Leave it to a writing contest to completely turn me off from writing for a solid 4 months.
To those of you who missed me, I apologize. To those who were happy I was gone, I apologize.
This may have been one of the greatest failures of my writing career.…
Should I Give Up?
Five days in to NaNoWriMo, I was burned out. I was tired, stressed out, anxious, and felt chained…
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I have decided to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days!!
That’s right, I am participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. This annual contest challenges would-be authors to write a first draft of a novel during the month of November.
Consid…
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Atrocity will be an ATROCITY!
I have decided to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days!!
That’s right, I am participating in…
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Are Stand-Up Comics Losers?
What motivates you to become a stand-up comedian? Is it that you are a loser?
Last week I attended…
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I hit Publish!! After a solid 14 day absence, I finally posted on Funny or Crazy? again. I didn’t stop writing for those two weeks, I kept pumping out jokoids. Regardless, yesterday I wrote a thrilling account of my first time on stage!
As everyone is…
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In my desperate efforts to put together a stand-up comedy routine, I have been carrying around a notebook to record every funny idea that I have. I write down everything that even remotely strikes me as amusing. At bedtime, my notebook and pen lie…
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A Jokoid (n) is something that looks like a joke but isn’t funny. For Example:
“I can’t stop writing jokoids! My whole life is a jokoid.”
~ Michelle Barnes
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Whenever I set a goal for myself, I become obsessed. I eat, sleep, & drink it. It’s all or nothing for me.
In college when I was prepping myself to tour with the Bellydance Superstars, I spent so much time practicing my hip undulations that I failed…
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I am seriously considering killing my Facebook profile. I wrote an awesome post about why Facebook sucks on my humor blog last week. In addition to those reasons, every time I log in to Facebook I get depressed.
I can’t stop seeking unreciprocated…
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