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Writers’ Stalk #22

Jun 24, 2024

Our detective agency motto is “We will find you.”

It’s Genius, I Tell Ya!! Genius!

Jun 17, 2024

No, no, no — we’re NOT bitter

MuddyUm Top 3+1 April/May 2024

Jun 4, 2024

Monthly traditions

MuddyUm Newsletter — Relationships Mishmash

May 13, 2024

Can’t live with or without them

🏴‍☠️What Do Pirates Read in the Head?

May 1, 2024

The real swashbucklers read MuddyUm, of course

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #21

Apr 25, 2024

Our noir detective agency motto is “We Will Find You”

MuddyUm Newsletter: Feeling Irritated — You Are Not Alone

Apr 15, 2024

Our circumstances make us mad

The Late Newsletter

Apr 9, 2024

Not dead, just arriving

MuddyUm March 2024 Top 3 + 1

Apr 2, 2024

Navigating this thing called Medium

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #20

Mar 25, 2024

Our Noir Detective Agency motto is “We will find you”

Announcing: The Writing to be Read Retreat

Mar 20, 2024

You should come!

MuddyUm Newsletter — Now That Is F’ed Up

Mar 11, 2024

Life is keeping us down

MuddyUm February 2024 Top 3 + 1

Mar 5, 2024

Time IS on your side

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #19 of the Noir Detective Agency

Feb 26, 2024

Our detective agency motto is ‘We will find you’

Don’t Work Harder, Work Funnier

Feb 19, 2024

Procrastination aids

💌You Want a Newsletter Today, Not Chocolates, Right?

Feb 14, 2024

Valentines R Us in the MuddyUm bilges

MuddyUm Newsletter — Pets, Can’t Live With or Without Them

Feb 13, 2024

Americans spent $136.8 billion on pets in 2022

MuddyUm January 2024 Top 3 + 1

Feb 5, 2024

MuddyUm’s funniest for January 2024 and one bonus from elsewhere

MuddyUm Be Like an Advice Column on Steroids №1

Jan 29, 2024

This is not your parent’s writing advice

‘Never Underestimate the Power of Human Stupidity’

Jan 16, 2024

This is a stupid newsletter

MuddyUm Newsletter: It Is All Over Now

Jan 8, 2024

Stories of letting go

MuddyUm December 2023 Top 3 + 1

Jan 1, 2024

MuddyUm’s funniest for December 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #18 — Noir Holiday Version

Dec 25, 2023

Our detective agency motto is “We will find you.”

Christmas Is Funny!

Dec 18, 2023

Get that manic, demented Christmas grin off your face

MuddyUm Newsletter: Don’t Let Holiday Stress Wear You Down

Dec 11, 2023

A little something, something to make you smile

MuddyUm November 2023 Top 3 + 1

Dec 4, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for November 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

Writer’s Stalk Newsletter #17

Nov 27, 2023

Our detective agency motto is “We will find you”

Thankful for the Funny

Nov 20, 2023

What am I thankful for?

MuddyUm Prompt: What Family Rules Keep Your Thanksgiving Non-Violent

Nov 19, 2023

Many of our rules involve food, not politics

MuddyUm Newsletter — Why Are All These Writers Complaining?

Nov 13, 2023

You don’t like it then write about it

MuddyUm October 2023 Top 3 + 1

Nov 6, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for October 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

Round Two, Boo-sting the Signal for Nontraditional Ghosts

Oct 31, 2023

Who speaks to or for the dead?

Boo-sting the Signal for Nontraditional Ghosts

Oct 30, 2023

Do you feel ghosted, punk?

Writers’ Stalk #16 of The Noir Detective Agency

Oct 23, 2023

Our motto is “We will find you”

We’ve Got A Not-So-Little List

Oct 16, 2023

13 lists for if you’d rather be laughing

MuddyUm Newsletter: Animals Are Man’s Best Friends

Oct 9, 2023

Why in the world do we believe that?

MuddyUm September 2023 Top 3 + 1

Oct 2, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for September 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

Chicken Stories

Sep 18, 2023

Bawk bawk bawkbawk BAWK!

MuddyUm Newsletter: Why Is Everyone Bitchin About Money

Sep 13, 2023

You know you want it

All the Stories from the Failure Contest!

Sep 10, 2023

Witness the magnificent failure

MuddyUm August 2023 Top 3 + 1

Sep 4, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for August 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

Our detective agency motto is “We will find you” Writers’ Stalk #15

Aug 28, 2023

Who do you need us to find?

This is sick!

Aug 21, 2023

Repugnance as comedy

Let Me Piggyback That

Aug 14, 2023

Ride Sally ride

Tomorrow Muddyum Has Two Sessions On Medium Day, One At 4:30 PM, The Second At 8 PM

Aug 11, 2023

Wouldn’t you rather be laughing?

