Whether writing fiction or nonfiction, injecting humor can add entertainment to your work, often providing welcome relief from tense situations. Plus, laughter is therapeutic. By injecting humor, you are improving the health of your readers! Several types of humor can be incorporated, and I often inject the self-effacing kind. People love to read about the misfortunes of others in a funny way, especially if the end result doesn’t cause serious injury. In writing a travel book for the University Press … Read More »

It’s difficult enough to be a writer. You slave over words and edits and strive to get published and recognized. And then the scammers move in. Some give flowery praise of your work and promise to get it in bookstores, gift shops and book clubs. All for just a few hundred bucks. I did fall for one scam recently. The marketer, a “book placement specialist,” was effusive in her praise of one of my books and said she could get … Read More »