Katharine's Writer's Block

Avoid apostrophe catastrophes with these Lessons & Advice! In many relationships, possessions end up either under new ownership or...

One of my aims with Writing Lessons & Advice is to give you plenty of direction on what to do  in and with your writing. In this post,...

On the heels of commemorating my anniversary, some of my family members are about to celebrate their own significant life milestones this year (if they haven’t already by the time of this publishing)! That’s all I’ll say out of respect for their privacy, but I can almost guarantee the impending events will entail them writing thank you notes. If you’re in a similar boat, here are some helpful things to know. Thank you notes are a customary response to formal or even professio

My anniversary inspiration this year took me in a nostalgic direction! My husband and I met through the Bumble dating app in the summer...

It seems like every day can be a holiday and every month is one for some kind of recognition, remembrance, or awareness. Many are established by various organizations or special interests, so keeping up can be hard if you’re not affiliated or in-the-know in some way.  Similar organizations and interests of literary culture have managed to get their values recognized with their own various holidays and months. This Lessons & Advice post gives a rundown on several special times

I recently learned the old show, Mythbusters , is one of my husband’s favorites. He was home more often over the summer for reasons I’ll...

Lately, I’ve been practicing cooking pancakes. I’ve learned that cooking them on my mini-griddle makes them really thick but not done in the middle. I get the slender size and circular shape that I like when I pour right into the middle of a hot, open skillet, but the batter has to be the right amount and consistency as well--not too little and not too runny. There’s a delicate balance to it. Writing with English vocabulary has a similar delicate balance. One wrong word can c

Where gathering research is one-half the battle in essay prep, properly using the research in an essay is the other half. Research done...

Throughout history, the act of writing has embraced many tools and mediums. Writers of previous centuries wrote with quill pen and ink....

I touched on how punctuation is a fundamental ingredient to good writing but I only skimmed the surface of the subject. This lesson is a...