{"id":2851,"date":"2020-09-10T21:02:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T04:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2020-09-10T14:53:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:53:05","slug":"make-me-laugh-mfrwauthor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/10\/make-me-laugh-mfrwauthor\/","title":{"rendered":"Make me laugh! #MFRWauthor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2861\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/10\/make-me-laugh-mfrwauthor\/egg-heads\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_5243925_s-2019_EggHeads.jpg?fit=1000%2C664&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,664\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Igor Stevanovic&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Group of fresh eggs with drawn faces depicting various emotions arranged in a cardboard egg carton against white.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1299186445&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 by Igor Stevanovic&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;145&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Egg heads&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Egg heads\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_5243925_s-2019_EggHeads.jpg?fit=840%2C558&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2861 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_5243925_s-2019_EggHeads.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Characters\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_5243925_s-2019_EggHeads.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_5243925_s-2019_EggHeads.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_5243925_s-2019_EggHeads.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/>Over the years of reading, I\u2019ve fallen in love with angsty characters (ooo-la-la, Mr. Darcy!), sweet characters (Donald in <em>Finding Camlann<\/em>), quirky characters (Don in <em>The Rosie Project<\/em>), and any number of alpha males (any of the SEALS in Suzanne Brockmann\u2019s books). But the character that will steal my heart for real, is the one who shows humor. That goes for male or female. If a character makes me laugh, that\u2019s most often a 5-star read for me.<\/p>\n<p>I love good banter. Whether characters hate each other or feel that first <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2860\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/10\/make-me-laugh-mfrwauthor\/chalk-board-with-good-times-versus-bad-times\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_59239259_s-2019_Banter.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Stephan Stockinger&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 60D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Chalk board in front of a pub with good times versus bad times&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1408902141&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;67&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Chalk board with good times versus bad times&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chalk board with good times versus bad times\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_59239259_s-2019_Banter.jpg?fit=840%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2860\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_59239259_s-2019_Banter.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banter and humor in dialogue\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_59239259_s-2019_Banter.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_59239259_s-2019_Banter.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Depositphotos_59239259_s-2019_Banter.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/>spark of electricity, if they also share a great back and forth in their dialogue, I consider that a winner. Sarah Ney has written a series called How to Date a Douchebag, and all of them contain great banter, Her books make me laugh\u2014and a few have made me tear up. Spectacular interaction. In fact, while writing this post I started reading one of the books in the series again. So, if you\u2019ll excuse me, I plan to add a little humor to my afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Read the next blog in the blog hop by going <a href=\"http:\/\/mfrw52week.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nomadauthors.com\/deesknight\/\">Dee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybook.to\/BurningBridges\">Burning Bridges<\/a> by Anne Krist<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mybook.to\/OneWomanOnly\">One Woman Only<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2q7ovi4\">Only a Good Man Will Do<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2q7Jp0S\">Naval Maneuvers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years of reading, I\u2019ve fallen in love with angsty characters (ooo-la-la, Mr. Darcy!), sweet characters (Donald in Finding Camlann), quirky characters (Don in The Rosie Project), and any number of alpha males (any of the SEALS in Suzanne Brockmann\u2019s books). But the character that will steal my heart for real, is the one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/10\/make-me-laugh-mfrwauthor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Make me laugh! #MFRWauthor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1070,5,3,1246,1],"tags":[1554,521,353,1555,1553,1551,459,1552,1556],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-52-week-challenge","category-author-information","category-general","category-mfrw","category-uncategorized","tag-banter","tag-creating-characters","tag-dee-s-knight-2","tag-dialogue","tag-how-to-date-a-douchebag","tag-humor","tag-mfrw","tag-seals","tag-the-rosie-project"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wA33-JZ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2862,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}