Welcome everyone to the fourth installment of the Gamel Funny Farm Blog. What you'll find below are random conversations and hilarious moments I've had with my family over the last few months. Our boys, Christian (10) and Jackson (6), are witty and have amazing comedic timing. On top of that, my wife, Leslie, and I are 10 percent normal and 90 percent goofy. When you add it all up, you have the Gamel Funny Farm. You can probably imagine that as a writer, I am never at a loss

When I added the Gamel Funny Farm Blog to my Edit This® blogging schedule last year, I figured it'd be a one-off post. All I wanted was to share random conversations and hilarious moments I've had with my wife and kids. But three things happened: 1. Our boys got funnier and more snarky as they grew older (go figure). 2. I got hooked on keeping track of their quirky quips and quotes on social media. 3. That first post was fairly popular, and there were readers who wanted more

No matter how much we love to write, writers often find themselves searching for the necessary inspiration to jump-start that next big project and/or stay motivated to finish it. The good news is inspiration is not hard to find. It's all around us. We just have to be willing to keep our hearts and minds open long enough to recognize it! Trust me, staring at a blank computer screen all day or forcing something onto the page is not the answer. Below are 25 ways (in no particula

You don't have to be a writer to understand the frustration of having an idea or flash of inspiration pop into your head only to have it vanish before you can do anything about it. Odds are this "great idea" probably hit you while you were standing in the produce section at the grocery store, not while you were at home just hanging out. So by the time you made it back out to your car – even five minutes later – it was gone. It's frustrating, isn't it? Creative writers pray th

Welcome to Vol. 2 of what I like to call the Gamel Funny Farm Blog. Every so often I like to put a blog like this together to share random conversations and funny moments I am blessed to have with my wife and kids. For those of you who do not know, our boys, Christian (10) and Jackson (5), are witty and have amazing comedic timing. It's a wonder how we can ground them for being naughty when Leslie and I are laughing so hard at what they say and do. When you factor in goofy pa