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Music to Search By?

5MarchSuzanneJust for Laughs, Writingwriter write agent search 13 demon days buffy

With the umpteenth re-write of 13 Demon Days coming along, I’m once again updating my agent list.Â And I’ve found the perfect way to keep myself energized while I search. Â Listen to lots of Buffy music! Now, I could go into the subconscious reasons as to why music to slay by is also great

Food for the Birds?

11FebruarySuzanne1 CommentHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughsbird food cook flop homemade bread funny laugh ha ha joke

This is what happens when you make breadÂ without paying close attention: Â It may look like some kind of delicious bundt cake with a scrumptious icing (maybe if your prescription glasses need updating?) but it’s actually a loaf of bread that has at least one, perhaps two extra cups of flour.Â When I was halfway

Photos From the Flood

30JanuarySuzanne2 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughsflood storm wilmington pics books water damage joke funny laugh

I know everyone else is posting pics of the snow, but I’ve been too busy dealing with the after effects of our basement flood from almost a week ago. Here’s the laundry, or most of it: Â And here are the books that now reside on our kitchen table.Â They wave their pages gently in

Popcorn Shells: A New Beginning

21NovemberSuzanneJust for Laughs, Writingstephanie meyers spoof funny joke humor vampire werewolf popcorn write edit

Otherwise known as ‘the clippings on the cutting room floor after The Popcorn Potion has been through yet another round of edits.’ Today’s outtake comes from the first couple of pages, and represents a fairly dramatic redirection of my opener.Â Some of you may recognize a reference or two, and make the logical leap as

Phone Tag Kid

14NovemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughskid cell grocery cranberry juice humor joke laugh funny parent child

TonightÂ I was at our locel grocery store, picking up the all important cranberry juice*, when I heard a child’s voice pipe up from nearby. “Mom, where are you?” My own kids were safe at home, but once a mom, always a mom.Â My nurturing instincts kicked in and I looked around, expecting to find a

What’s Does Wednesday say to Saturday?

8NovemberSuzanneBlogging, Just for Laughsblog joke laught humor wednesday saturday schedule how+to

A: My blog sat on your blog. Or, so I suspect it will say.Â And how do I know Wednesday and Saturday will be in this unique conversation?Â Simple.Â I’ve decided that it’s time to put the blog on aÂ diet schedule so that it can stop this feast or famine cycle going on.Â Perhaps my

Reef Tank: The Heroes

23OctoberSuzanneJust for Laughs, Reef Tankreef tank humor funny blog laugh joke smile shrimp angel fish

It’s been a while since I blogged about the reef tank, and since I didn’t think you were all that interested in hearing how many times I’ve sneezed in the last few days (372), or the height of my discarded tissue pile (4’2”), today seemed a good day to blog about our new Flame Angel

Warning: Not For Those Who Consider Themselves Adults

14OctoberSuzanneJust for Laughs, Writingagent query sub nathan bransford jay montville funny humor joke laugh

I’ve been living and breathing the technical and business side of writing, of late.Â Over a year ago I started a Master file on agents, now I’m going over that with a fine toothed comb as I sort out which agents I should sub Popcorn Potion to, and when.Â My synopsis is taking way too

A Slushy Seussian Tribute

24SeptemberSuzanneJust for Laughsjim hines seuss slush editor submission humor funny joke laugh green eggs and ham

You know it’s a good laugh when you start reading the post aloud before you’ve read it through.Â You know it’s even better when your reading has to take long pauses while you catch you breath from laughing. May I direct you to… Jim Hines Slush Reading, Seuss Style. It’s tough to pick favorite lines,

A Match Made in Snarls

22SeptemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughscat kitten yarn funny humor joke laugh

Cats and yarn.Â They seem to go together…everyone has the mental image of an old granny in her rocker with her cats about her feet and the knitting needles going at a million miles a minute. Of course, the other image that comes to mind looks something like this: Â And I’m discovering that this

Suzanne Warr

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