Who's publishing what? archive

MARCH 2010
WORKSHOP FACULTY
PICKING THEIR OWN FRUIT
With the deadpan tone of an anthropologist, Christian Lander continues to catalogue Stuff White People Like.

GROW A FLOWER
Karen Walrond, aka Chookooloonks, continues to work through her life list.

ROCK YOUR EXPERTISE
Sophfronia Scott explains how to make your expertise known.

BE THE BEATLES' NEW DRUMMER? NO THANKS
Danny Gallagher lists nine guys who turned their backs on greatness on spike.com.

WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
Amelia Sauter has discovered that when you study abnormal psychology, you realize all of your loved ones are certifiably nuts.

Theresa Lode is becoming a master of the Art of Flung Shui.

Joel Schwartzberg shares his ideas for groundbreaking pop star/kid show mergers.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
Polly Frost "bring[s] literary values" to her mommyblogging and offers her guidance to others.

FEBRUARY 2010
WORKSHOP FACULTY
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?
“Ask me anything,” invites Karen Walrond, aka Chookooloonks.

BE FUNNY
Loretta LaRoche’s production company will present the first-ever Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival and Indy Comedy Short Film Contest in July, and you can enter. Details here.

COPING
Wade Rouse is using humor to cope with a death in the family.

BIGGEST LOSER
Wondering “who has the most awful political culture,” New York or Illinois, Gail Collins admits she’s unfairly overlooking other states. “I see you waving your hand, New Jersey.”

GOOD WORKS
Sales of Steve Doocy’s book Tales from the Dad Side have raised more than $25,000 for the Wounded Warriors project.

FRIENDLY ADVICE
Digital strategist Nettie Hartsock completes this sentence many times over: “If I were an author, I would…”

NEW BOOK
Jerry Zezima’s first book, Leave It to Boomer: A Look at Life, Love and Parenthood by the Very Model of the Modern Middle-Age Man is out. “Finally,” he says.

WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
Anna Lefler is a little early with her 2010 year in review.

Similarly early, Pamela Goldstein checks in on her progress with her 15 New Years resolutions.

Lisa Page Rosenberg bids adieu to The Democrat, her beloved car.

Joel Schwartzberg tells us “What Moms Already Know About Super Bowl Lingo”

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
Leah Rubin found her celebrity look-alike staring back at her in the mirror.

Past Humor Writer of the Month Kathleen Norton revealed her family's dirty little secret in "Tinsel Addict: One Man's Story.''

Saralee Perel, has two stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love and will have two more in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom, out March 23. Her story "Decades of March Lunacy" will appear in the March issue of Funny Times. Find more Saralee here.

Keith Frohreich chucked life as a chain restaurant huckster to become a domestic god and tells the tale in his new book.

Past Humor Writer of the Month and current EB Writing Competition judge Brian Thompson has a new gig doing monthly commentary on WJCT in Jacksonville, Fla. Samples on his blog.

Stacey Hatton has launched a blog based on her experience as an RN. For laughs, try Nurse Mommy Laughs.

DECEMBER/JANUARY 2009/10
WORKSHOP FACULTY
LOVE IS BLIND, BUT ITS NOSE WORKS
Pulitzer Prize winner Connie Schultz, a 2008 keynoter, contemplates the holidays without Gracie.

A POET'S VOICE
Carolyn Howard-Johnson's chapbook, She Wore Emerald, co-written with Aussie Magdalena Ball, was named a finalist for poetry book by USA Book News.

THE BIG DIG
Jerry Zezima had no choice but to dig out during the Christmas snow that hit NYC. His daughter's flight to Paris depended on it.


WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
ARRIVEDERCI, 2009
Mama Mia's in Philly's Italian Market set up a shredder so people could purge the refuse of 2009 in their lives. Rose Valenta dropped by to see what got the treatment.

TROPHY WIFE?
Patricia McNamee Rosenberg found she went over the edge restoring her Chicagoland Victorian home. She'll attend her first Bombeck Workshop in April.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
BUT WHY DOES HE HATE THEM?
Barry Parham, author of Why I Hate Straws, had two stories (this and this) named finalists in HumorPress.org's October/November contest.

NEW BLOG
Sarah Maizes, a member of the our Yahoo discussion group, is dealing with her children's three-week vacation from school.

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2009
WORKSHOP FACULTY
LEGAL TROUBLE
Susan Reinhardt worries she's on a crime spree in her latest column for the Asheville Citizen-Times.

NEW DEADLINES
2003 Erma Bombeck Global Humor Writing winner Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant has become the humor columnist for the Register-Guard's new Dash magazine for women. Her latest writing advice, "Bumper-sticker Wisdom for Writers" appears in the August issue of The Writer.

FOLLOW-UP TO ALTMAN
In his "Post to the Host" column, Garrison Keillor reported earlier this week that he's working on a screenplay, "a fragile love story" that he hopes to complete by Labor Day.

YOU WRITE THE CAPTION
Cartoonist Mike Peters continues his popular "Open Mike" caption-writing fun at the Dayton Daily News.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
CAKE SCHMAKE
Kathy Shiels Tully's story about zipping, rappeling and screaming into her 50th birthday, "Tenney Mountain Zipline," was published in the August issue of New Hampshire To Do.

SOUP TIME
Several stories by syndicated columnist and novelist Saralee Perel are in current or scheduled Chicken Soup books, including "Thrive" (in Tough Times, Tough People), "Muddling Through" and "The Appointment" (in What I Learned From My Dog, Sept. 22) and "Eddie's Philosophy" (in What I Learned From My Cat, also Sept. 22).

BLOOD-SUCKING TEENS
The Sept. 1 publication date for Norm Cowie's new young adult vampire humor book, Fang Face: As If Being a Teenager Didn't Suck Enough, raises an interesting question: Is there a young adult vampire humor section of his local bookstore and, if so, just how big is it?

SOUNDS GOOD
LouAnn Edwards' new audio book, Don't Make Me Laugh, Can't You See I'm in the Middle of a Crisis?, was recorded entirely in her home office and often involved bribing children not to flush toilets during recording hours. Listen yourself to hear how successful she was.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
GOT ANY GOOD LAWYER JOKES?
A two-act play by attorney Lawrence Fox, author of The Confused Lawyer's Field Guide to the Courthouse, will be produced by the Pennsylvania Playhouse in Bethlehem, Penn., in the last week of August.

NEW BLOG
Sarah Maizes, a member of the our Yahoo discussion group who performed in the Los Angeles production of "Expressing Motherhood" Aug. 1 through Aug. 9, has a new blog, "Mommy Lite."

THE OPPOSITE OF A GREEN THUMB
Columnist Jerry Zezima has growing pains.

TOO BUSY WITH LIFE TO JOB HUNT
Syndicated humor columnist and sometime actor Ernie Witham has a new book, A Year in the Life of a "Working Writer.

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2009
WORKSHOP FACULTY
LEGAL TROUBLE
Susan Reinhardt worries she's on a crime spree in her latest column for the Asheville Citizen-Times.

NEW DEADLINES
2003 Erma Bombeck Global Humor Writing winner Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant has become the humor columnist for the Register-Guard's new Dash magazine for women. Her latest writing advice, "Bumper-sticker Wisdom for Writers" appears in the August issue of The Writer.

