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POKING A DEAD FROG: More Than A Writing Manual

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poking a dead frogPoking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writersby Mike Sacks

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It is a paradoxical testament to the excellence and effectiveness of Mike Sachs’s captivating new writing guide Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers that it is all but impossible to read it uninterrupted for any appreciable amount of time. Anyone who aspires to be creative can confirm that a fine balance must be struck between consumption and generation of media, and Poking a Dead Frog, as a reference, is so overwhelmingly inspirational, that it forces a skew in the equilibrium of productivity. Read any amount of this book, and you won’t be able to help yourself. Well before you’ve reached a logical stopping point in the chapter, you will have unconsciously grabbed a pen, found a long-overlooked composition notebook, ignored any inhibitions or nagging self doubts, and just started…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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