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Posts Tagged humor

My Writing Life: An Adventure

On November 24, 2013   /   General, Writing  
Tags: cats, humor, my work, the biz, writing life

You are standing in a hallway at nine in the morning, facing a dining room/kitchen to the south. To the west are stairs up. To the north is an office. Your head feels rather fuzzy. >Go north You are standing in a cluttered office, full of paper,

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Alexandria and the Terrible Horrible Parody Piece

On December 23, 2012   /   Writing  
Tags: christmas, humor, Reading

I’m going to be taking Wednesday off, as I have things to do on Christmas other than compose a blog post; therefore here is a slightly-early Christmas present for everybody. Alexandria and the Terrible, Horrible, No-good Very Bad Slush Pile (With apologies to Judith Viorst) I wake

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An elf, a dwarf, and an Irishman walk into a bar…

On December 12, 2012   /   Writing  
Tags: humor, technique

OK, first the news: Sorcery and Cecelia is the Sizzling Book Club pick this month and Caroline and I will be joining their Live Chat on Wednesday, December 19 (that’s Wednesday, one week from today). The live chat starts at 9 pm EST and runs for an hour

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Funny Once, Funny Twice, Funny Forever

On September 1, 2010   /   Writing  
Tags: how-to, humor, intermediate writing, tools

Humor has a reputation as one of the hardest and most under-appreciated types of writing there is. It’s a well-deserved reputation. Everyone over the age of five has at least watched someone else’s funny story fall flat, if not had it happen to themselves. And while you

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