Start of a discussion: How to change agents' minds about humor? Any ideas. These are some of the responses to queries I got. "So funny and unique,...

So, just curious how women handle the disapproving looks and comments? I admit I am not a thick-skinned person and sometimes it stops me from posting...

I have. And maybe sometime I'll actually get back to writing humorous essays. I wrote a campus lifestyle column in high school and in college and...

I hope you all know about McSweeney's Internet Tendency, which I love for many reasons, particularly its List section. But aside from McSweeney's,...

Pamela Redmond Satran just did a post for us about being the only woman on the Humor Top Ten and it's really inspirational -- but also a great...

Is it to be the next Erma Bombeck? Write the next "Sleepless in Seattle?" Be a TV sit com writer that will have Jennifer Aniston clamoring for you?...

Deborah Siegel (my collaborator on SW) just posted a short Q&A with Sarah Milstein, who wrote THE TWITTER BOOK, on Twitter for writers. Who here is...

I grew up reading Erma's columns in our regional newspaper. In high school, I didn't realize her style had seeped into my own writing until my...

Hello I was wondering if it would be interesting to have a discussion on different ways of coming up with jokes and funny ideas. I guess there are a...