FOLLOW-UP TO ALTMAN
In his "Post to the Host" column, Garrison Keillor reported earlier this week that he's working on a screenplay, "a fragile love story" that he hopes to complete by Labor Day.

YOU WRITE THE CAPTION
Cartoonist Mike Peters continues his popular "Open Mike" caption-writing fun at the Dayton Daily News.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
CAKE SCHMAKE
Kathy Shiels Tully's story about zipping, rappeling and screaming into her 50th birthday, "Tenney Mountain Zipline," was published in the August issue of New Hampshire To Do.

SOUP TIME
Several stories by syndicated columnist and novelist Saralee Perel are in current or scheduled Chicken Soup books, including "Thrive" (in Tough Times, Tough People), "Muddling Through" and "The Appointment" (in What I Learned From My Dog, Sept. 22) and "Eddie's Philosophy" (in What I Learned From My Cat, also Sept. 22).

BLOOD-SUCKING TEENS
The Sept. 1 publication date for Norm Cowie's new young adult vampire humor book, Fang Face: As If Being a Teenager Didn't Suck Enough, raises an interesting question: Is there a young adult vampire humor section of his local bookstore and, if so, just how big is it?

SOUNDS GOOD
LouAnn Edwards' new audio book, Don't Make Me Laugh, Can't You See I'm in the Middle of a Crisis?, was recorded entirely in her home office and often involved bribing children not to flush toilets during recording hours. Listen yourself to hear how successful she was.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
GOT ANY GOOD LAWYER JOKES?
A two-act play by attorney Lawrence Fox, author of The Confused Lawyer's Field Guide to the Courthouse, will be produced by the Pennsylvania Playhouse in Bethlehem, Penn., in the last week of August.

NEW BLOG
Sarah Maizes, a member of the our Yahoo discussion group who performed in the Los Angeles production of "Expressing Motherhood" Aug. 1 through Aug. 9, has a new blog, "Mommy Lite."

THE OPPOSITE OF A GREEN THUMB
Columnist Jerry Zezima has growing pains.

TOO BUSY WITH LIFE TO JOB HUNT
Syndicated humor columnist and sometime actor Ernie Witham has a new book, A Year in the Life of a "Working Writer.

JUNE 2009
WORKSHOP FACULTY
PADDLE TIME
Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant says we should stop collecting the little things that stress us out in her new book, How'd All These Ping Pong Balls Get in My Bag!? The Stressed-Out Woman's Guide to Letting Go with Laughter.

AGING GRACEFULLY
"There’s a lot to be said for growing older. For one, it sure beats the alternative," Judy Gruen wrote in an essay for her alma mater's alumni magazine, Northwestern. Her humor appears regularly in the aptly named Jewlarious section of Aish.com, Jewish Life magazine and MommaSaid.net. She also podcasts "Just Off My Noodle."

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
SOUP'S ON (SHELVES)
Award-winning nationally syndicated columnist, Saralee Perel, is in the soup again. Her story, "Thriving" is featured in the newest Chicken Soup for the Soul book, Tough Times, Tough People, on the stands May 25th. She has signed with agent, Bob Mecoy, for her first non-fiction book, Someone to Watch Over Me, a story based on her January Cape Cod Times column about her 13 year-old dog, Gracie. After Saralee's spinal cord injury, Gracie has found her purpose as the author's caregiver, protector and best friend. Saralee can be reached at sperel@saraleeperel or via her website.

DAD'S VIEW
Former Humor Writer of the Month Joel Schwartzberg published a new book, The 40-Year-Old-Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad, just in time for Father's Day. He is also a finalist in the National Association of Newspaper Columnists' column-writing contest.

LOOSE TOOTH
Caprice Thurlow took first place in the 2008 MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) writing contest with a piece titled "The Tooth Fairy Is on the Loose". She also started a blog and her first book, Married to the Material

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009
WORKSHOP FACULTY
WELL SAID
Carolyn Howard-Johnson was the No. 1 most popular guest on AuthorsAccess.com podcasts for the year 2008, said Authors Access radio co-hosts, Victor R. Volkman and Irene Watson. Her poem "Death by Ferris Wheel" is published in the January 2009 issue of Pear Noir.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
HOLIDAY HUMOR
Karen McQuestion hosted the in-laws for Thanksgiving and lived to tell the story in the Chicago Tribune.

A WRITER'S LIFE
Kelly Epperson talked about topping Bill Gates' IQ score and other highlights in the life a columnist in a Q&A with American Chronicle.

TACKLING TECHNOLOGY
Pat Snyder resolved to take the social networking plunge at the start of the new year. Now she's all aTwitter.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
UNTHINKABLE
Norm Cowie has a humor story in Missing, an upcoming anthology of stories about missing people. All of the book's profits go to charity.

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2008
WORKSHOP FACULTY
‘JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FEMALE HUMAN’
See Dave Konig as “Newsweek reporter Todd Graham” in an exclusive pre-election report filed by The Onion.

LAST CHANCE
Sophfronia Scott is doing one last run of The 21-Step Guide to Writing, Publishing & Marketing Your Book.

SAILING THE HIGH SEAS
The Guide to Pirate Parenting book trailer won the Reader's Entertainment TV Best Author Made Book Video for October. The book trailer was created by Tim Bete, Guide to Pirate Parenting's author. Bete’s story, “We Are Dragon-Slayers,” was selected for A Chicken Soup for the Soul “101 Best” Books. The story previously appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dads & Daughters.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
MADE IN AMERICA?
Kelsey Timmerman set out to learn where his five favorite items of clothing came from and who made them. He tells the story in Where Am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes.

UM, MY BOOK?
Tracy Beckerman was a good sport to do a piece for CBS’s The Early Show on “shopping your closet” (huh?). What they didn’t mention? Her new book, Rebel Without a Minivan. NBC was more on the ball when she appeared giving movie recommendations on The Today Show.

THE DIVINE MISS DEE
Diana Estill unleashed her alter ego in Deedee Divine’s Totally Skewed Guide to Life.

‘THE WORDS MAKE DELICIOUS SOUNDS’
That’s what one reviewer said about Ruth Spiro’s new book, Lester Fizz, Bubble-Gum Artist.

GOP SOUP
Angie Klink’s “Watergate: the Warm Fuzzies” appears in Republican Soul, published by the original publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

MORE SOUP
Award-winning author and nationally syndicated columnist Saralee Perel will have three stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolution, due out in December. She’s also a new contributor to Funny Times.

FRIENDS CALL HER THE LITERARY ‘GRANDMA MOSES’
Christina Cahill was runner-up in the Ohio AARP’s essay-writing contest. You can read her essay “Second Chance,” here.

BELTWAY SPUD
Sherry Antonetti lives in Washington, D.C., but her posts on a discussion group caught an Idaho editor’s eye. Her (paying) weekly humor column in Idaho’s Island Park News launches Nov. 21.

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2008
WORKSHOP FACULTY
CAROLYN WINS: Brian A. Klems, online managing editor at Writer's Digest, named award-winning  author Carolyn Howard-Johnson's blog, Sharing with Writers to his magazine's 101 Best Websites in  2008.

