Agatha became skilled at body-boarding in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and in Hawaii she learned to ride while standing on the board.
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In 1857, a woman named Hannah Crafts…
In 1857, a woman named Hannah Crafts escaped her owner by dressing up as a man and pretending to be white. She later wrote a book called The Bondwoman’s Narrative, but didn’t publish it. It was found years later in a New Jersey attic and was finally authenticated and published in 2002.
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At first a soldier in the German…
At first a soldier in the German revolution of ’48, Carl Schurz busted out his friend from a prison in Berlin, fled on a boat to Edinburg, emigrated to the US, became a Union General in the Civil War, then US Senator, and later secretary of the interior. Mark Twain wrote his obituary.
C.S. Lewis nominated J.R.R….
C.S. Lewis nominated J.R.R. Tolkien for the 1961 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was rejected on the grounds that his writing “has not in any way measured up to storytelling of the highest quality.”
When Charles Dickens was…
When Charles Dickens was 12 years old, his father was thrown into prison for debt. Charles was forced to leave school and work ten-hour days at a boot factory in order to help support his family. The poor conditions of the working class became a major theme in several of his works.
15 Jokes That Writers Might Find Funny
Writing for a living is a tough gig. Always wracking your brain to come up with something interesting or witty to say. Hitting that inevitable bout of writer’s block at one point or another.
But it’s also a lot of fun, and anyone who gets to write for a living would probably say the same thing.
If you’re a writer, these jokes will most likely make you shake your head and say, “Yup, that’s accurate.”
Enjoy!
1. You’ll all be very disappointed.
When I die and y’all go through my search history, you’ll be disappointed to find mostly just definitions for very common words that I wasn't sure I was using correctly.
— Joel Wade (@Wahday44) January 14, 2019
2. You can never, ever, have enough.
3. One of the worst feelings of all time.
4. I’m back, baby! Back with a bang!
5. That’s exactly what he was talking about.
#writing #writers #writersofinstagram #memes #writingmemes #files #documents #funny #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity6. Woo! Time for a nap and a snack.
7. Never listen to this advice.
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8. Make them suffer immeasurably.
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9. Among other things…
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10. Check your email every two-and-a-half minutes.
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11. Maybe it’s time to focus on one thing.
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12. Pretty much sums it up.
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13. “The man devoured the baked bread like it would be his last meal.” How’s that?
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14. Moments of inspiration.
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15. Let’s jump ahead a few years.
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Time to keep working, writers! You know we never get a day off…
Do you have any funny jokes about writing? If so, share them in the comments. Thanks!
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Barbara Cartland wrote 723 novels….
Barbara Cartland wrote 723 novels – an average of more than 9 a year over her career. In 1976 she wrote 23 – still a world record.
Ian Fleming named his character…
Ian Fleming named his character “Goldfinger” after the stern architect Ernő Goldfinger, whom he despised. When Ernő filed a suit over the name, Fleming threatened to rename the character “Goldprick”. Ernő dropped the suit in exchange for legal fees and six copies of the book.
It took Ray Bradbury 9 days…
It took Ray Bradbury 9 days to write his novella, The Firemen, in the basement of a UCLA library on a typewriter rented for 10¢/30 minutes. After being urged by his publisher, he returned to the basement, got to work, and expanded his novella into Fahrenheit 451, which also took 9 days to write.
In 1898, Morgan Robertson wrote…
In 1898, Morgan Robertson wrote a novel about an ocean liner sinking in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. That is 14 years before the Titanic sunk in the same place and in the same way. And if this was not enough, the novel was titled: “The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility”. The […]