Archive for the ‘Book Publishing Humor’ Category
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
I’m celebrating “Printed Book Day” (February 23) with my Limerick Ode To The Printed Book:
An occasional e-book is fine,
And I love reading columns online.
But I cherish the feel
Of a book that is REAL.
My ideal? Printed pages and spine.
Tags: Books Humor, Books Limerick, February Holidays, Odd Holidays, Printed Book Day, Reading Limerick
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Saturday, November 7th, 2015
Just in time for Book Lovers Day, celebrated both on the first Saturday of November and on August 9:
Like most of my friends I love books,
And I don’t want to read them on Nooks
Or other devices;
Real paper entices.
Don’t dare give me pity-filled looks!
Tags: August Holidays, Authors & Playwrights, Book Lovers Day, Computer Humor, E-Books, E-Readers, Electronic Devices, Kindles, Nooks, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Limerick Ode To Roget’s Thesaurus
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Serenade, sing, belt out, croon in chorus:
Happy Birthday to Roget’s Thesaurus,
Sterling word-meister’s brew,
Published Eighteen-Five-Two
In late April. The tome is a Taurus!
(Dr. Peter Mark Roget released his ground-breaking English-language word reference book, Roget’s Thesaurus, to the public on April 29, 1852.)
Tags: April Holidays, Birthday Humor, Birthday Limerick, Books Humor, Odd Holidays, Peter Mark Roget, Reference Books, Roget's Thesaurus, Singing Humor, Word Derivations
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Tomorrow, August 9, is Book Lover’s Day Needless to say, I’m celebrating with a limerick:
Best Selling Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow who had what it took
To author a best selling book
“Wrote” novels galore.
(Able ghosts did the chore.)
He made millions by hook and by crook.
Tags: August Holidays, Authors & Playwrights, Best Sellers Humor, Book Lovers Day, Ghost Writing, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Ghostly Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
There are those who like being a ghost —
Not the dead kind. Who wants to be toast?
I mean writers whose name
Gets no credit (or blame.)
Here’s my problem with that: You can’t boast.
(More ghost and hauntings verse over at Big Tent Poetry’s Thursday Think Tank)
Tags: Authors & Playwrights, Big Tent Poetry, Boasting, Books Humor, Braggart Verse, Bragging, Ghost Writing, Ghosts, haun, Writing & Publishing Humor
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Over the years I’ve written enough humor columns, limericks, and sundry light verse to fill two or three collections. And one of these days I may even get my act together, stop procrastinating and self-publish at least one of them. I mention this because Big Tent Poetry’s latest prompt urges us to come up with a name for a future book and then write a title poem for that non-existent book.
Yes, I know this is Sheer Madness, which is also the title of my non-existent humor collection:
Sheer Madness
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I’m hoping to publish a book
With an excellent concept and hook.
It’s title? Sheer Madness,
Reviewed please sans badness,
Sold on paper and Kindle and Nook.
Tags: Book Reviewers Verse, Book Title Humor, Creativity, E-Books, Humor Book, Madness Humor, Procrastination Verse, Publishing Limerick, Self-Publishing, Writing & Publishing Humor
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