NOT GUILTY: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant has a video about her new book, Not Guilty by Reason of Menopause.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
MAHONEY INK: Kathryn Mahoney has a new parenting blog based on her “Cracked at Birth” humor column and book.

UPDATED PEREL: Saralee Perel has a new Web site.

MAGGIE AT POST: Maggie Van Ostrand is now blogging for the Huffington Post.

HICKS ON GEEKS: Marybeth Hicks has published Bringing Up Geeks, which is getting rave reviews.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS...
A-LIST: Diane Ketcham's novel, The Vanishing A-list, took the silver medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards mystery/suspense/thriller category. The A-list also was a finalist in The Next Generation INDY Book Awards.

ONLINE WINNER: Joel Schwartzberg, has been named a finalist in the 2008 National Online News Association Awards in the category "Best Commentary".

JUNE/JULY 2008
WORKSHOP FACULTY
KITCHEN VIRGIN: Susan Reinhardt has published Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin, a collection of food stories, culinary missteps, and dining disasters.  Susan’s columns appear in Gannett newspapers. She has also written features which have appeared in the Washington Post, London Daily Mirror, Newsday and other Tribune Media and Gannett publications.

LOTS OF IRONY: Judy Gruen's new book, The Women's Daily Irony Supplement, has won the Gold ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for humor, as well as a Silver "IPPY" Award from Independent Publisher and a Bronze Award from the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards.

TEACHER AND STUDENT: Carolyn Howard-Johnson has added Bombeck Workshop attendee Anne Louise Reinhard as a humor columnist in her e-newsletter, Sharing with Writers.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
STANDRING ROOM ONLY: Suzette Standring's column has been picked up by The Huffington Post.

DAY JOB: Meridian Magazine Online published,  "The Duffle Bag," a piece by Larry Day.

APRIL/MAY 2008
WORKSHOP FACULTY
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE: Bruce Cameron has published 8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter, the sequel to 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.

FRUGAL, NOT CHEAP: Carolyn Howard-Johnson's book, The Frugal Editor, was selected as the best publishing book of 2007 by Reader Views Annual Literary Awards.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
REBEL MOM: Tracy Beckerman has published her first book, Rebel without a Minivan.

FIRST PLACE: Norm Cowie's book, The Next Adventures of Guy ... more wackiness, came in first-place for Fantasy/SciFi in Preditors and Editor's Reader's Choice poll in January 2008. One of his short humor stories appeared in the anthology The Heat of the Moment, in which all 21 authors and the publisher are donating their royalties to the victims of the San Diego wildfires. The Heat of the Moment was also a top-ten finisher in the P&E poll.

BUS STOP MOMMIE: Karen Rinehart has begun blogging for The Charlotte Observer's new Web site.

LAWYER JOKES? Tami Kamin-Mayer has been hired as the Ohio correspondent for Legalnewsline.com. She recently interviewed comedian Jackie Mason and wrote a profile about him and his latest humor book, Schmucks.

STRANGE STORY: Norma Sundberg has published An Odd Fable, the story of a princess who solves a serious situation with a dilapidated drawbridge in the little round Kingdom of Odd.

BIG WORLD: Linda Kaullen Perkins had a story published in Woman's World Magazine.

BY GEORGE: Nancy George had an essay published in the Christian Science Monitor.

NATIONAL PUBLICATION: LouAnn Edwards had an article published in Marriage Partnership Magazine.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
SOUPS ON: Kathy Shiels Tully had an essay accepted by Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Brothers and Sisters. She saw the call for submissions in this newsletter.

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008
WORKSHOP FACULTY
HJ & AMAZON: Carolyn Howard-Johnson is partnering with Amazon Shorts by publishing a book on writing book proposals.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
CAPPY TELLS ALL: Cappy Hall Rearick was interviews on 3 Questions and Answers..

STANDRING PODCAST: Suzette Standring talked about her new book, The Art of Column Writing, on the Beyond the Book Cast.

PEREL IN SOUP...AGAIN: Award-winning columnist/novelist, Saralee Perel, will have a story published in the upcoming book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Tribute to Mom.

FIRST NOVEL: Janet Kay Jensen's first novel, Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys, was released by Cedar Fort Press.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
BARONE ON BASS: Don Barone is now writing for ESPN Outdoors.

UMMM. CHOCOLATE:  Linda Kaullen Perkins had a story published in Chicken Soup for the Chocolate Lover's Soul.

NOVEMBER 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
TEACHING HUMOR: Mark Shatz will help Wagner College students prepare for its new humor-writing contest by conducting a workshop, Humor Writing 101.The presentation will prepare students to compete for a $1,000 grand prize..

ONE BUSY LADY: Leigh Anne Jasheway Bryant has a new agent, a book coming out with Whole Person Associates called Are You Playing with Me? and a contract for a menopause humor gift book.

SPEAKING OF DEB: Deb DiSandro headed up a Speaker School for her speaker's organization and won Member of the Year.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
LOVE SOUP: Award-winning columnist/novelist, Saralee Perel, will have two stories published in the upcoming book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Love Stories. The book will be in bookstores February 2008.

DOUBLE HEADER: Joanne Brokaw's slice of life column appears in Christian Voice Magazine, a national magazine for fans of southern Gospel music. She also has a regular column in ByLine Magazine.

GREAT NEW BOOK: Suzette Martinez Standring has published Art of Column Writing, The Insider Secrets from Art Buchwald, Dave Barry, Arianna Huffington, Pete Hamill and Other Great Columnists. Her religion column was recently syndicated by GateHouse News Service.

WINDY CITY: Cheryl O'Donovan had a humor essay published in Chicago Parent magazine. She recently landed a column in the Pioneer Press (northwest suburbs/Chicago), called, "Van Mom Strikes Again." She's won a HumorPress placement twice (second and fourth places), and collaborated with Tom Wolferman on a humor book for the over-40 woman, The Estrogen Undeground. 

FROM MINNESOTA: Mary Hirsch has become a columnist with the Minnesota Women's Press.

SHE"S ITALIAN: Judith A. Habert has published, Hey, I'm Italian.

LUCKY LARRY: Meridian Online Magazine published a humor piece by Larry Day. He also writes a regular column for his local newspaper.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
ZANY TALE OF A 14-YEAR-OLD BRANIAC: "Bowl of Cherries," the debut novel from 90-year-old author Millard Kaufman, is full of twisted family dynamics, romantic obsessions and wholly improbable story line delivered in a deadpan voice simmering with mirth. Read more.

OCTOBER 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
KIRKLAND ON TV: Gordon Kirkland appeared on BookTelevision's "3-Day Novel Contest."

GHOSTHUNTER: John Kachuba's new book, Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers and Other Investigators of America’s Paranormal World combines his case reports of actual hauntings, discussions with leading figures in the paranormal world, and stories about related subjects—buying ghosts on eBay, buying and selling haunted houses, ghost tourism—to present an intriguing and witty look at this interesting phenomena in American pop culture.

BOLTON AND DICKSON: Seasoned comedy writers Martha Bolton and Brad Dickson take an unconventional, refreshing look at the over-forty Race You To The Fountain of Youth. Instead of heaping on the pressure to exercise more, eat less, manage your time, and save all your money for retirement, Bolton and Dickson offer a take-it-easy approach to aging with chapters like: If Menopausal Women Ruled the World, How to Calculate Your Real Age and He Died of What?

