Writing Essential: Good Humor Monday

Welcome to the 2^nd weekly edition of Good Humor Monday here at the Writing Essential Group. Ah yes, Good Humor Monday, the day we take a break from writing morbid poems about death and instead write poems about humorous ways of dying:

I knew a woman, full of grace,

she took a belt sander to the face.

They found her pearls and frilly lace,

but of her smile they found no trace.

(with apologies to the real poets out there)

No, humorous death poetry isn't the theme today. Today’s theme is… no theme! That’s right; I decided not to impose a theme this week since a strict theme would only limit the imagination of the beautiful, creative minds that we have here in this group. I also forgot to think of one.

So your mission should you choose to accept it is to send in your humorous fiction, non-fiction, poetry, haikus, lowkus, couscous, or anything else you’ve got that might illicit reactions in readers ranging from chuckles to guffaws. The funniest articles will get featured in the group (fame! recognition! glory!) while the not as funny will still get accepted (acceptance!).

Have fun!

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Chris is the Member Editor for Good Humor Mondays at the Writing Essential Group (duh). He still hasn't come up with a clever tagline to go at the end of his articles yet.

Comments: 9

Briane P. Jul 9, 2007, 10:37am EDT

I'll try to get something in.

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John Philipp Jul 9, 2007, 11:41am EDT

Chris, I have an article but am on my portable in North Carolina, suing Safari [the Mac browser] which is a pain in the butt trying to get an article posted without a lot of #!!%$! greek letters showing up.
I'll try to make it but not looking good.

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Jeff Cusson Jul 9, 2007, 12:24pm EDT

John, I realize Safari can be difficult, but is that really reason to sue them? I mean, there are plenty of other web browsers out there! no need to get all litigious.

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Tracey W. Jul 9, 2007, 1:25pm EDT

Chris, I'm having trouble with the publisher, it keeps garbling my poem. Its fine in the box, but once published it looks like a 5 year old wrote it - actually my 5 year old would have done a better job . I thought gather just did an update? Who do I go to on this, I've already edited 3 times with no complete success. Thanks!

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Michael Daube Jul 9, 2007, 1:59pm EDT

Greetings Chris and all! On reading the comments, I noticed Tracey is having difficulty with the editor interface for publishing and wanted to make a suggestion. I compose my articles in Word then use the button on the editor with the W. I copy my original Word article then paste it into the text box provided when I click the W. It does not always keep my links intact but does seem to keep most of my original formatting. I use the html button to reset any links I have in the article. Here's to a fun humorous Monday in Writing!

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Tracey W. Jul 9, 2007, 2:03pm EDT

Thank you Michael, its too bad I don't have word.

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Chris Carlisle Jul 9, 2007, 2:05pm EDT

Tracey, I generally write outside the Gather box using either Word, Works, or the editer on my website. Once I've finished writing I'll paste it over here. The text features (bold, italics) generally carry over.

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