Katharine's Writer's Block

September 8th is World Ampersand Day! This post is all about this writing mark: &   The ampersand is an English symbol that represents...

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,...

Bonus content is an awesome feature of most DVDs and Blu-ray discs! While the movie or show is the main content of the medium, of course,...

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...

I can’t come up with any cooking analogies for this topic this time; home construction lent itself better to the discussion.  Most...

Reading, spelling, and writing and Standard English go hand-in-hand. In the double-negatives lesson , I alluded to the idea of Standard...

I touched on commas in a general lesson about punctuation , but I feel the topic warrants its own lesson for a better focus.  As...

A cooking hobbyist may read cookbooks to learn new recipes or techniques. In the same way, a writer is suggested to read to improve their...

Throughout history, the act of writing has embraced many tools and mediums. Writers of previous centuries wrote with quill pen and ink. The written word went from preservation on payprus scrolls to the printing press. Writers of previous decades wrote with pencils, ballpoint pens, or typewriters. Even more recently, writers have shifted from using paper to digital forms. For all the evolution in the act of writing, the art of writing still prevails. Spelling, grammar, and eff