Dear Geist,Dear Geist,Is cater-cornered a real word, meaning diagonally? I grew up with it, but I don’t find it in my dictionary, though kitty-corner and catty-corner both get the nod.

Dear Geist,If you aren’t tired of answering questions about writing essays, can you give our not-yet-professional but serious writing club a concise definition?

Dear Geist,When did people stop writing books and start “crafting” them? Should I be crafting my novel rather than writing it? How does a writer go about crafting?

Dear Geist,What is the most accurate, up-to-date name of the COVID-19?

Dear Geist,You believe that writing and publishing a successful novel is more exciting than being in a movie or playing with a hot band, right?

Dear Geist,Given this global pandemic, should I revise the romantic details of my YA novel?

Dear Geist,Once you realize that you have to kill your darlings, as a famous writer once said, when exactly is it time to kill the darlings?

Dear Geist,Which is correct: “different than,” “different from” or “different to”? I jumped on the Internet bus to sort it out myself and gave up half an hour later, more confused than when I got on. Help!

Dear Geist,Should I rewrite my novel as a screenplay?

Dear Geist,Can someone give me a quick simple rule of when to use which and/or that?

Dear Geist,When a group of people perform a dance with a beginning, middle and end, and no one speaks or holds up signs, isn't it really a dance, rather than a play?

Dear Geist,Am I fooling myself about becoming a writer?

Dear Geist,Have you got some advice on writing personal material about the coronavirus, as it unfolds?

Dear Geist,Have you got any seasonal tips for a writer stuck like molasses in a small corner of a small bedroom during self-quarantine time?

Dear Geist,Why did my writing coach mark this passage to be re-written?

Dear Geist,Don't you think the World Health Organization has gone too far in urging us to dump “social distance” and say “physical distance” instead?