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
SHOVEL IT: Gwen Petersen has published How To Shovel Manure and Other Life
Lessons for the Country Woman.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
HOW TO WRITE FUNNY: Gene Perret has published the NEW Comedy Writing Step by Step.

FEELING ILL? Dennis DiClaudio has written the perfect guide for people who think they may have a horn growing out of their head. The Hypochondriac's Pocket Guide to Diseases You Probably Already Have is a look at all the crazy stuff people do to try and stay young.

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
KIRKLAND ON TV: Gordon Kirkland will appear on BookTelevision’s three-day novel contest TV show.

FROM TV TO PAPER: Sitcom writer Fred Rubin has been writing for the Studio City Sun.

BRYANT'S NEW BOOK: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant has published, Life is Funny: A Riveting Tale of Comedy, Hairdressing, and Texas Politics.

MORE MOTHERHOOD: Susan Konig's new book,I Wear The Maternity Pants In This Family, was a Parade Magazine Pick-of-the-Week.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
MONTVILLE WINS: Dan Montville was chosen as the 2007 Robert Benchley Society Humor Writing Competition winner.

TEA BAG WINNER: Tami Kamin-Meyer won the 2007 Bag Ladies Tea haiku contest. Her haiku will adorn the company’s Friendship Tea packages.

BIG APPLE: Lisa Friedman had a humor essay published in The New York Times. She credits the Bombeck Workshop with giving her the perseverance to keep writing.

FILM FESTIVAL WINNER: Jenn Dlugos was awarded a Script Recommendation from the Kids First! film festival for a feature-length screenplay she co-wrote with Andrea Henry, one of Nick at Nite's Funniest Mom finalists.

BY GEORGE, SHE'S PUBLISHED: Nancy George had an essay published in the Christian Science Monitor, a lead she got at the 2006 Bombeck Workshop.

WHERE AM I WEARING?: Kelsey Timmerman is going on a global quest to answer the question: Where am I wearing?

ON THE TABLE: DC Stanfa's The art Of Table Dancing:Escapades Of An Irreverent Woman, was recognized as one of the top-ten autobiographies at the 2007 New York Book Festival.

ONE TOUGH MOTHER: Julie Barnhill has a new blog.

WHINE AND NOSES: Lisa Espinoza Johnson, author of Days of Whine and Noses, has added a blog to her new Web site.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
SAWYER SPEAKS: Jeff Sawyer has a new blog.

ALWAYS A CYNIC: Norm Cowie has had many pieces published in Cynic Magazine, a lead he found in this newsletter.

FORMER WINNER WINS AGAIN: Joel Schwartzberg, a former Humor Writer of the Month, had an essay published in The New York Times Magazine. He also blogs for the New Jersey Star-Ledger.

SOUP'S ON: Pamela Christian had an essay published in Chicken Soup for the Wine Lover's Soul. She's working on a humor book for travelers.

JUNE/JULY 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
MILLER'S ELECTRIC: Karyl Miller has been painting utility boxes with her cartton characters. Read more.

FRUGAL EDITOR: Carolyn Howard Johnson, author of The Frugal Book Promoter, has written a companion guide: The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success.

GRUEN'S EVERYWHERE: Judy Gruen has pubished The Women's Daily Irony Supplement (Creative Minds Press). The book is a collection of nearly 60 essays on the torment of e-mail chain letters, women who won't eat carrots because of their high-carb-content, how to release your inner shopper, and much more. A quote from the book appeared on five million Starbucks cups (grande-sized). Her work is also appearing frequently in the "Jewlarious" column on Aish.com and in Skirt!, the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles.

HA-HA COMEDY: Gordon Kirkland was interviewed in Shalla Magazine.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
FIRST PLACE: Editor Barbara Madden's teacher-produced newspaper won a Missouri State Teachers
Association's Professional Communication Award as the best teacher newsletter in the state. The newsletter has a circulation of more than 4000. Barbara credits mentoring at the 2004 Bombeck workshop as a key in developing her ability to edit..

BRENNAN IN CAPITAL: Angie Brennan had a humor piece about caller ID published in The Capital, an Annapolis, MD-based newspaper.

MAGGIE REJECTED: Maggie Van Ostrand writes a daily entertainment column for FilmSchoolRejects.com.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
ARRR MATEY: Sam Staley has published The Pirate of Panther Bay, which can be downloaded in free e-Book format.

JOEL'S A STAR: Joel Schwartzberg, the Feb. 2007 Humor Writer of the Month, had an essay published in the Star-Ledger (NJ's largest newspaper) on Memorial Day.

COWIE'S GREAT REVIEW: Pop Syndicate calls Norm Cowie's book, The Adventures of Guy ... written by a guy        (probably), "a great read."

MAY 2007
BIG BOOK: Gordon Kirkland has published I May Be Big But I Didn't Cause That Solar Eclipse.

DON'T SLEEP WITH A BUBBA: Susan Reinhardt's new book is a collection of humor but also includes a dark decent into depression which led to a suicide attempt and stay in a psychiatric ward.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
FAUX FILM: Sharyn Lonsdale is writing a humorous movie column for the twice-monthly Englewood Review in Florida, as her alter ego faded B movie queen and British miniseries darling, Amanda Glam.

LOST IN SUBURBIA: Tracy Beckerman's column has been picked up by Our Town News, a new newspaper in Alexandria, Virginia. Beckerman’s column is already carried by fifty newspapers in New Jersey and on two websites on the Internet, for a total circulation of 800,000 readers.

BIGGER THAN A BAKER'S DOZEN: Yolanda Danyi Szuch had 14 humorous fables published in Stories and Poems? We're All Forum: The Best of the Northwest Ohio Writers' Forum.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
WATERS, WATERS EVERYWHERE: George Waters has been named a finalist in the Robert Benchley Humor Prize Competition. His weekly column, “On the Waters Front” has expanded into two more Southern California newspapers, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and the San Bernardino Sun.

CHANGE FOR THE BETTER: Jim Watkins has published Communicate to Change Lives, a book to help ministers, Sunday school teachers, missionaries, board members and parachurch workers to, well, change lives!

MATT NEEDS A JOB: Matt Ottinger was the Humor Writer of the Month in May 2005. Since then he broke out of
journalism to work in politics and then the candidate he was working for decided NOT to run for president. Now, he's unemployed, irritated and writing about it. Read more.

MARCH 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
YOGA FOR THE FUNNY BONE: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant's book, Yoga for Your Funny Bone: Exercises to Strengthen Your Comedy Writing, won the 2007 Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) Award for  the best nonfiction book written by, or edited by, a member of AATH that reflects and advances the understanding and application of humor and laughter for their positive benefits.

KIRKLAND TO RELEASE NEW COLLECTION: Canadian author, syndicated columnist, and entertainer Gordon Kirkland has completed his fifth collection of short humor. His material has made him a reader and audience favorite throughout Canada and the United States. The book will be published by AuthorHouse in the United States and launched June 1st at BookExpo-America in New York, where Kirkland will be one of the featured signing authors. The new book is tittled, I May Be Big, But I Didn’t Cause That Solar Eclipse.

