Every story is better with animals, right? All right, I’m biased. I’m a confirmed Crazy Cat Lady, with a spoiled calico princess and an extended family of step-dogs and cats-in-law. Still, I reckon it’s an objective truth: animal companions [...]
A lesbian book club sounded like such fun. A small, friendly circle of book-loving women engaged in witty conversation—that’s an introvert’s equivalent of a New Year’s Eve celebration. Throw in some wine and cheese, or coffee and cake, and [...]
A year ago, I was a literature student with the vague idea of wanting to be an editor one day, while trying to set my expectations of getting any job in that area low after everyone told me how [...]
Comments dripping in sarcasm, a mountain of witty or cutting one-liners, satire based upon the absurdity of everyday life, the cruel yet good-natured abuse of one’s friends, and the inappropriate antics designed to shock one into laughter. Oh, and [...]
What is comedy? Webster’s Dictionary defines it as a kind of shingle you hang outside your house to stop a witch from cursing your crops. My dictionary is very old. A more current dictionary—or, you know, Google—might define comedy [...]
I sat down to write an article on comedy thinking, “Of course I’m going to be funny while doing it” but, alas, it’s never that simple. It’s easy to think that writing jokes is simpler than crafting elaborate plot [...]
Humor is a subjective thing. So much so, that when I was a junior reporter, our cadet trainer warned us never to inject humor in stories. Not just, “Hey, maybe not till you’re older and more experienced”. Nope, like [...]
Ready for a laugh? Ylva Publishing is getting into the spirit by discounting our funny lesfic books this month. Some of our most successful and famous writers, along with a few newbies, have dabbled in the art of the [...]
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