MuddyUm July 2023 Top 3 + 1

Aug 7, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for July 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

4:30 PM To 5:00 PM Is The First MuddyUm Medium Day Session

Aug 6, 2023

“The Care and Feeding of the Comedy Community” is the topic- be there or be square (HA!)

GRRR — An Unholy Take on the Perils of Automated Grammar Correction

Jul 31, 2023

Laughing our way to the piggybank with help from ChatGPT

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #14

Jul 24, 2023

Our Detective Agency Motto is ‘We Will Find You’

The WORDLE Queen

Jul 17, 2023

Wordle jokes and a tribute to Holly J. See

MuddyUm June 2023 Top 3 + 1

Jul 3, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for June 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

Writers’ Stalk Lucky 13 Newsletter

Jun 26, 2023

Our Detective Agency motto is ‘We will find you!’

Real Stories from the MuddyUm Writer’s Retreat

Jun 19, 2023

Being Around Writers Makes My Heart Happy

MuddyUm’s Big Gay Newsletter

Jun 19, 2023

We can do this all year

MuddyUm May 2023 Top 3 + 1

Jun 5, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for May 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

The Gospel According to GRRR Says the Only Bad Writer Is a Grammarly Denier

May 29, 2023

What if Grammarly and ChatGPT had a baby?

Come You Jesters of War

May 16, 2023

Eleven stories of bellicose belly-laughs

MuddyUm April 2023 Top 3 + 1

May 1, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for April 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #12

Apr 25, 2023

Our detective agency motto is “We Will Find You”

“Sleep? MuddyUm Doth Murder Sleep!”

Apr 17, 2023

Tales of naps and slumber

The Winners!

Apr 10, 2023

The Annual National Nap Day Funny Writing Contest is over

MuddyUm March 2023 Top 3 + 1

Apr 3, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for March 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

Introducing ChatGPT, the New Frankenstein’s Monster

Mar 28, 2023

Or our new AI BFF with all the answers

Love In All Its Forms

Mar 20, 2023

Let me count the ways

Writing Contest!

Mar 13, 2023

Money, prizes, acclaim! You could do worse!

MuddyUm February Top 3 + 1

Mar 6, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for January 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #11

Feb 27, 2023

Our detective agency motto is “We will find you”

Humor Newsletter-Lyrical Laughter

Feb 13, 2023

Snarky sonatas of snorts and giggles

MuddyUm January Top 3 + 1

Feb 6, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for January and one bonus from elsewhere

Have You Been Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop?

Jan 30, 2023

Newsletter #2 regarding footwear & their inhabitants

Detective Noir, We Will Find You

Jan 23, 2023

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #10

Putting the Edge Back in Education

Jan 16, 2023

The school of comedy or the comedy of school

Political Humor Makes My Head Hurt

Jan 10, 2023

I can not look away

MuddyUm December Top 3 + 1

Jan 2, 2023

MuddyUm’s funniest for December and one bonus from elsewhere

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #9

Dec 27, 2022

Our MuddyUm Detective Agency Motto is “We Will Find You.”

The Bugs Are Coming For You

Dec 13, 2022

Put the Raid down

MuddyUm November Top 3 + 1

Dec 5, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for November and one bonus from elsewhere

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #8

Nov 28, 2022

Our detective agency motto is “We will find you.”

Hiring, Firing, and (un)Employment

Nov 21, 2022

And you thought death and disease were funny!

Writers Life Humor Vol 3

Nov 15, 2022

Writers are the most diverse group of people that you can hang out with and still be yourself. Understanding every person has their own…

MuddyUm October Top 3 + 1

Nov 7, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for October and one bonus from elsewhere

Wouldn’t You Rather Be Dying — of Laughter?

Oct 31, 2022

You don’t think death is funny? Have you tried it?

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter #7

Oct 24, 2022

Our detective agency motto is: We will find you

You Should Buy Our Anthology

Oct 17, 2022

You will regret if you don’t get the funny

Let There Be Kale For All

Oct 10, 2022

Love me or leave me but don’t leave me leafless

MuddyUm September Top 3 + 1

Oct 3, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for September and one bonus from elsewhere

It’s A Myth That This Is Funny

Sep 19, 2022

Homer was a very funny guy

Humor Newsletter-The Butts Have It

Sep 12, 2022

Booty Humor Vol 4

MuddyUm August Top 3 + 1

Sep 5, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for August and one bonus from elsewhere

Writer’s Stalk Newsletter Edition 6

Aug 29, 2022

Our agency motto is, “We will find you.”

MuddyUm July Top 3 + 1

Aug 1, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for July and one bonus from elsewhere

This Ain’t Your Gran’pappy’s Newsletter!

Jul 28, 2022

Oh, wait, it is!

