The Smiley Book of Colors | Cathy C. Hall Writes

Happy Smiley Monday to y’all! As promised, I threw all the names into Random.org to find a winner for Ruth Kaiser’s The Smiley Book of Colors, currently appearing on the web in a WOW! blog tour. So if you’re not the winner, zip around and try again to win this super adorable picture book! And don’t forget, you have another chance to win if you upload any Smiley pics you may have found for the Smiley Treasure Hunt. (Don’t forget to put WOW! in that title line!)

Oops! Almost forgot to announce the winner. DORAINE! Send me your address (to cathyhall55 at hotmail dot com) and your lucky grand will be learning and laughing in no time!

AND, here’s another bit of winner news. Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Messages from Heaven is a national best-seller! I can’t say I’m surprised–and not just because my story’s in this one. All of the stories are immensely moving and so full of hope. I’ll have more news about Messages from Heaven later in the week, and an Easter surprise as well.

But for now, it’s back to work, and fingers crossed, winning! (Uh-oh. I just went all Charlie Sheen on y’all. Sorry.)

1. If you haven’t commented yet to win a copy of the super adorable picture book, The Smiley Book of Colors, go here now and find out more!

2. Do you know about my friend’s search for wonderful family stories? Linda O’Connell is editing a Publishing Syndicate’s anthology: Not Your Mother’s Book…on Family. You can find out all the details here (plus a little something about Anne Lamott who’s written a book with her son, Sam).

3. Knowonder magazine is now paying $25 to $50 for stories and/or articles. They’ll be back June 1st, but they’re accepting submissions now. Go here to find out how you can get your story in the next issue!

4. Come back here tomorrow to read what author, Lisa de Nikolits (West of WaWa), has to share about “What To Do When Your Publisher Closes Shop.” Besides cry, I mean.

And speaking of what to do, if you finish this To Do List today, just imagine what all you’ll accomplish. It’s mind-boggling (not to mention potentially lucrative).