Q How many historians does it take to change a light bulb?
A I don’t know. Not my period.
Q How many historic novelists does it take to change a light bulb?
A Two. One to change it and one to complicate the narrative with twenty characters who never actually existed, fifteen sub plots, and a definite character arc.
A writer comes home to a burned-down house. His wife is standing outside, sobbing.
“What happened?”
“Oh, honey, it was horrible,” his wife wails. “I was cooking and the phone rang. It was your agent. I was talking to her and didn’t notice that the stove had caught on fire. It spread to the curtains and then it just all went up so fast. All the photos are gone, and your old dog didn’t make it–”
“Wait a second,” he said. “Did you say my agent called?”
Q What’s the hardest part about catching the editor’s eye?
A Getting someone to throw it at you.
ACK! I actually cringed from that one. I found it at How To Get Rejected in Five Simple Steps by Jill McDougall
I didn’t write these. I just found them on the internet. However, they did make me laugh and I thought I’d share. There are many more at Humor Columns. Much, much laughter. Check out You Know You’re a Writer When…
And I definitely cannot relate to the one about wearing pj’s to pick up the kids. Nope.
