Rebecca Rule: New Hampshire Humorist and Writer
Not everyone can write humor well. Rebecca Rule is one person who can. She has made a career of collecting Yankee stories and recording them for all to enjoy through her personal appearances, and books. Her latest title is Live Free and Eat Pie: A Storytellers Guide to New Hampshire, published by Islandport Press. Previous book titles include: Could Have Been Worse (that I reviewed on this blog in 2006); The Best Revenge; Perley Plus Other Classics; and “Better than a Poke in the Eye.
In addition to her humorous offerings, she wrote Creating the Story: Guide for Writers; and True Stories: Guides for Writing from Your Life.
Rebecca or “Becky” Rule maintains at least three websites: www.mooseofhumor.com and www.rebeccarule.com and www.livefreeandeatpie.com/
She has written 600 columns for local New Hampshire newspapers, and she maintains a blog. All in all, her stories are a hoot and truly reflect the Yankee mind. One brief example gleaned from her Book Swap Café appearance on Ch. 22, today, is this, although I am sure she could tell it better:
A man had a sign on his lawn: “Picnic Tables for Sale.” A potential buyer came by and said, “How long does it take to make one of those tables?” The man said, “Well, about four hours.” Hearing that, the recent UNH graduate determined that if the table cost $16.00 and took only 4 hours to make, the cost paid for making it would be $4.00 per hour. He asked the table maker, “Could you make one for me, for $3.00 an hour? The man said, “Sure I could, but it would take a lot longer.”
Please visit Rebecca online. Here is one link, to her latest book on amazon:
Here is another link to one of her “serious” books about writing:
I hope to be able to hear Rebecca speak, in person, some time.
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
