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Still Diverting

November 30, 2022October 30, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 8 Comments

This is an update of my post originally entitled A Diversion, published – would you believe – in 2013 ! Challenges from Chris Fielden and Friends I’ve been following Chris Fielden’s challenges for many moons, at https://www.christopherfielden.com/ I enter short stories in his two-yearly To Hull and Back competitions and have even been shortlisted. (My story, … Continue reading Still Diverting

That Which Is Write

May 23, 2022August 16, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 6 Comments

Confession: the first thing I learned about ‘that’ is that it never needs a comma before it. It sounded too good to be true! Now I try it for size in my sentence, and if it sounds right, I use it. This is, of course,  an over-simplification, but it works more often than not. It … Continue reading That Which Is Write

Finding Pearls among Poop

May 5, 2022August 17, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 6 Comments

evaluating internet information

Where Commas Fear to Tread

April 18, 2022August 16, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 14 Comments

commas again - where NOT to use them.

Comma Conclusion, Part 5

April 11, 2022August 16, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 4 Comments

(even) more about commas

But and Because; Commas Part 4

March 31, 2022August 17, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 10 Comments

(even) more about commas

Continuing Commas, Part 2: Comma Categories

March 18, 2022August 17, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 12 Comments

Exploring types of comma

Comma Conundrums, Part 1: Rotating Sentences and the Oxford Comma

March 11, 2022August 17, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 12 Comments

Teacher lied about commas.

Seasonal Confusion

May 2, 2021May 1, 2021 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 11 Comments

It was late 2019 when Phil, from our writing group, had the idea of producing two collections of Christmas stories – one for adults and one for children. It is difficult to summon the Christmas muse once the festive season has passed. By the time we felt Christmassy enough to produce seasonal stories in 2019, … Continue reading Seasonal Confusion

Danny Boy

November 1, 2018October 31, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 2 Comments

I once entered a 24-hour short story contest run by Angela Hoy's Writer's Weekly. com , just to see if I could. (Thinking up stories on the hop isn't my strong point.) As promised in another post, the story is reproduced below. On the date of the contest, (around 6pm BST – UK time, ) the … Continue reading Danny Boy

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