The Dog, the Chicken and the Boxer Shorts: Real Events Inspire Novel Events

Stealing from Life: You Can’t Make this Up
I was talking to my friend, LFP, and he told me about a funny thing that happened on the way to work.
It started with a retriever. LFP reads electric meters in a rural area, driving a company truck from house to deer camp to trailer to house. Yesterday, [...]

Running gags

In Search of Humor: The Classic Running Gag
What I’m currently reading:

Why am I reading this book?
I’m not funny. Ask my kids, I lack any sense of humor. But kids love humor, gags, slapstick, jokes, puns, funny things happening in a story or a novel.
I’m near the end of my WIP novel and while I [...]

What Kids Think is Funny

This entry is part 29 of 31 in the series 30 DAYS TO A STRONGER PICTURE BOOK
If you want to write a picture book with humor, you must understand the development of humor in kids. Thanks, Tammi, for asking for something on this topic. If you have requests for a certain topic about [...]