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Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book
I was reading a book, “ The History of Glue.” I couldn’t put it down
A book may be compared to your neighbor; if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early.
Now share one of you own…
I was reading a book, “ The History of Glue.” I couldn’t put it down.
I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a bookmark.
Q: What would you get if you crossed a comedian and an Edgar Allan Poe story?
A: The Wit and the Pendulum
What do librarians take fishing?
– Bookworms!
What do planets like to read?
– Comet books.
What’s a favorite literary joke of yours?
Q: What is a flea’s favorite book ?
A: The itch-hikers guide to the galaxy!
Feel free to share your literary, book, reading or author jokes.
#reader #humor
#writers will get this one
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested – Sir Francis Bacon
Where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore?
Share your book humor.
So here you can groan…
What building has the most stories?
The library.
Q. What reference book should you use when you forget your shovel?
A. The dig-tionary.
#book #love
Books to the ceiling,
#book #love
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them!
How I need them!
I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.
– Arnold Lobel
Wise words to live by (well at least read by)
Book Puns – yep they will make you groan!
I once read a book about singularity. It really sucked me in.
I read a book about gravity, it was a heavy subject.
I had plans to begin reading a book about sinkholes but they fell through.
Why not share a good ‘reading or writing’ joke below in the comments?
Own up this is you?
Why not share a writing or reading jokes of your own?
Writing
I plan on immersing myself in the ghost writing project for the rest of this and most likely next week. It needs to be propelled forward so a final draft can be approved. A graphic designer is working on the images so the placement of these will have to be worked out as well. With possible sizes of print books and price estimates from the publisher we are nearing a conclusion in the next month. An exciting time for both my client and I as we all know when we hold a physical copy of our book for the first time it is magical and awe inspiring.
However, prior to that schedule, I invested in a workshop last night for my writing. A local author, Jennifer Snow is currently writer in residence at a downtown bookstore, Audrey’s and she was holding a workshop, which intrigued me. The evening’s workshop title was – First Five Pages & Avoiding a Saggy Middle in your Novel.
There were several other writers attending and it was interesting to hear their questions and the advice given by Jennifer. Although you may not write in the same genre as the presenter or the other attendees at workshops or conferences, there are basic fundamentals required to entice, engage and hold a reader no matter the narrative.
We all need to invest in our writing, no matter how much we think we know. You can always learn from another writer or author and as it happens I did have an idea pop into my head during the evening, which will assist in the revision of one of my manuscripts. (For those of you who don’t know I am editing four manuscripts over this and next year!) I detail my progress here: https://mandyevebarnett.com/current-project-2/
Books
Reincarnation by Suzanne Weyn
My review:
What a wonderful book – stories of life, death and rebirth. Perfectly linking each of the souls/characters lives. Sometimes they linked up, others not. Suzanne weaved a perfect tale of past lives making great use of the ‘echoes’ of past life bringing them forward to the new existence.
If you are intrigued, interested or fascinated by reincarnation you must read this book.
Onto this novel – a great opening line and the story propels you forward with enticing glimpses of what might have happened.
Writing Tips
Invest in a few valuable resources starting with The Chicago Manual of Style and The Elements of Style.
Grammar: learn the rules and then learn how to break them effectively.
Do you have particular resources you use? Care to share?
What ‘writing rules’ have you broken?
Readers understand this one:
Groan to these book titles:
The Insurmountable Problem
by Major Setback
The Artic Ocean
by I.C. Waters
A Load of Old Rubbish
by Stefan Nonsense
Share your book humor in the comments.
