Read something funny

Now that you’re look­ing through the book­shelves at Grand­pa’s or Aunt Eileen’s for some­thing fun­ny to read, you might try S.O.R. Losers, a tale of a soc­cer team that does not win. On my web­site, I often share the “sto­ry behind the sto­ry.” Here’s what I said about S.O.R. Losers:

“As not­ed in the entry for Bright Shad­ow, I am often asked “How long does it take you to write a book?” The answer is, about a year. But it can vary. A lot. S.O.R. Losers took me one day to write. It has nev­er hap­pened before, or since, and I don’t think it’s like­ly to hap­pen again. How did it hap­pen in this book? When I was in high school I played on our school soc­cer team. I was goalie. We were ter­ri­ble. How ter­ri­ble? We nev­er won a game. My own kids—who had become good soc­cer players—loved to hear how bad their dad—me—was. So I told them many a sto­ry about how we always man­aged to lose. They thought it very funny.

“One day I decid­ed to write it all up as a nov­el. Since I had—in a way—practiced telling the tale of our ter­ri­ble team so often, it just flowed out, game by game—in one day.”

Is los­ing fun­ny? Read the book and let me know.