My favourite fiction book

I'm not a big reader. which isn't the saddest thing in the world since lots of people don't enjoy reading very much.

but some of us non-readers do like the thought if cozying up with a book taking a break from more important things.

nevertheless, here's my list of MY FAVOURITE FICTIONAL BOOKS:

1. Diary of a wimpy kid

originally written for gen Y&Z and now gen A. this is story of the misadventures of middle school child Gregory Heffely.

some say Gregory is a sociopath, but I say he's a careless 14 year old.

those of you who don't quite like Gregory Heffely, might I suggest

2. BIG NATE

this series is written sometimes as comic strips, and sometimes as a normal looking book. like Diary of a wimpy kid, Big Nate is about the misadventures of Nate Wright and his friends in elementary school.

the jokes here are much simpler and Nate's shenanigans are much more innocent than Gregory Heffely's.

3. The Constant Rabbit 🐰

this is a book of woke comedy and anthromorphic animals.

it's like if Zootopia was PG15 and the world got to see OD'd animals in raves or warehouses! 

it also teaches us a lesson on tolerance too. takes you back to PHSE lessons in school where we sat in one BIG CIRCLE debating on ethical topics. fun times... 

4. The Chronicles of Narnia 

we all have our favourite saga. whether it's the past, present, future or if it's even on Earth.

the Chronicles of Narnia goes through 4-5 decades inviting 3 generations of kids on a Grand Adventure until they grow up or their services are no longer needed for the country. 🦁

but don't worry, in the final book the children are brought back to fight for the country they've grown to love only to die for the country they've grown to love.

it's like a PG12 LOTR. 💍 LOTR is a better classic in terms of world building and lore 

5. The Handmaid's Tale 

this book has been on my read list FOREVER. but as somebody who can't not read kids stories for the simpler story and casual light-hearted tone, I got distracted. 

also there's a whole other life outside books that I need to live in and... PARTICIPATE ✨

next up: The Testements

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Honourable Mentions: 

Horrid Henry

Dork Diaries

the book thief 

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 

Holes and Little Steps

Boy in the striped pajamas 

Young Sherlock (by Andrew Lane) 

an Inspector calls

a Monster calls 

the Kite runner 

Perks of being a wallflower 🌸

An Absolutely Remarkle Thing  and A Beautiful Foolish Endeavour 👽🤖  

the tale of Solomon Owl (and other forest friends)

Winnie the Pooh

 

 

The Queen of Eggcorns has an announcement 👑

pronounce H like 8, because H is the 8th letter of the alphabet

Rules of Comedy 🎭🎭

last year I read a books about 2 boys wanting to make it BIG as comics.

the MC boy's late-father was a renound comic. and as comedy came natural to the boy so why not follow in his footsteps behind his mother's back?

I say this, because each chapter started off with a rule of comedy. and as this was a library book, I wrote down those rule of comedy into a home-brew scroll. 📜✍️

(I love public libraries)

I mention this bit, because I put the Golden Rules of Comedy in my room somewhere, but I forgo 💀

anyhoo, today as I'm subscribed to a certain copywriter who's allegedly #1 in his country... 🇦🇺🌏🦘🪃

(if you know who I'm talking about comment on this post and I'll reply back if you got it)

after a short anecdote to smoothly segway into HIS Golden Rules of Comedy, HERE ARE HIS 6 COMMANDMENTS:

1. Lean into your unique sense of humour. Whenever someone says “I’m not a funny person”, I counter with, “so you never laugh at anything with your friends?” They always have to concede that yes, they do laugh at stuff. I simply say, lean into that humour — whatever it is for you. In the beginning of my email list, that was dad jokes and bad puns for me. Over time, I learned to be a bit more sophisticated. But I never tried to force a sense of humour that wasn’t mine.

2. Make YOURSELF laugh. The best litmus test I have for whether an email is funny … is whether I am laughing writing it. Many of my ‘funniest’ emails (as judged by list feedback) are the emails where I was nearly crying at the keyboard over with laughter. (You have no IDEA how hard I was laughing the other day when “Evil Bard” came out of nowhere and started cussing its haters 😂)

3. Think like a comedian. I was helping my brother Benjamin edit one of his emails the other day … and I found myself explaining it to him with this metaphor. Visualise a comedian on stage, delivering their routine. Where do they pause? Where do they adjust their tone? Where do they make a face? It’s funny because I don’t even WATCH that much comedy, let alone perform it … yet I still often think of my emails in terms of delivering a stand-up act.

