Quick updates: 2026

Question: what's your favorite FUNNY fiction story?

Could be a novel, short story, whatever.

(Bonus points if you remember actually laughing out loud. But that's not a requirement, everyone's different.)

Got it? Great. Okay, question 2: what kind of story is it?

Romance, mystery, fantasy, what?

Don't worry about the "official" genre here. Or if there's more than one. I'm mainly curious how you filed this book away in your mind.

So, whichever genre came up first for you. The main one.

Why do I ask? Because I've written a lot of funny fiction, and in my mind, I tend to file these books in a big treasure chest labeled "comedy".

But lately I've learned that most people might not tend to think of fiction like this. For most people, no matter how funny a story might be, it's still mainly some other genre.

So, what do you think? I'm curious to hear…

ENDS TOMORROW!

Last chance to get the Kickstarter discount on this awesome new E-INK device for distraction-free writing.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zerowriter/zerowriter-fold

(I'm not connected to this campaign, just very excited to get mine, take it outside somewhere, and sit in the sun and write my next story with zero interruptions… except the ones inside my head…)

So, I've kind of been publishing a lot of fiction lately.

Like, a LOT. Novels, short stories, collections…

Where to start? Why not a bundle? Three whole collections of splendid stories in one…

https://billalive.com/new-release-bundle-crooks-castles-and-kisses/

So, I don't often post Kickstarter campaigns.

But I've backed this one myself. Can't wait till mine arrives.

And if you're into e-ink, and/or writing, and/or spectacular niche new devices with open source software AND hardware, meant to do ONE thing and do it VERY well…

… you might just want to check this out.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zerowriter/zerowriter-fold