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Looking for Clues

April 5, 2023March 18, 2023 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 4 Comments

evaluating internet information

Finding Pearls among Poop

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

evaluating internet information

Continuing Commas, Part 2: Comma Categories

March 18, 2022March 27, 2023 ~ 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 ~ 13 Comments

Teacher lied about commas.

Say It Like It Is

October 9, 2018May 11, 2023 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 3 Comments

Dialogue can be tricky. If you want to make your characters’ conversations sparkle, there is plenty of good advice on the internet. But first, tidy up basics, like punctuation and speech tags, that can distract from your brilliant banter. This is a checklist to help you dust off your dialogue ready for that final polish that … Continue reading Say It Like It Is

Swimming with Sharks

May 12, 2018February 19, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 11 Comments

I spent a lot of time searching blogs and support websites for advice when I began writing my ‘practice novel’. (Of course, I didn’t realise back then it was a practice novel.) It was daunting to discover how much I had to learn, but reassuring to find I wasn’t alone in trying to swim before … Continue reading Swimming with Sharks

Looking for Clues

May 1, 2018May 6, 2019 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 2 Comments

evaluating internet information

Laughter Lines

April 25, 2018February 13, 2022 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 5 Comments

I was into my sixties when I began writing. Most successful writers took half a lifetime to hone their craft. Us silver scribblers have less time to smooth out those wrinkles in our writing that identify an apprentice wordsmith. This blog is about my own writing wrinkles. (You may prefer to call them laughter-lines but … Continue reading Laughter Lines

Absolute Beginners

April 24, 2018March 27, 2023 ~ Cathy Cade ~ 1 Comment

I once thought proofreading might be a suitable retirement occupation, and signed up for an online course. I don’t know why I thought proofreading was for me. At work, whenever I penned an instruction leaflet or drafted an all-staff email, someone would read it through and always – every time – find errors and typos. … Continue reading Absolute Beginners

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previous posts

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  • Griller Fillers May 22, 2023
  • Affect or Effect? May 14, 2023
  • Long Live the President? May 6, 2023
  • A Plethora of Proverbs April 29, 2023
  • Fewer or less April 21, 2023
  • Grammercy! April 13, 2023
  • Looking for Clues April 5, 2023
  • I Forgot March 28, 2023
  • Inspiration Perspiration March 20, 2023
  • Sticks and Stones March 12, 2023
  • Goblins and Trolls March 4, 2023
  • Unreasoned Argument. February 24, 2023
  • Sticking my head above the parapet February 16, 2023
  • Lame Lyrics February 8, 2023
  • Bloganuary’s tail-end January 31, 2023
  • Bloganuary week 4 January 28, 2023
  • Bloganuary week 3 January 21, 2023
  • Bloganuary week 2 January 14, 2023
  • Bloganuary week 1 January 7, 2023
  • Singing as Therapy December 31, 2022
  • A Christmas story I made earlier December 23, 2022
  • Angels December 17, 2022
  • Christmas Wrapping December 11, 2022
  • One-sided December 7, 2022
  • Still Diverting November 30, 2022
  • 101 Word Flash Fiction November 22, 2022
  • Why Am I Writing This Boring Story? November 18, 2022
  • Wash Behind Your Ears November 12, 2022
  • Piece of Cake November 6, 2022
  • One Big Happy Family October 29, 2022

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