REINHART AND STANFA AGAIN: Susan Reinhardt and DC Stanfa were featured authors at an event at a  combination bookstore and beauty shop in Texas. The shop is called Pulpwood Queens.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
LONSDALE GOES FREELANCE: Sharyn Lonsdale left her full-time staff writer and columnist job at the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota to pursue a freelance writing career. She has since had features published in Lee Magazine, Charlotte Life Magazine and on a Florida travel Web site. She is also a writer and the contributing editor for  Childconnections magazine and continues to work as a correspondent, writing  features, including first-person humor essays, and restaurant reviews for the Herald-Tribune.

HOUGHTON IN BELLA: Kristen Houghton has been published in Family Lobby Magazine and writes a column for  BellaOnline Magazine.

VAN OSTRAND'S EVERYWHERE: Maggie Van Ostrand has a regular column in Texas Escapes magazine, and has been in the Chicago Tribune recently. She has also had articles in California magazine and Foolish Times.

PHILLIPS GETS REGULAR: Rachael Phillips has been promoted to "regular contributor" at Marriage Partnership magazine, published by Christianity Today. She was also a contributor to the Guideposts' anthologies, Miracles of Healing and Miracles and Children.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
BIBLE HUMOR: David Peters has published The Many Faces of Biblical Humor: A Compendium of the Most Delightful, Romantic, Humorous, Ironic, Sarcastic, or Pathetically Funny Stories in Scripture.

ULTIMATE GUIDE BOOK FOR NEW YORK SURVIVAL: Only in a city like New York will you find a step-by-step guide on how to pee on the city streets. A 40 Point Guide To Peeing In New York was written by Ray Tempus.

CROSS HAS NEW BOOK: Dodie Cross has published her first novel, A Broad in Thailand.

FEB. 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
CARTWRIGHT LEARNS TO DRIVE: Nancy Cartwright,the voice of Bart Simpson, was trained and tested for her NASCAR drivers license at Irwindale Raceway in Southern California. Nancy is the voice of Chip Kelly from the animated series, "The Kellys." She's also the show's executive producer.
 
STARS CONFESS TO KONIGS: Celebrities confess to Dave & Susan Konig on their hit radio show "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace!" Richard Simmons: "Did you know I'm Catholic? I've been a practicing Catholic since I was 15, I have a collection of baby Jesus figurines!" Tony Danza: "I'm still a little beat up about my talk show -- I just admitted that to you for the first time -- but starring in a Broadway musical is a nice band-aid. They're putting my picture up at Sardi's!" "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace!" airs Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to noon EST, on The Catholic Channel Sirius 159. Listen to audio highlights.

LIEBER HAS NEW SITE: Dave Lieber's new Web site is up and running. The site includes his new video column.

GRUEN MAKES TRIB: One of Judy Gruen's recent columns,I'm not messy, I'm a genius, was published in the Chicago Tribune

PREZ HUMOR: Liz Carpenter has published Presidential Humor: For Candidates, Speechwriters, and Voters, Preachers, Housewives, Janitors, Hecklers and Other Political Types.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
GARFINKLE HITS TRIFECTA: Debby Garfinkle's humorous young adult novel, Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl, will be published in paperback by Penguin/Putnam in March. Her humorous young adult novel, Stuck in the '70s, will be published by Penguin/Putnam in May. And the first book of her trilogy, The Band, about the rocky romances and rising careers of five teenagers in a rock band, will be published by Penguin/Berkley in May.

GALLAGHER TAKES REDEYE: Danny Gallagher had two essays published in RedEye, an edition of the Chicago Tribune.

ANGELO IN REVIEW: Jennifer Angelo had a story published in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.

BROWN IN SOUP: Stephanie Ray Brown 's story, "Love has No Borders," was selected to be included in Chicken Soup  for New Mom's Soul.

IN STITCHES: Kathy Wooton had her essay, "A Doctor's Guide to Your Loved One's Menopause," accepted by Stitches, the Canadian Journal of Medical Humor.

BRENNAN BELTS TRIPLE: Angie Brennan's humor was recently published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Inside Annapolis and the Crofton News-Crier.

VAN OSTRAND'S ONLINE: Maggie Van Ostrand had three articles in www.frugalfun.com, an ezine devoted to living, traveling, and eating first class on steerage prices.

FOR THE BIRDS: Lynette Sheffield's book, They Still Drop Turkeys at KTWS in Bend , Oregon, was a finalist in the Humor category of the Best Books 2006 National Book Awards. 

BULL IN A CHINA SHOP: Marti Lawrence has published Queen Klutz--The Misadventures of a Very Clumsy Woman, a book with 40 of her humorous essays. She also has a new blog.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
BIBLE HUMOR: David Peters has published The Many Faces of Biblical Humor: A Compendium of the Most Delightful, Romantic, Humorous, Ironic, Sarcastic, or Pathetically Funny Stories in Scripture.

DEC. 2006/JAN. 2007
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
REINHARDT & STANFA: Susan Reinhardt recently wrote about workshop attendee DC Stanfa. "The entire diamond debate began when my friend DC Stanfa of Cincinnati finally got her much-awaited rock." Read the column.

LEIGH ANNE ROCKS ON: Leigh Anne Jasheway Bryant has a new radio program, Women Under the Influence of Laughter, which airs on KOPT  1600 AM (www.kopt.com). The purpose of the program is to let funny women talk about serious and not-so serious topics and is looking for call-in guests (especially if you've got a book to promote.) Leigh Anne has already Kate Clinton, Rita Rudner, and Michele  Balan from Last Comic Standing and has Laurie Notaro and Paula Poundstone lined up. Contact her at lajfun@accidentalcomic.com. Leigh Anne also has a new blog.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
INSIDE MY MINIVAN: Mary Beth Hicks has published The Perfect World Inside My Minivan: One Mom's Journey Through the Streets of Surburbia. The book is a collection of columns from The Washington Times and FAITH Magazine family columnist.

I FOUND U: Angie Klink has published her second mascot children's book, I found U, which is about Indiana University. Klink is the author of the successful Purdue Pete Finds His Hammer, showcasing Purdue’s unofficial mascot Purdue Pete and Purdue University.

FIRST LINE WINNER: Jennifer Karin won the “That First Line” 2006 Writing Contest.Her winning entry, "My story begins like any great love story, with Gonorrhea, a bottle of rum and a jackass," was selected as the best opening line to a literary work.

NEW HOUSE: Sharon O’Donnell has published House of Testosterone -- One Mom's Survival in a Household of Males, a book for moms who are outnumbered by males in their own household and find themselves struggling to retain their identity as a woman and their sanity as a human being.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
NOT INTO YOU: Maybe Life's Just Not That Into You: When You feel Like the World's Voted You Off by Martha Bolton and Brad Dickson is a parody of self-help books. Dickson was a monologue staff writer for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno for 13 years.

NOV. 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
TMTS: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant describes the disease she calls Too Much Thinking Syndrome.

NEW VIDEO COLUMN: Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Dave Lieber posted his first "Dave's Video Column."

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
KLINK COOKS: Angie Klink had her essay “Half Notes: Memories of a Fifty-Percent Sister” published in Chicken Soup for the Sister’s Soul 2.

DLUGOS WINS: Jenn Dlugos' feature screenplay, "A Muse Named Stephen King," won first place in the Rhode Island International film festival. 

