Q4 comedy classes are up! - Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas - How to Write a Short Humor Piece - Write Like an Athlete - Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!

Q4 comedy classes are up! - Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas - How to Write a Short Humor Piece - Write Like an Athlete - Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!

"Remember Ecto Cooler? IT remembers you. IT remembers every dark day you spent hiding in your room. All the hours listening to NSYNC while you carved the names of dead gods into your Trapper Keeper. IT knows your flesh, your sins, your AOL user ID."

Enjoy my demented service journalism as a soldier in the Sun Wars:

Enjoy my demented service journalism as a soldier in the Sun Wars:

Last class until the fall! Are you in an idea slump? This two-hour class is ALL idea generation. We talk topics and how to apply twists to them to take them into comedic ideas. If you can't make it live, registration gets you the recording and slides after!

Last class until the fall! Are you in an idea slump? This two-hour class is ALL idea generation. We talk topics and how to apply twists to them to take them into comedic ideas. If you can't make it live, registration gets you the recording and slides after!

"I asked chatgpt" I confided in amazon I confessed to mcdonald's I have an inside joke with exxon mobil

I interviewed my friend and feedback partner @lauraleffler.bsky.social, because today is publication day for her debut novel, TELL THEM YOU LIED! We talk about her timeline to publication, how to not quit, and what to look for in a writing group. Buy her book! www.amazon.com/Tell-Them-Li...

Come on in, the water's fine. Our Summer & THE CITY newsletter is back today! Sign up so you don't miss any of our tips on thriving and surviving NYC in the heat ☀️ buff.ly/hAOoNya

Any writers I know qualify for this? substack.com/profile/4136...

you guys are on the fast track to having to write your papers in the classroom using only printed out primary sources

Saturday! And I’ll send out the recording and slides after if you can’t attend live.

I have some THOUGHTS on writers trying to defend their use of ChatGPT and why it doesn't work that way:

"Chicago Pope" is like a 1994 SNL sketch. Airs at 12:20am, the only gag is that Chris Farley has a mustache and is doing a big accent. David Spade and the guest host (Joe Mantegna) keep breaking during it.

perfect tip from @lauraolin.bsky.social: "I saw someone share that you can simply cut off the top of a bag of chips you’re well on the way to finishing so that your hand has less bag to travel through to access the last of the chips...we may live in hell but at least there’s chips, and chip tips?"

I have some THOUGHTS on writers trying to defend their use of ChatGPT and why it doesn't work that way:

This was easily my favorite ARC I got to read this year. @caseyjohnston.bsky.social combines her personal story with the history of weightlifting, science writing, research, and so much more. I started strength training again after reading it, I was so inspired!

Coming up in a few weeks! Spend two hours with me and draft a whole humor piece.

Coming up in a few weeks! Spend two hours with me and draft a whole humor piece.

That’s a wrap on @writingco-lab.bsky.social 100 Days of Creative Resistance project. Much love and gratitude to the contributors and readers. Here’s the entire archive of incredible pieces www.writingco-lab.com/100-days

My latest newsletter includes links to some posts sharing transparent author numbers, a humor writer editor panel video, and a funny book recommendation from humor writer @kristenmulrooney.bsky.social julievick.substack.com/p/april-mont...

Honestly extremely on board with this: www.avclub.com/ryan-coogler...

Feels weird to barge in with good news, but The Onion is hiring two more fellows: Here's a link to our Graphics Fellowship: jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Here's a link to our Video Fellowship: jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Solid pay + full benefits for six months. Come make stupid shit with us.

My piece for 100 Days of Creative Resistance from @briangresko.bsky.social and @writingco-lab.bsky.social is up today: "Joking About the Impossible."

Day 79 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social on Joking About the Impossible mailchi.mp/e91422cb2a95... @writingco-lab.bsky.social

My piece for 100 Days of Creative Resistance from @briangresko.bsky.social and @writingco-lab.bsky.social is up today: "Joking About the Impossible."

I interviewed @mckayleygourley.bsky.social about Reductress' new Book Club’s, the unspoken rules around books, her favorite funny novels, and the funniest thing to read on your commute to work

my new theory is that once you have a certain amount of money and wealth you start to go crazy and detach from reality. that number is different for everyone. for me it's $20

"Surely, we have emergency brakes to stop these kinds of things. Someone will intervene. I would look into who that is supposed to be exactly, but this glockenspiel isn’t going to tune itself."

Talking bout Q2 and training cycles today in the newsletter:

My top TV series experience of the past five years at least

I can't wait!!! 💕🎾

Next class 4/26: one of my favs, Write Like an Athlete! We mix creativity with sports psychology concepts to create a warmup routine, tinker with your environment + explore goal setting, tapering, and lots of other elements. Two hours, recorded if you can't come live, and you get the slides after!

stop right there, don't need to know more, already looking forward to it 🙏

Attended a *fabulous* online seminar last night on writing comedic memoir, run by @elissabassist.bsky.social (take her classes!!). Was reminded that she has a book on comedy writing called INSIDE JOKES forthcoming with @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social—can’t wait!

Come on out to a great humor reading show! @lukevburns.bsky.social & I are hosting a @mcsweeneys.net celebration of @jasonroeder.bsky.social’s Griefstrike!, a Thurber Prize finalist With @joshgondelman.bsky.social Jiji Lee @cnissan.bsky.social & Jen Spyra April 23, 7 PM Free! Francis Kite Club

Am I Ugly?

I woke up this week and realized I had read all three books of The Empyrean series (Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Onyx Storm) in a delightful romantasy fugue. I wrote about the pleasures of genre immersion in my newsletter here:

Next online class (if you can't attend live, the recording and slides are sent out after): Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians, March 16th, 1-3pm ET. Learn how to use comedic tools to write funny copy, emails, dating app profiles, social media posts, eulogies...basically—anything!

Thank you @literaryhub.bsky.social and @jamesfolta.com for letting me yap about my book!

Next weekend (but if you can't make it live, the class and slides will be sent out afterward)—NEW two-hour generative class that teaches a process for coming up with funny ideas. Based on INSIDE JOKES, my upcoming comedy craft book with @elissabassist.bsky.social, get a sneak peek!

Next weekend (but if you can't make it live, the class and slides will be sent out afterward)—NEW two-hour generative class that teaches a process for coming up with funny ideas. Based on INSIDE JOKES, my upcoming comedy craft book with @elissabassist.bsky.social, get a sneak peek!

If you’re looking for someone to give you robust tools and skills in comedy, I’d go with @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social - her workshops are 🔥.

Any class by @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social is worth its weight in gold! Which is a nonsense metaphor for a weightless, virtual class but you get my point. If Caitlin taught classes on metaphors my writing would be better.

Caitlin's classes are super informative and fun, highly recommended!

This is the first short humor class I've taught in years—I've refined it down to 2 hours while writing INSIDE JOKES with @elissabassist.bsky.social! On Zoom, you'll get the slides/recording after if you can't make it, learn a repeatable process to brainstorm, draft, and rewrite a short humor piece.

Added new sites to this starter pack, there are now 30+ humor and satire publications to follow!

Satire and real fake news lovers! I put together a starter pack of satire sites on here mostly so I can check the feed on it but follow and discover any you haven't yet! go.bsky.app/RBhwLcM