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Happy Easter Weekend!

A sweet fruity smelling coffee fills my mug this morning. It tastes bitter and earthy; it isn’t a complex flavour. It crosses my palate and has no aftertaste. Today I’m drinking Slice Pie Flavoured Coffee brand, blackberry pie flavour.

If we were having coffee, I would share with you that my proofreading course is going well. Learning the proofreading symbols is a lot of fun. It’s a language itself. I also master the difference between a hypen, en dash, and em dash.

Double post day for me: the weekend coffee share and letter F for the A-to-z challenge.

If we were having coffee, I would share that A-to-Z is going well. I few shares from there if you want to check them out:  
Tale Spinning from Stu with a psychological horror/thriller theme.
I added a new book title to my TBR list thanks to Denise Dekker’s letter A recommendation of Crocodile on the Sandbank.
There are several other little gems that I unearthed since the letter A, I apologize for not listing them all here.

If we were having coffee, I share with you that I finished a Buffalo Games 1000-piece puzzle on Fair Foods.

Here is the virtual coffee pot friend, how was your week?

By Shari Marshall – 2023

Weekend Coffee Share is hosted by Natalie the Explorer. I hope you have a chance to join us for a virtual cup. Coffee share #14 in 2023.

15 thoughts on “Another Slice”

  2. That puzzle looks so fun! I have got to pull out a new one to start working on… I haven’t worked on a puzzle in months.

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    1. It’s fun and relaxing. I have a spot in the afternoon where the sun streams in and it’s warm and bright. Have a great weekend, Joanne. Thanks for stopping in.

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  4. Great to catch up on your week. I’ve been enjoying your AtoZ posts. That flavour coffee sounds interesting. I love coffee, but have never really gone for the flavours. Wishing you a Happy Easter.

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    1. Happy Easter to you too, Jennifer. Thank you for following along with my A-to-Z recommendations. I hope you find a title or two to add to your To-Be-Read list.

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    1. This one recommends 6 to 10 hours a week, I believe. So, yes time can become an issue depending on how the work week plays out. Thanks for stopping in, Trent. Have a great long weekend.

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  6. Great jigsaw puzzle and well done on tackling the AtoZ Challenge – something I haven’t done for years because it’s so all consuming time wise with writing all the posts and then all the visiting and commenting. It’s a great way to meet other bloggers though.

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  7. I love the idea of a ‘proof reading’ class. Such as I’ve taught myself some of those fun marks, I’ve enjoyed them, but rarely do I print my writing any more so I rarely get to use them.

    On the other hand – I love both learning and find ways to push the limits of English grammatical marks.

    You mentioned the dash, en-dash and em-dash. I find these both fun to use and useful especially when writing dialog. When characters are talking, or even thinking, I want their words to sound like real-life dialog , with all the ‘um’s’ and stutters and parentheticals, that you and I might utter if we ever got the chance to share a real cup of coffee. Those marks – like the rarely seen merged exclamation and question marks ( ?! ) help my written conversations ‘sound like’ actual spoken words — or so I hope.

    Oh – and ellipses! I love how they allow one character to interrupt another in what I want to be difficult conversations. Did you see my newest 99-word story? I used the ellipses exactly for this purpose and really like how the dialog breaks in my mind as I read this story.

    Some Injuries :: CR99 230322

    I do cheat though.
    I don’t like on the official usage just crams 3 periods together as in …
    This just is not as strong an impact on the interrupted speaker as spacing them is. So until some editor with the power to make me comply, I almost always use the visually stronger . . .
    You should ask your editor about this. I’d love to know her thoughts

    Blessings!

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    1. Part of the course teaches us to use Adobe with proofreader’s stamps. I hadn’t been aware that it was a thing, but it makes sense since many people now edit on-screen.

      As for … (no spaces) versus . . . (spaced) and all the other rules, I imagine what manual of style is being used affects the rules. My editor advised that spaces are required.

      Thanks for stopping in, Gary.

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      1. It’s really time I revisited the rules of grammar and up’ed my game some.
        As a reader, incorrect grammar trips my attention and impedes my enjoyment of whatever words an author incorrectly packaged.
        I was unaware of Adobe’s use and will check it out.

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