(I wanna do stand-up but not at a bar) 

4. Read funny writers. I’ve learned a lot from noticing when and how other writers make me laugh. It helps to go broad here, across genres. So not just email copywriters (Kevin Rogers, Justin Blackman, Laura Belgray and Chris Orzechowski come to mind for me as funny writers) … but fiction writers too (Douglas Adams and Andy Weir stand out for me). 

(funny words are funny)

5. Stories from your life make it easy to be funny. If there is a moment from your daily life that made you or people around you laugh … there is a good bet you can get a laugh out of it by retelling it in an email.

(don't think you have to write in chronological order. the best pieces aren't)

6. And most importantly: Practice … a lot. You know what I think has made the biggest difference? The fact that I show up and write an email EVERY SINGLE DAY, and have done for 3+ years. No, not every one is designed to be funny. But most of them are. And that has meant well over 1,000 chances to see what ‘hits’ … and what flops. I’ve noticed a massive improvement over time in my ability to gauge how ‘funny’ something is without even sending it … and accordingly, to just write funnier stuff. And I think the biggest factor has just been how many chances I've had to practice being funny.

psych2go

psych2go is primarily a YouTube channel that began late 2014.

they've grown in numbers since then. as they should.

as they're a good channel. their team of writers, animators, PR and everything needed to run a successful INFORMATIVE YouTube channel is widely appreciated to the public.

p2g (psych2go in abbriviation) aim to gently teach the public, young or old, male or female, of all backgrounds about the good and bad traits inside of them, and how to keep the Earthly community healthy.

-Note-

some of you may find the channel cringe. and that's fine.

p2g isn't for everyone. 💁💁‍♀️💁‍♂️

please also note, that p2g like to make videos on "secret intelligence." as in "we're all smart"✨ 

seriously though. p2g have made a bunch of videos showing how people are smart even if they don't seem it.

which is nice, I do need to work on giving myself... positive affirmations 🤢✨

idk why p2g remake the same ol videos over and over?

it's not that they've gone Hollywood. the videos are as good as ever. 

they even make playlists to help viewers navigate to videos. (not specifically for secret intelligence)

but you could search for it, and they all appear lined up like children at the end of break. 

Portia P. Pooper: a revenge story

i never believed it could end up like this. 

not in a million, BILLION years.

but when word came in that a Tiefling had stepped foot in my village i had to follow up. 

it didn't happen in my lifetime. but because it happened i never got to meet my grandparents. i never got to fall asleep from sitting on their laps too long. i never had the memories of hiding behind their shoulders after messing up at home, and hearing the comforting words "that mistakes happen, and that everything will be alright..."

i had to piece out the story from older relatives about whay happened, and WHO were involved.

i wasn't entirely sure about what i would do. at first i imagined bloodshed in honour of the fallen. 

but late at night when i couldn't sleep, i'd think about them. i'd wonder about how my family would have been like, and how i should honour them in revenge.

would they have wanted me to slay them all?

would they have wanted me to make the rest of their lives a living hell?

or would they have wanted to reason with these "beings" and maybe help work on their anger/bloodlust issues?

history is full of heroic battles, maybe what the world needs now is diplomacy. a way to ensure that nothing bad can ever happen again...

why did they slay my family? was it anger? disgust? fear? or were they just drunk and inconsiderate?

why did "Mephistopheles Creed" behave so humbly compared to the stories i heard growing up?

why did he make it so invigoratingly hard to maintain my hate?

was this the same party he was with that attacked my island? (or what would have been)

no. I was told that the invaders were ALL Tiefling.

this new group is mixed race.

who are you Mephistopheles? are you some kind of Monk now? did one of your reoccurring nightmares FINALLY make it though your dense skull and put you on the path to redemption?

my step away from the murder-path. which felt like a lifetime wasted on anger. 

fortunately, i still have another full life waiting ahead of me. 🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️ 🐥

take good care of each other Magic Misfits.

i never got to hear how all your stories turned out. 

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Mephistopheles Creed, i  personally forgive you for your part in my family massacre.

i don't forgive your 'old sailing crew.' but you've been nice enough for me to pardon.

🔽 this following meme came to me in a dream 🔽

Happy World Journalism Day

those of you reading this blog may find yourself thinking

"isn't journalism dead?" 💀 

after all, with everybody jumping around the internet (not quite knowing or wanting to know how it works) we all have the power to say what we like, whenever! 

it's not just a Fox-News-Fake-News dealio, everybody is to blame here!

well I say BAH. if journalism is truly DEAD 💀 

then explain THIS Sheeple! 

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Poems: War by ANON

WAR

When wars and conflicts totally cease, In our world, there shall be peace ... Poet's Blogger Bio

why stop there? why not check out an animated Ted video on the history of Meloncholy? 💡