Social Media Interns Try Writing Funny

Jul 18, 2022

Gen Z Marketing team goes from writing TikTok captions to paragraphs of funny

MuddyUm June Top 3 + 1

Jul 4, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for June and one bonus from elsewhere

Writer’s Stalk Newsletter Edition 5

Jun 27, 2022

Our agency motto is we will find you

We’re Worried

Jun 20, 2022

Why is no one talking about this?!

Have Shoulder-Mounted Antitank Weapon, Will Travel

Jun 13, 2022

Our Constitutional right to fire metal projectiles into living tissue

MuddyUm May Top 3 + 1

Jun 6, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for May and one bonus from elsewhere

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter Edition 4

May 30, 2022

Our agency motto is we will find you

Forest Creature Frolics!

May 16, 2022

Some wild comedy for you

Humor Newsletter — Friends Don’t Let Friends Trend

May 9, 2022

We’ve got trendy humor up in here

MuddyUm April Top 3 + 1

May 2, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for April and one bonus from elsewhere

Writers’ Stalk Newsletter Edition 3

Apr 27, 2022

Our agency motto is we will find you

How Much Verse Could It Be?

Apr 18, 2022

The 3rd MuddyUm Poetry Collection

MuddyUm Humor Is Now Everywhere — YouTube | TikTok | Instagram

Apr 6, 2022

You thought our writing was funny? Check out our voices!

MuddyUm March 2022 Top 3 + 1

Apr 4, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for March and one bonus from elsewhere

MuddyUm Writer’s Stalk, the Sequel

Mar 28, 2022

Hunting the elusive scrivener, one joke at a time

So Depressing It’s Funny

Mar 21, 2022

Our saddest attempts at humor

Humor Newsletter-You Smelt It You Dealt It

Mar 15, 2022

Booty Humor Vol 3

MuddyUm February 2022 Top 3 + 1

Mar 7, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for February and one bonus from elsewhere

MuddyUm’s Premiere Writers’ Stalk Newsletter

Feb 28, 2022

Make us laugh and you could be featured next

Vogons Are the Verse

Feb 21, 2022

Poetry to make your eyes and ears bleed

Humor Newsletter — You Give Love a Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Name

Feb 15, 2022

Humorous valentines and other funny love stories

MuddyUm January 2022 Top 3 + 1

Jan 31, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for January and one bonus from elsewhere

It Could Be Verse

Jan 17, 2022

The First MuddyUm Poetry Collection

MuddyUm December 2021 Top 3 + 1

Jan 11, 2022

MuddyUm’s funniest for December and one bonus from elsewhere

New Year, New Newsletter

Jan 4, 2022

We survived another 365 days

Humor Newsletter-Holiday Huzzah Vol 2

Dec 27, 2021

Merry and bright — and dysfunctional — holiday humor

Humor Newsletter-Holiday Huzzah Vol 1

Dec 20, 2021

It’s beginning to look a lot like — season’s eatings!

Humor Newsletter — Butt Really Now

Dec 14, 2021

Booty Humor Vol 2

MuddyUm November 2021 Top 3 + 1

Dec 6, 2021

MuddyUm’s funniest for November and one bonus from elsewhere

Thanksgiving 2021 Volume 2

Nov 30, 2021

Leftovers are like presents

Giving Thanks This Thanksgiving

Nov 25, 2021

Get by with a little help from your friends — or even strangers!

The Attitude of Gratitude

Nov 16, 2021

Even in the darkest of storms, we find our blessings in community

MuddyUm October 2021 Top 3 + 1

Nov 9, 2021

MuddyUm’s funniest for October and one bonus from elsewhere

Happy Halloween!

Nov 1, 2021

MuddyUm’s scary funny special edition Sunday Newsletter

Medium Writers Challenge — MuddyUm Stories Part 2

Oct 26, 2021

On Work and Reentry

Medium Writers Challenge — MuddyUm Stories Part 1

Oct 20, 2021

On Death and Space

It’s Boss’s Day in the USA

Oct 15, 2021

We appreciate the hell outta Cap’n Susan B today and every day

Coffee Crazed

Oct 12, 2021

How do you take your coffee?

