Category: Humor

Of Course We’re Plagued by Self-Doubt and Anxiety–We’re Writers

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It’s a busy time of year and easy to feel down on yourself because you’re not writing enough/getting that great book deal/chatting with Oprah on her private island. But you’re not alone–even famous writers feel down about themselves sometimes. My favorite:

“At the end of a miserable day, instead of grieving my virtual nothing, I can always look at my loaded wastepaper basket and tell myself that if I failed, at least I took a few trees down with me.”–David Sedaris

Take that, trees!

Make sure to click through for more self-deprecating quotes from famous writers.

#tobeornottobe

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800px-R_Staines_Malvolio_Shakespeare_Twelfth_NightShakespeare meets social media with these tweet versions of the Bard’s famous works by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes. Best use of hashtag goes to:

Othello:
Scoundrel talks Moor into believing his wife’s a slut. Dude, it was only a handkerchief. Did you have to KILL her? #facepalm.

My favorite Shakespeare play is Twelfth Night. My tweet version would have to be:

Shipwrecks lead to cross-dressing and missed love connections. At least we can all make fun of Malvolio.#cakesandale

Share your Shakespearean tweets!

(image: Wikipedia)

Texts for Felicity

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Another update from the “Texts From…” series on the Hairpin–Texts From the American Girls. Even though Samantha was my favorite character, Felicity’s my favorite text-er. A sample:

“I must trespass on your kindness one last time
and ask when you will return
as the water you so kindly brought me
ran out several days ago
and I am afraid to venture forth in daylight
and this fetid swamp provides me with no relief
BEN 
BEN I’M GETTING A PONY”

Make sure to click through for the rest of Felicity’s texts as well as some from Samantha and Addy. I want to see follow-ups from the rest of the girls*, too!

*And by the rest of the girls, I mean the ones I remember from childhood. Apparently there are even more now?

When Words Aren’t Enough, Use GIFs

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GIFs may have been around for a while, but they’re certainly having a good time in 2012. I’m certainly happy that GIF was picked as the Oxford Dictionaries USA Word of the Year 2012. Of course, Dumbledore expresses it better than I can:

Where would we be without GIFs? In a land of sadness, that’s where. A few of my favorite GIF-related blogs:

Feel free to share your own GIFs in the comments. Happy GIFing!

Broken Spines, Blanking on Recommendations, and Other Book Confessions

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We all have bookish habits we’re a little embarrassed about. Maybe you can never remember an author’s name. Maybe you can’t finish a book without starting five others and it takes you forever to get through any of them. Maybe you run in very literary circles but secretly love cheesy action novels.

Reader Shaming helps readers come clean about their bookish habits. I scanned through the submissions so far and agreed with more than a few of them.

A couple of my book confessions:

  • I never remember titles or author names. I always say things like “That one with the dog…”
  • I get overwhelmed when people ask me for recommendations. It’s like all the books I know and love fly right out of my head. Plus, I feel a lot of pressure to get it right–how am I supposed to know what you feel like reading next?
  • I reread a lot and am surprised that most people don’t.
  • I don’t lend books to a lot of people. I lost two copies of The Princess Bride that way and have gotten really protective of my collection.

Share your book confessions in the links, or submit to Reader Shaming.

(H/T Book Riot)