GLARDON ONSTAGE: Dave Glardon recently did six shows with Kevin Pollak at The Funny Bone (Newport,KY) and saw fellow workshop attendee DC Stanfa in the audience. DC was recently picked as "Author of the Month" at Wordshack.

LOST IN SUBURBIA: Tracy Beckerman's column has been picked up by another weekly newspaper, the Somerset Reporter.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
THOSE CRAZY KIDS: Sally Edwards has published the illustrated humor book, You Know Your Kids Are Driving You Crazy When…   

DON'T CHEW JESUS: Lighthearted and nostalgic, Don’t Chew Jesus! is a look back at Catholic nuns and the impact they had on millions of Americans.

OCT. 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
HAIR AIR: Pat Wynn Brown is performing "Inside the Parenting Salon: A Life and beauty makover" on Oct. 15 in Columbus, Ohio. She's performing "Love is in the Hair" on Nov. 5.

LIEBER WINS: Dave Lieber has won a Readers’ Choice award from The Fort Worth Weekly.

SPEAK NOW: Or Forever Hold Your Peace is a new daily Sirius Satellite Radio program with Dave and Susan Konig.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
ASTOR ONLINE: Dave Astor's weekly "Montclairvoyant" humor column is now online.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
STOP THE SHOW!: Brad Schreiber has published "A History of Insane Incidents and Absurd Accidents in the Theatre."

WALKER PENS BOOK: Lynn Bowen Walker has written Queen of the Castle: 52 Weeks of Encouragement for the Uninspired, Domestically Challenged or Just Plain Tired Homemaker. She was also published in the anthology, Humor for the Holidays.

SEPT. 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
PLUTO: Craig Wilson asks, "If the International Astronomical Union can downgrade Pluto to a 'dwarf planet,' as it did last week, then you have to ask: Who gets kicked out of the clubhouse next?"

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
KLINK HAS NEW BLOG: Angie Klink has started a blog, in which she discusses important topics such "deep-fried Twinkies."

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
ABOUT A GUY: Norm Cowie has published The Adventures of Guy.

HUMOR: The Humor of Humor: The Art and Techniques of Popular Comedy by Evan Esra compresses the vast panorama of the subject into a few basic building blocks of humor.

PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMOR: The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach by Rod A. Martin answers questions such as What makes something funny; when do we develop a sense of humor; and how is humor used in social interactions?

WRY HARVEST: Wry Harvest: An Anthology of Midwest Humor by Chris Lamb is an incredible compilation of humor from the heartland.

AUGUST 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
BARRY CO-AUTHORS NEW BOOK: Dave Barry has co-written Peter and the Shadow Thieves with crime novelist Ridley Pearson.

CAMERON WINS TWICE: W. Bruce Cameron, won the 2006 Robert Benchley Award and also the National Society of Newspaper Columnists award for best humor columnist in newspapers with a circulation greater than 100,000.

LYNN HOSTS NEW RADIO PROGRAM: Jodie Lynn is hosting "Inside Parenting Success," a once-per-week, hour-long radio program focusing on the best parenting experts who have written a book or created a product that will enhance life with kids.

KACHUBA WINS: John Kachuba’s "If the Manhattan Indians Had Been Accountants" was a winner in
the 2006 Thurber Treat Humor Writing Contest.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
SATIRICAL DOCUMENTARY: Maggie Van Ostrand will be a part of a documentary on emigration to be shown at next year’s Sundance Film Festival. After reading her article “Is Superman an Alien?” the filmmakers contacted Maggie to participate in the project.

DAY-TO-DAY ABSURDITY: Mary Hanna’s weekly column, "The Second Half," has been compiled into the collection You May Already Be a Wiener and Other Midlife Wake-Up Calls.

TALES FROM THE SOUTH: The third book from Cappy Hall Rearick is written with “warm love and humor.” Simply Southern Ease makes readers feel the spirit of the South as Rearick brings her audience into her hilarious home life.

QUIRKY AUTHOR: Thousand Islands Sun columnist Sharie Derrickson has compiled her zaniness into a new book, No Bad Deed Goes Unpublished.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
AN UPLIFTING WORK: I'd Like to Buy a Bowel Please! is a series of contributions from ostomy patients that aids ill readers’ recoveries with the use of humor. The book was compiled by Brenda Elsagher.

BEHIND THE SCENES: Edited by Daryl G. Nickens, Doing It for the Money is a collection of pieces written by successful Hollywood screenwriters about their trials and tribulations in the industry.

PIG IN A TAXI: Moms, missionaries-to-be, and those who support missions will enjoy this inside look at family life on the mission field. Suzanne Crocker, author of Pig in a Taxi and Other African Adventures, grew up as a missionary kid in Central America.

COPYRIGHT: Stephen Fishman has written Copyright Handbook: What Every Writer Needs to Know.

JUNE 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
THE BOOK SISTAH: Sophfronia Scott provides advice on writing your book and getting it published.

MILLER REPORT: Karyl Miller recently launched a new Web site that includes a daily blog, cartoons and more.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
TABLE DANCING: DC Stanfa will be signing her book, The Art of Table Dancing: Escapades of an Irreverent Woman, in Cincinnati, Ohio, later this month.

AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HUMOR: Noreen Braman has again been named as a finalist in the America’s Funniest Humor contest. Her story “Hearing Electronic Voices” will be published both in print and online at www.humorpress.com.

TV’S ANCIENT HISTORY: Karen McQuestion published an essay in the The Christian Science Monitor.

OFFBEAT FICTION: Dan St. Yves has published Nonsense and Stuff, a book poking fun at daily life.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
MAXX COMEDY: This book about "The Funniest Kid in America" puts a humorous twist on issues of divorce, fitting in and following big ambitions.

TABOO BREAKERS: They'll Never Put That on the Air: An Oral History of Taboo-Breaking Comedy  traces issues such as how television evolved from showing married couples sleeping in separate beds to the edgy outrageousness of today’s series.

GETTING THE JOKE: An engaging analysis of the art of stand-up comedy.

777 GREAT CLEAN JOKES: A sparkling new collection of unsullied humor, ideal for any age and situation.

MARCH 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
HAIR-RAISING FUNDRAISING: Patricia Wynn Brown, creator of Hair Theatre, has created a new show to address black and white hair. The story appeared in the Columbus Dispatch.

JASHEWAY-BRYANT IN ANTHOLOGY: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant has recently had her story “Breaking the Chains” published in Marlo Thomas’ newest book The Right Words at the Right Time. The book has been as high as #3 on Amazon.com’s Movers and Shakers List.

LEACOCK AWARD: Gordon Kirkland has been named the winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Merit for his book, When My Mind Wanders It Brings Back Souvenirs. Kirkland also won the award in 2000 and 2005.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
DERRICKSON WINS: Sharie Derrickson won the First Place Humor Column award from the New York Press Association. Her column, North Country Quirk, can be read in the Thousand Islands Sun Newspaper

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
STAY AT HOME MOMS: Alana Morales’ first book, Domestically Challenged, is a humorous guidebook for all moms who need help doing such outlandish things as finding time for themselves.

