Cdcraftee Stories

A collection of transcripts of podcasts made especially for a group of Wattpad Weekend Write-in authors of weekly flash fiction stories to meet the challenge of a 'prompt' word. We are all familiar with each other's words, but wanted to step it up a notch and hear each other's accents, as we come from all over this wonderful world. **NEWSFLASH!! The website is up and running here - https://weekendwritein.wordpress.com/ WEEKEND WRITE-IN PODCASTS

Hallo again, I withdrew this story from Wattpad when I entered an anthology outside of this writing platform. It is published there now, with all proceeds going to charity - but copyright remains with me, so I am 'publishing' excerpts here on Wattpad, with the full story free to read on my own website as I develop it. The site is called - ceedee4kids - and the link is - https://ceedeekids.com/2020/04/09/bizarre-wee-beasties/ A reminder of the storyies' content, perhaps? Teenage Sarah rediscovers her Granny's unpublished books for children as she seeks additional bedtime stories for her small brother, Jonjon. They both love Sarah recreating the voices for different characters just as they were written - and depicted - capturing hearts and the enjoyment of both listener and reader, alike. It's all so appealing, the children's parents are also drawn back in to the fantasy world of Granny (Christine Larsen) - sometimes sharing parts of the reading aloud to a grateful audience. As it becomes apparent Granny never finished the endearing tales of all her knitted family, Sarah finds a desire growing within to be the one to tell the remaining stories. But can she? Will hidden skills emerge to enable her to do justice to her beloved Granny's words? Or will Sarah find an unexpected muse guiding her pen? Hope you will check out this collection and see if you agree with the recommended reading age of 0-90 years.

There have been countless heroes in wars throughout history. These are the stories of some ordinary Europeans who found extraordinary courage to survive WWII.

A collection of memes, tales and quotes I have collected in the last couple of years. Older ones have come from my 'A Miscellany of Meme-oirs' and 'Seeking Serendipity', now being combined and added to newly created works in this 'A Meme-oire Anthology'. Hope you find it interesting to watch it developing.

The 2020 collection of my weekly 500 word 'flasher' creations. Based from a randomly chosen single prompt word, I attempt to meet the challenge each week.

**THIRD PLACE WINNER** Summer enjoys daydreaming on a sunny afternoon in the apple orchard, and especially loves sharing her imaginings with her Grandfather - her 'Pappy'. Her magical glow surrounds his senses until the magic happens and he sees a new sky through her wondering eyes. My entry in the Wattpad Children's Fiction @childrensfiction and @adultfiction writing challenge - https://www.wattpad.com/651525903-contests-challenges-challenge-4 resulted in it being the Third Place winner!

A chance meeting on a lake leads two ducks into unexpected enlightenment and life journeys they never suspected were possible. A charming story designed for a middle-school reader, or could equally be shared by an adult reader - a parent, grandparent, sibling, baby sitter or teacher maybe - to entertain and help younger listeners to appreciate the nuances and humour of this delightful family tale.

A collection of tales I wrote to meet the challenges of the Weekend write-in Prompts on Amazon's writing platform, (the soon to close) WriteOn for Kindle. At around 500 words each, they are quick little reads to fill in a dull moment.

A collection of short stories inspired initially by a wide array of prompts from various places. Sometimes it's one word; maybe a phrase or a saying; sometimes a particular photo setting the creative wheels in motion. I love the development from that first small glow of imagination, the germ of a story that begins to grow, and then the nurturing and careful pruning, until finally it blossoms. Let's see if you agree I've achieved this.

Last decade, before we moved back to our present farm in the country we love so dearly, I was a careworker for a few years. This story is about one of my most frustrating but loveable clients who showed me once again how the greatest courage demanded is often in facing each hour of every new day - and getting through it. I think you'll find yourself, like me, getting teary from laughter as much (if not more) than from empathy with this tough little battler and her lifetime of hurdles.

'Moodling' - it's all about mental doodling. This time it's looking at and loving many so-called 'material' things in my life. Read about my much beloved possessions, and try to decide what you would choose to take with you if disaster threatened. I think I would run around like a chicken with its head chopped off, trying to decide - and finally take nothing (or something perfectly ridiculous).

