Schedule
Thursday, April 19
2 p.m. — Attendee sign-in, Dayton Marriott
5:30 p.m. — Welcome dinner with Alan Zweibel, Marriott Ballroom
8:30 p.m. — Book signing and dessert, Marriott Ballroom foyer
Friday, April 20
7:30 a.m. — Continental breakfast, Kennedy Union on the University of Dayton campus
8 a.m. — Breakfast roundtables, Kennedy Union
9 a.m. — Concurrent workshop sessions, Kennedy Union
10:30 a.m. — Break
10:45 a.m. — Concurrent workshop sessions, Kennedy Union
12:30 p.m. — Lunch with Connie Schultz, Kennedy Union Ballroom
2 p.m. — Break
2:45 p.m. — Concurrent workshop sessions, Kennedy Union
6 p.m. — Dinner with Adriana Trigiani, Marriott Ballroom
8:30 p.m. — Book signing and reception with Adriana Trigiani and all workshop presenters, Marriott
Saturday, April 21
7:30 a.m. — Continental breakfast, Kennedy Union on the University of Dayton campus
8 a.m. — Breakfast roundtables, Kennedy Union
9 a.m. — Concurrent workshop sessions, Kennedy Union
10:30 a.m. — Break
10:45 a.m. — Concurrent workshop sessions, Kennedy Union
12:30 p.m. — Lunch with Ilene Beckerman, Kennedy Union Ballroom
2 p.m. — Break and book signing with Ilene Beckerman
2:45 p.m. — Concurrent workshop sessions, Kennedy Union
6 p.m. — Dinner with Gina Barreca, Marriott Ballroom
8:30 p.m. — Book signing and reception with Gina Barreca, Marriott
9:30 p.m. — Attendee stand-up comedy, Marriott Ballroom
is the very model of a modern, middle-aged man — except that he’s now won four awards for humorous writing from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. He laughs at the absurdities of life in his humor column for his hometown paper, The Stamford Advocate. His column is syndicated by McClatchy-Tribune and has run in newspapers across the country and around the world. A collection of his columns appears in his book, Leave It to Boomer: A Look at Life, Love and Parenthood by the Very Model of the Modern Middle-Age Man.
Lisa Smith Molinari, an 18-year Navy spouse, mother of three and humor columnist, published an article, “I Want a Wife, Too” in the May issue of Military Spouse magazine. Check out her 
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has released a book, A Real Mother: stumbling through motherhood. A columnist for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, she quips her bio reads like a bad joke: “After working as a lifeguard, a Peace Corps volunteer, a middle school teacher, a switchboard operator and finally, an attorney (but don’t hold that against her), she is uniquely qualified to do absolutely nothing. That is why she writes.”
Lisa Tognola’s parody ad for a “Hunk of the Month” club (made of “medical grade plastic … as close as you’ll get to the real thing”) is included in the new Valentine’s Day anthology 