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| Heidi Jo Doxey: The Girl with All the Answers |
Remember the kerfuffle with the Humor & Inspiration posts a couple of weeks ago when the guest posts ran out? Well now, my dear readers, I'm overrun with awesome content, both of the humorous and inspiring variety. So, what does that mean for you? There are many more super cool authors, writers, and bloggers coming your way!
Speaking of super cool authors, meet Heidi Jo Doxey. She's another Cedar Fort author like yours truly. But instead of wrestling kindergartners as a teacher, she's wrestles words as an editor and avid blogger. Heidi has a warm personality, a delightful sense of humor, and she too adores British culture (though to my knowledge, Heidi's never claimed an intimate relationship with the BBC). But enough from me, enjoy reading about Heidi's love for literature!
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Anyone who’s read my blog knows that it’s a
question-and-answer format. I ask myself a question and then I answer it. So
here’s my question for today:
What kinds
of humor do you like in the books you read and write?
Hands down, my favorite contemporary humor writer is Louise Rennison. If you’ve never heard of her, she’s amazing. Look her up. Seriously.
She wrote this series about a girl named Georgia Nicholson, which is basically
a teenage version of Bridget Jones’s Diary, and it never fails to make me laugh
out loud. Anytime I’m feeling gloomy, I can pick up any book in that series and
be giggling within five minutes. The humor in those books is just zany. Georgia
is hilarious and her family is insane. It’s so much fun.
That series became a major inspiration for me when I began
writing The Jane Journals a few years ago. In case you haven’t heard of it
(likely) The Jane Journals is a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s major works.
Austen herself was quite funny in writing and has obviously been a big
inspiration to me as well. Lately I’ve been working on revising the second book
in my series, and it’s made me realize how often I like to use irony as a comic
device. I love it when the reader knows something that the character doesn’t
and it makes the character’s antics all the more funny. Austen was wonderful at
pulling this off, and it makes her books all the more fun to try to modernize.
As I’m writing this, I’m realizing all my favorite comedic writers are British, which doesn’t really surprise me. I may be stereotyping here, but Brits tend to have a dry humor which works so well when you can pull it off in writing. I’m also a big fan of sarcasm and wittiness in writing and in real life.
Speaking of witty Brits, I think the last person I’ll mention is Oscar Wilde. I seriously LOVE his society plays. If I’d been alive back in the day, I would’ve been an Oscar Wilde groupie or something. It’s almost a shame he was born when he was because I think he would be a really successful screenwriter if he were alive now. Though I’m not sure modern society would be as much fun for him to mock as Victorian England must’ve been.Oh, gosh, guys. Books are fun, especially the funny ones. I could go on and on about them, but as Wilde once said, “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” I’m not convinced I’m the former, which means it’s probably time for me to see myself out. Happy reading!
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Heidi Jo Doxey grew up in
the San Francisco Bay Area where she started reading Jane Austen in seventh
grade. She currently lives in Utah, where she works as an editor. When she’s
not reading, writing, or blogging, she enjoys hiking, traveling, and
daydreaming about her future life in a tiny house.
You can visit Heidi online at Girl With All The Answers and PrimaryHelper.
The first book in The Jane Journals series, Liam Darcy, I Loathe You is currently available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, BooksandThings, BooksaMillion, Walmart, and in bookstores nationwide.
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I love a girl who loves British books and is inspired by British writers. I'm just such a girl myself! Thanks for stopping in at Twisted Fairytale central, Miss Heidi, and for leaving us with a bit of your sunshine and some books to add to our TBR lists.(BTW I started listening to the Georgia Nicolson books and I'm dying!) Carry on, lovely lady!
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