
The Laugh Attack I’ll Never Forget
A few nights ago I was reading a snippet of my novel to a small (Zoom) audience of fans. I read something funny and someone laughed. Then I laughed. Then they laughed at my laughing and before I knew it I couldn’t read another word. It became physically impossible: the words lodged themselves between my tongue and the roof of my mouth and couldn’t find the escape hatch between my stuck lips. Someone finally stepped in and took…