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Apr

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Oh No, I Think I’ve Lost My Funny!

Woman to Woman, Writer's Revelations

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Houston, we have a problem. I think I’ve lost my funny!

This can’t be happening. I’m a humor writer for goodness sakes, but lately I feel like I’ve lost my funny. I try to write a column and it ends up just looking like a bunch of random words on the page. No zingers. No zangers. Just a bunch of blah, blah, blah. Well, that’s just plain unacceptable. But what’s a humor writer to do? It’s the equivalent of a baseball pitcher breaking an arm, a pianist spraining a finger, a perfume tester having a cold. Anyway, how does a humor writer come back when they feel like they’ve gone, well… “flat.”

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26
Oct

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“Mom, what’s your job?”

Chaotic Kids, Writer's Revelations

kathyComputer

After being home for nine years with my kids, I finally decided to go back to work so of course my kids were curious to know what I would be doing. So, I told them.

“Well, I’ll be writing emails that we send to customers telling them about the cool products we sell.”

“Oh. And what did you do before that?”

“Well, I used to write letters we sent to customers telling them about the cool products we sell.”

“Oh. And what did you do before that?”

“Well, I used to produce television commercials telling people about the cool products we sell.”

My sons, being the TV hounds could finally relate. “Wow, that’s awesome.”

Then I had a revelation about my career.

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01
Feb

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If You Blog…They Will Come!

Writer's Revelations

So the goal of this blog is to provide some light entertainment, helpful hints for a community of moms (and dads) who just need a little break from the chaos of kids, family, work and life itself. Simple, right? Well, that’s what I’m hoping. I’m hoping that my visitors will revisit, invite their friends, make a comment or two and most importantly…laugh!

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