugh, you’ll marvel, you’ll waste some time. (I recommend you click on the POPULAR tab for optimal time wastage). ‘Cause it’s Fun Friday, y’all–now get out there and have some fun!

 

Great Big Gobs of Good Writing Stuff (Tuesday Twitter Finds)

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Whenever I flit over to Twitter, I always find a lot of good writing stuff. I don’t always read the good writing stuff because there comes a time when I must actually write the (hopefully) good stuff. But I mark the stuff that you might be interested in so that I can share. Thus, Tuesday Twitter Finds (at least, for this Tuesday. You know I won’t remember to flit over to Twitter every Tuesday, right?)

Biographile’s  (That’s such a cool name and a very cool site) having a Short Memoir Contest and giving away a Nook. A Nook Tablet, to be exact. So that’s pretty awesome for writing 1000 words or less. The theme is “Overcoming loss” and the deadline’s Monday, April 23. Get all the details and submit here.

Chuck Sambuchino’s celebrating the release of his new book (Red Dod/Blue Dog) with a sweet giveaway. Heck, you might even have a picture of your dog in his book (Oh! Let us know if you do!) But whether you do or not, you can win some swell writing books and a critique from Chuck if your name is randomly drawn. ‘Course, you can’t randomly win if you don’t randomly enter. So go here and leave a comment (and check out the cute dogs!).

And if you have a way cool literary tattoo, you’ll want to enter LitReactor’s Literary Tattoo Showdown. To be perfectly clear (in case the Beneficent Mr. Hall is perusing here) Cathy C. Hall does not have a tat. But if I were ever to get one (and that would assume that the Beneficent Mr. Hall was no longer with us), it would be a literary tattoo. I could see myself wearing a line from a favorite book, or even a favorite pic (one of the tattoos I saw for the contest was Scout in the ham costume from To Kill a Mockingbird. I wish I had the coolness to pull that one off.) Now, you don’t have a lot of time here (Friday, April 13) but if you’ve always wanted a literary tattoo, today might be the perfect day for a little ink. Assuming you are a not a member of the Hall household.

And finally, the last Twitter Find is a reminder to you about the contest going on here at my little ‘ol blog for a copy of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Presents Flush Fiction. You’ll want to comment here, on this lovely post, but you need to go here if you want your name included. And if you get a tattoo with a toilet on it, I seriously will send you a copy of Flush Fiction myself. (Assuming you are not a member of the Hall household.)