What Would Don Corleone Buy?
I know. I did this before, here: What Would Heathcliff Buy? . Well, I’m bored again and my mind is wandering down strange roads. Here are the fruits of today’s mental meanderings. Let us take […]
Tag: writing
Overcoming Writer’s Block the Lazy Way
If you ask a hundred writers about writer’s block, you’ll get a hundred conflicting viewpoints. It’s like the common cold. Everybody has a remedy, some of which work a little better than others. Some writers […]
Six Ways to Make Sure You Are NOT Funny
We writers live in our own self-manufactured worlds as well as the one in which we exist.1 In that Real World there are many people who think they are funny. Some of them are; many […]
Without a purpose; without a burning, passionate desire, we are merely blind sheep following the herd of blind sheep who cannot see what’s before their very eyes.
As I pray to Hermes, the god of travel, messengers, trade, thievery, cunning wiles, language, writing, diplomacy, athletics and animal husbandry; it occurs to me that I cannot sleep. As Hermes seems to be one […]
Lisa K Nelson is Hollywood Bound…Again!!!
HumorOutcasts.com writer Lisa K. Nelson is off to Hollywood again this time for a writing gig with the Disney Channel for a new “tweens” show. Lisa is already a veteran sitcom writer with credits that […]
Kathy Minicozzi Earns Honorable Mention in Writing Contest
Before you all say, “Big hairy freaking deal,” just let me say that this is the first writing contest where I have actually won something, even though it’s just an Honorable Mention and having my […]
The Secret Life of Me
ADMISSION (or DEDICATION, if that sounds better): I would like to acknowledge the work of Bruce Ferber, Donna Cavanagh and James Thurber. Because of them, I have superheroes, daredevils and daydreamers on my mind, screaming […]
You Just Never Know
Of all the pieces I have written for HumorOutcasts, the one that keeps getting “found” on StumbleUpon is the one about serenity pads. It’s a funny topic, but what the … ? Serenity pads? They […]
Why I Write for HumorOutcasts
I used to write for a content mill site, dreaming about getting hit after hit and some nice money from writing humor in addition to articles about Italian street festivals, teaching music to autistic children, […]
What Would Heathcliff Buy?
Have you ever wondered what kinds of things our favorite fictional characters would have on their shopping and to-do lists? Neither have I. Now that the subject has come up, though, we might as well […]