Hello, anybody there?

The cat on the cover is meowing again. Something to do with being ignored. So to cheer Angela up, here’s an exactly one hundred word story, which is called a drabble, from the book:

The Writing Group ©

I sometimes like to help by dropping in unexpectedly on struggling writing groups. This one met in a café.
I introduced myself as Charlie. Everyone read an excerpt of their work, including me.
“It’s entitled ‘A Christmas Carol’,” I said and began to read. “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that.”
“Let me stop you there,” said the group leader.
Oh drat! I’d been rumbled.
“Tad overwritten, Charlie. If there’s no doubt about it, why have you said ‘to begin with’?”
I gave up: I left the way I came - through the wall.

Now I hope that Angela, that’s the cat’s name, will now feel better that one of the most famous authors in the world has just been featured from her book. If you want to read Angela’s story, here’s the Goodreads link

One Stolen Kiss and other short stories

For readers: If you would like me to attempt to interview a Goodreads Indie author, then nominate someone and I’ll try and corner them.

For authors: If you would like me to interview you for the blog, I’ll happily do so, and it will probably be the shortest interview you’ve ever had, there will be just one question. This is so I don’t take up your valuable writing time :-)

For everybody: Want to write a drabble? Must be exactly one hundred words and should be a complete story in itself. Add it to the comments, if you like.

Sage Saying: There comes a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn’t jump puddles for you
Handy Hint: If your cat needs a pill, chop it up and stir it into fish paste. Probably won't work!
Stress Reducer: Faced with a pile of bitty jobs to do? Try the ‘pick it up – deal with it’ approach. Announce ‘pick it up – deal with it’ each time. Very satisfying.

★ Have a great November, everyone.