Humor: Writing 14 Articles

by Cathy A Montville

Years ago, when I landed my first job as a Correspondent at a local newspaper, I was fully prepared to take on whatever was asked of me. I was hired on at the paper under a three month trial agreement. I went to that newsp...read more

by Laila Rajaratnam

I browse through the stationary shop, feeling the smooth touch of the papers. My mind is racing.. shall I pick up the onion skin paper, plain white notepaper or the handmade paper ? No wait! I'll pick up the recycled paper...read more

by davi shea

I decided to write this book while eating a fried egg. I hate eggs. But, I was hungry and that was all there was. Take it or leave it. I decided I would write it all in one sitting, from beginning to end without changing a...read more

by JT Till

Real Life is The Funniest Monologue As a comedian, I'm always looking for something different and fresh to write. Most of the time I get my material from everyday real life experiences. For example, I was in a...read more

by Lisa Ashurst

The Unknown Writer (The Pitfalls with Starting from Scratch) Desire: The state of mind that haunts you day and night because you have suddenly discovered that you can actually write. No really, you can. You...read more

by P V Ariel

This is a bitter experience of a budding writer went through his early stage of writing. No doubt the dear ones the fellow writers here at Helium, who take a look at this piece will fully agree with me the insult thes...read more

by Jill Jacks

For as long as can remember I liked to write. In elementary school, grade two or three I believe, is when I first became aware of it. I kept many of those first writings. I'm not sure why as they were pretty lame. Perh...read more

by Jim Wood

A penny for your thoughts. I was surprised to see that a couple of my articles were awarded a penny. This was not my goal when I submitted my few things to Helium for publication. I am not at all sure how to react. A t...read more

by Clarkson Wroe

Three Men at the Races. another certainty for my writing masterpiece! I have not mentioned for some time my continuing difficulties in trying to come up with an idea for my writing masterpiece. The reason being that I ...read more

by Gurmeet Mattu

How did creative writing begin? Don't quote me on this, because it's not gospel. Anyway, many years a go a little guy, let's call him Tom, who was homeless and hopeless, spent his time wandering from ancient village t...read more

by Scott D. Morrow

It Came Upon A Deadline Clear Now that the Christmas season is over, I, like other writers, must once again say goodbye to the "easy money" and actually start working again. By "easy", I am, of course, referring to t...read more

by del lobo

I want to write so badly that sometimes I anticipate it like one would an icecream cone on a hot summers day. I see myself writing in a cabin by the sea, a lit cigar sitting in an ashtray, my laptop on a small oak desk, c...read more

by Liam Littlejohn

I have been writing for about 14 years now, badly I must admit with grammatical errors and a distinct lack of correct punctuation. I personally blame the mediocre Education system for these failing and obviously not my com...read more

by Grace Alexander

I got a really cool writing gig last week. I bid on a project for "how to" style articles that advertised that they would be on a wide variety of subject matter from sports to gardening. This is the list of topics I rec...read more