On Humor

Humor. It’s subjective, and yet just about everyone loves it. I LOVE books with humor, but only certain types. I don’t find over-the-top physical humor (i.e., The Three Stooges variety) very funny, but I live for stories where the humor feels like an inside joke or is very subtle. I’ve read historical fiction books where the humor comes from roundabout conversations in a sitting room where barbs are given politely over tea. It blows my mind when authors can pull that off in clever ways. I don’t think I’ve arrived in my writing journey to the point where I can achieve that category of humor. Yet. Maybe one day.

The humor in Connection Services is certainly not tea-room appropriate. However, I hope my readers feel like they’re “in” on my inside jokes. If you read through the series starting in book 1, there’s nuggets there to find that pass through the entire series. I also love love love it when authors pull gentle threads through an entire book that pay off in the end. If you have already read The Beta Test, you got a taste of this in the epilogue.

The humor in my writing also trends towards nerdy at times. What can I say? It’s what I like. I hope you find it to your enjoyment as well.

There’s also other nuggets there. In The Beta Test, Jake calls Avery a variety of fictional princess names throughout the book. At the very end, he just calls her “Princess.” My goal there was that Avery becomes his princess. Cheesy, I know. I’m a fan of cheese in tasteful amounts.