: About Me

Hi fellow writers.

For the record: I love to write humorous essays. Probably it is my most rewarding approach to topics that strike me as proposterous, silly, or even annoying. There is too much tension in the world, so a little laughter (I laugh while I'm writing sometimes)can help to break the hold momentarily on the tragic events of today's world.

Over the years my work has been published in newspapers. I've also published books on various serious subjects: including personal & group dynamics, a collection of ghost stories, a novel about witchcraft (modern) as well as poetry for little lit mags, essays, and children's stories. My latest attempt at humor is a book entitled The Gypsy Chickens Alphabet. Although it's for kids, it's also for anyone who has ever visited the Florida Keys and met the wild chickens.

My addition to Helium is a questionnaire on chocolate to be taken by anyone who considers her/himself a chocolaholic, or to put it more mildly, a lover of fine chocolate, like the designer 70% cocoa chocolate bars appearing on the market these days. Take the test and let me know how you fare. Judy Monroe

My passion is ...

playing the harp, reading and writing and good food

I know too much about ...

corruption in government

My parents always told me ...

to work hard and well if I wanted to succeed

My childhood ambition ...

to grow up, work hard and well and succeed

My favorite memory ...

too many to post here

Why I write ...

because I can't stop and I love it.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, DVDs, jazz and classical music

My first job ...

librarian

My best moment ...

when I could quit to write full time.

My inspiration ...

my partner and all three of my kids

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Humorous writing advice

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Seasonal Affective Disorder So depressing. This flipping through a writers's magazine. Advice there gets intermingled with Truman Capote look-a-like celebs followed by sultry bios of poetry's enfante terribles, or interviews with their distant cousins; break through babes-in- the-woods. All willing to describe success. Oh god, these rags for the unprepared are wintery, relentless in excusing their mission, always the forecast of "later" in you neck of the woods when longer days and sunshine finally arrive. Dont be misled by assurances of an early thaw. Just hunker down there, now, for the ...

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