MuddyUm September 2021 Top 3 + 1

Oct 5, 2021

MuddyUm’s funniest for September and one bonus from elsewhere

The Shoe Box: A Collection of Shoe Stories

Sep 28, 2021

These shoes are made for laughing

Pirate Treasure

Sep 21, 2021

It’s a pirate’s life for me

Newsletter — Humor from Outer Space Vol 2

Sep 14, 2021

Another MuddyUm Space Newsletter

MuddyUm August 2021 Top 3 + 1

Sep 6, 2021

MuddyUm’s funniest for August and one bonus from elsewhere

Pet Palooza Volume 7

Aug 31, 2021

Another collection of MuddyUm Pet ‘Tails’

Obitchuaries

Aug 11, 2021

A newsletter

MuddyUm July 2021 Top 3 + 1

Aug 3, 2021

MuddyUm’s funniest for July and one bonus from elsewhere

Newsletter-Writer’s Life Humor Vol 2

Jul 27, 2021

We love to write — and laugh — about writing

Pandemic Pulse Vol 4

Jul 20, 2021

In the Eye of the Storm

Newsletter-Writer’s Life Humor Vol 1

Jul 13, 2021

Join us in laughing at ourselves

MuddyUm June 2021 Top 3 + 1

Jul 5, 2021

MuddyUm’s funniest for June and one bonus from elsewhere

Pet Palooza Volume 6

Jun 28, 2021

Our sixth collection of MuddyUm Pet ‘Tails’

Muddy Artworks Gallery

Jun 14, 2021

Featuring work by our comic artists and illustrators

MuddyUm May 2021 Top 3 + 1

Jun 7, 2021

MuddyUm’s funniest for May and one bonus from elsewhere

Pandemic Pulse Vol. 3

May 25, 2021

It’s a Lockdown Life

Humor From Outer Space

May 17, 2021

A MuddyUm Space Newsletter

The Butt Stops Here

May 11, 2021

Booty Humor Vol 1

MuddyUm April 2021 Top 3 + 1

May 3, 2021

MuddyUm’s funniest for the month and one non-MuddyUm bonus

A Most Heart Felt Thank You Note

Apr 27, 2021

We’re So Grateful

Pet Palooza Volume 5

Apr 20, 2021

Our fifth collection of MuddyUm Pet ‘Tails’

Prompted Humor

Apr 13, 2021

Weird, ridiculous, eccentric— we’ve written about it

MuddyUm March 2021 Top 3 + 1

Apr 5, 2021

MuddyUm’s funniest for March and one bonus from elsewhere

Pet Palooza

Mar 30, 2021

Our fourth collection of MuddyUm Pet ‘Tails’

Pandemic Pulse: The First Anniversary

Mar 23, 2021

Hit me with your best shot

Pet Palooza

Mar 9, 2021

Our third collection of MuddyUm Pet ‘Tails’

Comic and Cartoon Art Gallery

Feb 22, 2021

MuddyUm Comics Volume One

Humor From The Heart

Feb 15, 2021

Valentine’s Day inspires love, hatred and humor

Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Fables

Feb 1, 2021

A humor collection

Pet Palooza

Jan 25, 2021

Our second collection of MuddyUm Pet ‘Tails’

The Political Pulse

Jan 18, 2021

In a world of fake news, we bring you The Real Dirt

The Real Dirt On The Political Pulse

Jan 11, 2021

Humor is a great coping mechanism for tumultuous times

Holiday Humor Volume Four

Jan 4, 2021

Bringing you The Real Dirt this holiday season

Holiday Humor Volume Three

Dec 29, 2020

Bringing you The Real Dirt this holiday season

Holiday Humor Volume Two

Dec 21, 2020

Bringing you The Real Dirt this holiday season

Holiday Humor Volume One

Dec 14, 2020

Bringing you The Real Dirt this holiday season

Pet Palooza

Dec 7, 2020

Our first collection of MuddyUm Pet ‘Tails’

Gratitude, Food and Folly Part Three

Nov 30, 2020

MuddyUm brings you The Real Dirt this holiday season

Gratitude, Food and Folly Part Two

Nov 26, 2020

MuddyUm brings you The Real Dirt this holiday season

Gratitude, Food and Folly Part One

Nov 23, 2020

MuddyUm brings you The Real Dirt this holiday season

Comedic Poetry; Poetic Comedy

Nov 16, 2020

A collection of pieces by the humorous poets of MuddyUm

Election Week Humor Takeover Part Four

Nov 6, 2020

In A world of fake news, we bring you The Real Dirt

Election Week Humor Takeover Part Three

Nov 4, 2020

In a world of fake news, we bring you The Real Dirt

Election Week Humor Takeover Part Two

Nov 3, 2020

In a world of fake news, we bring you The Real Dirt

Election Week Humor Takeover

Nov 3, 2020

In a world of fake news, we bring you The Real Dirt

This Is Halloween

Oct 31, 2020

Everybody Scream!

The Pandemic Pulse Newsletter

Oct 27, 2020

We were told no one was writing funny stuff about COVID

Must-Read MuddyUm How-To-Torial

Oct 14, 2020

Improve your submissions and win the hearts of your editors

MuddyUm’s One Year Anniversary!

Sep 23, 2020

A Year of Infecting the World with Humor

Introducing the Winners of Our First 2020 Contest

Jun 17, 2020

Putting Their Fingers to the Test