There are those who tell stories, and those who are talebearers. There are those who are scribes, and write down the tales. When talents like these are combined, it's inspirational... or so these two would have you believe.

Sometimes Life starts handing us choices we are none too ready to make... and some choices should never have to be made at all. Here's a story originally written for a 500 word flash-fiction from a prompt that has taken on a life of its own, and now actually DEMANDS its own presentation in a length of its OWN choosing. Seems I have Hobson's choice in the matter! Warning: Profanity from 'Chapter Four: But Why Me?' Jake insisted his thoughts were his own... I'm just the scribe -what could I say?

A collection of tales of growing up in a working class suburb of South Australia in the 1950's. My Dad was the butcher, next door was the grocer. Milk and bread were delivered by horse-drawn vehicles, and what is now a busy highway was once an ordinary street with little traffic. Welcome to a whole other world - so simple, so full of hope after the years of War and want. We thought it would never end. How blessed to have lived in those best of times.

A new dimension has been added to the weekly 'prompt' word challenge - to produce a Drabble - an exactly 100 word 'flasher' using the word as intelligently as possible. This proves quite a task for some of us... but many of us truly enjoy this trumpet call invitation to search our imaginations and lift our pens... AGAIN! But why this strange title, you well may ask? It's dictionary meaning as a noun, is - a number or quantity increased a hundredfold. Hmm... sounds about right for this particular process of bringing meaning to a single word - but absolutely only up to the magical exact 100 words. (**NB: Title not included in word count)

***21 July 2020 **AWARDED 1ST PLACE in Children's Fiction Contest 2020: 'Diversity' theme A children's story about the need for teamwork to achieve the best possible outcome to a problem, no matter the diversity of our species. This array of colourful and endearing characters will teach this valuable lesson to the 'smalls' in our lives.

In 2018, here's another collection of flash fiction (and non-fiction) tales written for the purpose-designed 'Weekend Writein prompts', challenging writers to produce around 500 word stories each time we choose to join the party.

***Fantastic News*** AWARDED 2ND PLACE in the following competition - Entry in Wattpad Children's Fiction Contests and Challenges, Challenge 5 https://www.wattpad.com/718270953-contests-challenges-challenge-5 And the story synopsis? Kaida is well-named, meaning 'little girl dragon'. But dragons are green and can fly and roar fire... Kaida can't, and she's feeling 'blue'. What to do? Maybe her unlikely small friend, Timmy, has the answer.

As the title suggests, my second book of memoirs encompasses tales from our decade of dairying on our own farm, back in our home State of South Australia. A different learning curve from the first farm, but no less steep. This time much experience was gained the hardest way - 'hands on' and teaching ourselves. The stories abound, as before, of the whole gamut of feelings from ultimate happiness to the depths of despair. Another celebration of the human spirit that laughed in the face of the tough times, and endured... and survived. This is second book in my Old McLarsen had some Farms series - 'The Milky Way' features tales from our dairy farm in our home State of South Australia, and follows the first 'Old McLarsen... ' book 'Brave Beginnings' , available in ebook format at Amazon, and through Smashwords and their outlets, and I have been pre-recording excerpts for local radio. These are to be broadcast soon and I will be able to share them on Soundcloud in far superior quality than my amateurish sampling there just now. ** 28/2/2016 - I have found a most receptive and supportive home on Amazon's Write On by Kindle platform. I'm finding the other writers there full of helpful advice and opinions of writing problems, not to mention friendship and fantastic encouragement. - So much to learn on their forum, and weekly 500 word 'flash' story challenges to take up if you choose. Wonderful experience in looking outside the square, and tightening writing style. - Sorry to the few who have followed me, but I will be focusing my creativity at Tablo (because it's Australian and working hard to become a force in this field), and Write On. The personal benefits and learning curves are too fantastic for me to miss.

A collection of flash fiction (and non-fiction) tales written for the purpose-designed 'Weekend Writein prompts', challenging writers to produce around 500 word stories each time we choose to join the party.