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Genres of Literature – Comedy
Originally posted on Mandy Eve-Barnett's Blog for Readers & Writers:
A comic novel is a novel-length work of humorous fiction. Many well-known authors have written comic novels, including P.G. Wodehouse, Henry Fielding, Mark Twain and John Kennedy Toole. Writing comedy is…
Posted in Writing
Tagged books, comedy, funny, genres, humor, humour, literary genres, manuscript writing, satire, writers
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Photo Fiasco
Here is what happens when you share a number of photos on your smart phone and they fail to send. Or they seem to fail to send. Which is why you try again. A few times. At first nothing happened, … Continue reading
Let’s Not Split Hairs Over Hares (A Photo Post)
Since last year, I have been collecting photographs of the wild hares that run freely through our city streets. They are spotted on lawns and neighbourhood roads, in empty lots, and in parks. I couldn’t help but throw in some … Continue reading
A Little Sunday Humour with Clips of Conversation
You might be a little tired and bleary-eyed if you forgot to account for Daylight Saving Time, the loss of a full hour of sleep as the clocks sprang forward overnight (Geek Strikes Again As Daylight Returns). So here is … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged autocorrect, Daylight Saving Time, humor, humour, sun, sunshine, texting
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Quick Sunday Funny
Teacher: If you’re done your picture, please come hand it in. Student: I’m done. Here you go. Teacher (frowns at blank sheet): What’s this? I’m not falling for that polar-bear-in-a-snowstorm thing. Student (looking hurt): No, it’s Edmonton in the fog! … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Alberta, Canadian winter, driving, Edmonton, fog, fog advisory, humor, humour, Sherwood Park, Travel, weather, YEG weather
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When Sunshine is Scarce, Creative People Create
Anyone living in Edmonton, perhaps all of Alberta … perhaps BC, Washington, Ontario … has noticed that we have had an unusually high number of cloudy days in fall 2016. It’s enough when daylight minutes drop like a stone, but … Continue reading
When Snow Gets You Down, Write Songs
Below is a link to the words I wrote to a well-known Christmas carol, Silver Bells, in honour of Nov. 27, 2014’s blizzard that brought deep snow and -35°C wind chills. I write these lyrics to keep my sanity during … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Outdoors/Travel, Writing
Tagged blizzzard, Christmas song, cold weather, extreme weather, humor, humour, snow, weather geek, weather in music, winter, winter driving
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