The Dark Side of Funny

Someone asked me the other day if the humor in my books is something I have to work at or if it is always there. "Always there," I replied without hesitation. It's how I think and process everything that goes on around me - by grabbing onto the funny and hanging on for dear life. I'm not sure how happily optimistic people can be funny. They're too busy being happy. The funny people I know are often tortured people who are trying to survive Bad decisions and Unexpected embarrassment and...