A Writer's Last Meal
What would your last meal be? That is always an interesting question and one that folks become unexpectedly heated while discussing. Are...
How to Write a Terrible Love Scene
I hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day, whether you had a date with your characters or with a real-life human being! Always the...
The Freelance Life
Hey, freelancers! Let’s talk about this crazy, hectic life in the best way possible: Friends GIFs! When the freelancing bug bites you,...
The Writing Process in GIFs
September 21,2016 / Comedy and satire Writing process / 0 CommentsIf you’re a fledgling writer, or perhaps a non-writer looking to make the leap into our crazy world, you may have some questions about...
Going Medieval on Plagiarists: Their Nine Circles of Hell (infographic)
Plagiarism: the worst of the worst, the lowest of the low, the absolute worst crime a writer can commit. In the style of Dante’s Inferno,...
The Secret World of Writers in 8 GIFs
April 27,2016 / Comedy and satire Writer lifestyle / 0 CommentsWriters are private creatures. We like to tuck ourselves away, sliding manuscript pages under our doors and showing our characters' faces...
19 Writers with Scary-as-Hell 'Writer Hair'
October 29,2015 / Comedy and satire Writer lifestyle / 3 CommentsWriters—let's face it; we're not known for our hygiene, and few of us will win any style awards.Perhaps that's why terms like "writer...
Stephen King Confesses: The Critics Who Dissed Me Are Dead (video: 2:44)
The King of horror met the new king of late night TV this week, and the interview may shed light on King's rise to gory glory: all of his...
Auburn Football Fans Already Know Their In-State Rivals Can't Tell Time—Now This
As college football kicks off, the biggest rivalry of the year, Auburn vs. Alabama in the Iron Bowl, is already decided—off the...
Oh, the places you will go ... in your sleep
Sleep has always been a cruel mistress for me. I love sweet, dreamy slumber, but sleep has not always returned my affections. As a...
ParaFAIL: How I got jerked 450 feet in the air via giant wedgy
November 12,2014 / Comedy and satire Creative writing Mrs. Sasswaters Nonfiction Storytelling / 1 CommentsThis is the story of how I went cursing, hurling and hurdling toward a horrified group of tourists at about 30 miles per hour—then...
We had a pet alligator named Larry, and the cat ate him
October 06,2014 / Comedy and satire Creative writing Mrs. Sasswaters Nonfiction Storytelling / 0 CommentsSo I was in a staff meeting, and the topic of alligators came up. (No, I don't remember how. Yes, it really was relevant-ish.) So we're...