FOR TEENS: Laurie Orloff has published a survival guide for all teens. How to Handle Your Cranky and Stressed Out Parents is not just for teens but for parents of teens as well.

A MAN’S MAN’S BOOK: Jim Belushi’s first book, Real Men Don’t Apologize, takes on what it means to be a man. This candid book explores Belushi’s struggles in his career and his brother’s death while still making readers laugh.

EXPECTANT MOTHERS: Pregnancy’s Little Mysteries, by Harriet Zeifert, will help you deal with all the difficulties of pregnancy right down to complete strangers touching your stomach.

A TASTY TREAT: Ayun Halliday’s latest book Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste describes the author’s hilarious journey from picky eater to omnivore.

TRILLIN VERSES BUSH: Calvin Trillin’s sequel to Obliviously On He Sails manages to sum up entirely in rhymed verse President Bush’s second term in office. Heckuva Job is set for release on May 30.

APRIL 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
KIRKLAND DOES IT AGAIN: Canadian author, syndicated columnist and entertainer Gordon Kirkland has been named one of the five finalists for the 2006 Stephen  Leacock Award For Humour for his third book When My Mind Wanders It Brings Back Souvenirs (2005, AuthorHouse). This is the third time he has been named a  finalist for the award. His first book Justice Is Blind – And Her Dog Just Peed In  My Cornflakes (1999, Harbour Publishing) and his second, Never Stand Behind A Loaded Horse (2004, Thistledown Press) both received the Leacock Award of Merit.

YOGA FOR YOUR FUNNY BONE: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant's new book will  stretch your writing to funny new places. You’ll laugh yourself silly with exercises like Bi-Polar Express, Faking It, Genre Deficit Disorder, I’m Not as Dumb as I Look, Separation Anxiety, and That’s So Formulaic. Read more.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
FORMER ATTENDEE HITS THE BIG TIME: Patti Lawson is scheduled to appear in an interview in the May issue of O Magazine. During April, Patti will be doing signings of her new book, The Dog Diet, in Richmond, Va.; New York City; Ramsey, NJ and Hartford, CT.

STANFA ON TABLE DANCING: DC Stanfa has published The Art of Table Dancing: Escapades of an Irreverant Woman. The book is a chronicle of crazy-but-true stories revealing how imagination and perseverance may carry one through.
 
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
HUMOR ME, I'M YOUR MOTHER: Barbara Johnson has published a collection of stories, quips and quotes that will make readers laugh at the zany, unforgettable surprises of being a mother.

MEN & PREGNANCY: Joe Gumm has written From Humor to Hormones: A Man's Guide to a Pregnant Wife And New Life -- a 101 crash course for men seeking support and understanding for their pregnant wives, along with their new life that is about to come.

HUMOR IN ADVERTISING: Charles Gulas and Marc Weinberger have created a comprehensive analysis of humor in the ad business.

MARCH 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
MIND IN THE GUTTER: Craig Wilson says bowling is cool again.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
OVER THE HILL & LOVING IT: Humorist Noreen Braman has published I'm 50 -- Now What? -- a compilation of her 2005 blog chronicling her view of the world, as seen through her newly-50-year-old eyes.

WILL ROGERS BLOG: Robert Haught recently launched a blog honoring the writings of Will Rogers.

BLARNEY BABE: Diane O'Brien Kelly has launched www.BlarneyBabe.com. She recently sold a short story to True Love magazine.
 
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
CORPORATE SURVIVAL: Is the corporate world stifling your creativity? Gordon MacKenzie provides some advice on how to avoid the mess of business’ bureaucratic procedure in Orbiting the Giant Hairball.

A VERY DAIRY CHRISTMAS: A heart-warming comedy about dysfunctional family life during the holiday season -- with cows.

FOURTH BOOK IN SERIES: On March 1, 2006, Ann Spangler and Shari MacDonald will release the latest book in their Help! I Can’t Stop Laughing series.

ESPN SPORTSCASTER: Mike Greenberg examines his everyday role as father and husband in Why My Wife Thinks I’m an Idiot.

NEW SCHULZ COLLECTION: March 28, 2006 marks the release of a new collection of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip. Peanuts All-Stars features all sports-related strips.

SCREENWRITERS: Katherine Atwell Herbert, a Hollywood insider, has written a guide to writing well-presented and sellable screenplays. The Perfect Screenplay: Writing It and Selling It is scheduled for release on March 1, 2006.

FEB. 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
KIRKLAND PENS FOURTH BOOK: Gordon Kirkland will release his latest book, I Think I’m Having One Of Those Decades (AuthorHouse), in March 2006, in conjunction with the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
MONTO HITS AGAIN: Maria Monto's story, "An Old Wives' Tale," will appear in A Cup of Comfort  for Expectant Mother, to be released by Adams Media in Spring 2006.  
     
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
ZEZIMA IN NEW BOOK:  Columnist Jerry Zezima is featured in a new book by Reader's Digest, called Laughter, the Best Medicine. Other humorists in the book include Dave Barry, Steve Martin, Rick Reilly and Mary Roach.

CHRISTIAN AUTHORS: Christian Writers' Market Guide 2006, the comprehensive guide to Christian markets, was released in January.

CLUELESS GROOMS: Newlywed Peter Scott has created Well Groomed: A Wedding Planner for What's-His-Name (and His Bride), a survival guide for the “well-meaning but totally unprepared” groom to help him make it through the big day in one piece.

LITTLE MONSTERS: I Hate Other People’s Kids by Adrianne Frost is a handbook that can help us all deal with the precious little angels that we encounter.

TEACHING WRITING: Show students that the act of writing is connected with everyday life with The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing.

JAN. 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
HUMOROUS HIGH FINANCE: Dave Barry tackles the world of finance in his latest book Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?

COLUMN WRITING WORKBOOK: So You Want to be a Columnist by Deb DiSandro is a tool for anyone considering column writing for a living. It offers suggestions on marketing and syndicating your column.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
A SURVIVOR’S STORY: H. Charles Wolf has published his second book, Alive and Fighting: Coping with a Brain Tumor and a Bone Marrow Transplant.

HARRY POTTER PARODY: Peter M. Jolin has published her book (yes, her book) entitled Harry Pouter and Phil O’Dendron’s Stone.

BOOK ON LIFE: Which Is More Round, the World or Your Tummy?: Offbeat Reflections on Serious Living by Leslie Miklosy is a collection of original, offbeat midlife reflections on temptation, creativity, upheaval, aging, and the search for truth.

QUIRKY ADVICE: Mimi Smartypants’ online diary has been published in book form, titled The World According to Mimi Smartypants.

HELP FINDING AN AGENT: Author 101: Bestselling Secrets from Top Agents is the second book in the Author 101 series. It reveals what makes a good agent, what a good agent will and won’t do for you, and how to find the right type of agent.

DEC. 2005
WORKSHOP FACULTY
ON THE STAGE: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant will have her first stage play produced. “Are We There Yet,” a humorous look at friendship, betrayal, and reincarnation, debuts in January 2006.

CARTOON CONTEST: Nancy Cartwright has created a regular cartoon caption contest on her Web site.

UNCOMMON WISDOM: Dave Lieber's article, "Create Buzz for yout self-published book," will be published in the Feb. issue of The Writer magazine.

WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
SMALL TOWN HUMOR: Margo Bates use personal experience as a basis for her book P.S. Don’t Tell Your Mother. The book traces the life of Nana Noonan, a local legend of Telkwa, British Columbia, population 852.

ALL ABOUT CATS: Cotton mice found doing the dead man’s float in the water dish. 5 a.m. wake-up calls. A “no-closed doors” policy. The cat declares war when put on a diet. All chronicled in Dena Harris’ Lessons in Stalking.

BRAMAN IS FINALIST: Noreen Braman, author of "A Rat Too Far," was a finalist for the August/September 2005 America’s Funniest Humor Showcase

GALLAGHER'S WORK ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE: Danny Gallagher's “Spreading Some Christmas Jeers,” a much-needed review of those heartwarming holiday films, is being performed by the Shadowbox Cabaret in Columbus, Ohio.

ADVENTURES OF A COLLEGE MASCOT: This children’s’ book is about Purdue Pete, the mascot for Purdue University. Learn more about how Purdue alum Angie Klink wrote Purdue Pete Find His Hammer.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
AKUFFO PUBLISHES GOD'S LITTLE INSTRUCTION BOOK: Emma Akuffo has published a collection of real-life comments and observations of children that will amuse the entire family.

BLY PROVIDES FREELANCE ADVICE: Robert Bly's Getting Started as a Freelance Writer shows how to start, run, and build a freelance writing business doing whatever type of writing you prefer.

WRITER'S GUIDELINES: A compilation of information for freelancerss from more than 1,600 magazine editors and book publishers.

ON ICE: Ed Wenck has published The Hockey Dad Chronicles: An Indentured Parent's Season on the Rink.

GREAT BRITISH WIT: The definitive collection of the funniest quotations by Britons, covering every subject imaginable, from God to dogs. The collection is the seminal gathering of national wit, and a monument to Britain’s monumental silliness.

HARDLY ORDINARY: Amy Krouse Rosenthal has published Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. "I have not survived against all odds. I have not lived to tell. I have not witnessed the extraordinary. This is my story."

NOV. 2005
WORKSHOP FACULTY
THE KELLYS ARE BACK: Nancy Cartwright’s project, "The Kellys," has returned for a new season. This award-winning cartoon has an interactive Web site.

WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
ASTOR HAS FUNNY SIDE: Dave Astor, who writes the Syndicate World column for Editor & Publisher, also writes a humor column for the The Montclair (N.J.) Times. His column, "Montclairvoyant," uses a mock-advice format that discusses local issues with some national commentary and general nonsense thrown in.

BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY: Stooples: Office Tools for Hopeless Fools won’t get you out of work, but it will help you get some fun out of it. This fake office supply catalog parodies the American corporate workplace. Author Kevin Reifler is attending the 2006 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

BORRIS PENS BOOK: Cynthia Borris’s newest book, No More Bobs, is a “fun-filled” mystery about a single mom living in a very bizarre town.

CHICKEN SOUP: Maria Monto recently had a story published in the weekly syndicated Chicken Soup for the Soul newspaper column. The story will also appear in the 2006 release of Chicken Soup for the Motheers of Preschoolers Soul.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
BEHIND THE FUR – SASQUATCH: Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir sets the record straight about everyone’s favorite man-beast as we read about his struggles from the time of his childhood.

DON’T STARVE, ARTISTS: The Starving Artist’s Survival Guide is a support for the “pretentious poor” including advice on various day jobs and ramen noodle cooking tips. Just don’t go too hungry before it hits bookshelves on November 22.

BREAK DOWN THE LANGUAGE BARRIER: Discover the differences between Japanese humor and humor in the West in Understanding Humor In Japan (Humor in Life and Letters).

AVOID CHANGING DIAPERS: In addition to the many dos and don’ts of baby care, David and Kelly Sopp’s Safe Baby Handling Tips comes with the Wheel of Responsibility. Give it a spin to see whether mom or dad has to do the dirty work.

FOUNDING FATHER & HUMORIST:  Benjamin Franklin was not only a builder of a nation but also a master of comedy. In Benjamin Franklin’s Humor, author Paul M. Zall chronicles Franklin’s use of wit.

ATTENTION FREELANCERS: Learn how to break the rules and get published with The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success.

SELL YOUR BOOK: Author 101 Bestselling Book Proposals:The Insider's Guide to Selling Your Work provides insight into the step-by-step process of book proposals.

MAGAZINE WRITING ADVICE: This comprehensive guide offers many strategies necessary for writing magazine articles. The Magazine Writer's Handbook is for writers of all levels.

OCT. 2005
WORKSHOP FACULTY
AWARD WINNER’S FIRST BOOK OF POETRY: Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s first chapbook of poetry, Tracings, will be released in October. She is also the author of The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't, which recently won the Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award.

WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
AWARD WINNER: Ohioan author Julie Clark Robinson has been named a finalist in the USA Book News Award Contest in the Self-Help category. Her book Live in the Moment gives suggestions, offers anecdotes, and uses humor to provide techniques for living life to its fullest.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
ART COMEDY: Dominic Molon, Michael Rooks, Judith Olch Richards team up to put together a book of “situational comedy” in recent art.

TEACH YOUR CAT FRENCH: Henry Beard continue his series of books for cats. In The Complete French for Cats: (French for Cats and Advanced French for Exceptional Cats), he teaches how to teach your cat to speak in French and how to understand your cat when it is speaking in French.

BECOMING A DAD? John Zakour’s A Man's Guide to Babies: How to live with a Baby, etc... is a short guide for men by a man who knows that men have better things to do than read a book about being a dad.

GREAT HOUSEWARMING GIFT: Homeowner Haiku is a great gift for new homeowners. Sherry Karver and Jerry Ratch’s poetry and artwork sum up the process of buying and selling homes, as well as making a house your home.

GET YOUR TABLOIDS OUTSIDE THE SUPERMARKET: Tom D'Antoni, a tabloid writer, has created a collection of some of his favorite stories and the inspiration behind them -- Rabid Nun Infects Entire Convent : And Other Sensational Stories from a Tabloid Writer.

XMAS IN DIXIELAND: The Official Guide to Christmas in the South: Or, If You Can't Fry It, Spraypaint It Gold by David C. Barnette is a survival guide for decorating, navigating sticky social situations, and many other potential pitfalls of the season.

SEPT. 2005
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
ALL STRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO: Lori Borgman's latest book says, "Stress is like middle-age spread and crabgrass; you can tame it for awhile but eventually it sneaks right back up on you."

UMP PUBLISHES TWO NEW TITLES: Shirley Jump has published The Angel Craved Lobster (the third in her romantic comedies with recipes series) and The Marine’s Kiss (the last in her Silhouette Romance Mercy, Indiana series).

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
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OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
STUCK IN THE GRIND?: In Joel Eisenberg’s first book, Aunt Bessie’s How to Survive a Day Job While Pursuing the Creative Life can help, Eisenberg and some celebrity friends create a cast of characters that can teach the reader how to pursue a life of creativity while working nine to five.

ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF DYSFUNCTION: James Lileks follows up his previous books, Interior Desecrations and The Gallery of Regrettable Food, with another humorous look at the home in Mommy Knows Worst: Highlights from the Golden Age of Bad Parenting Advice.

WRITING SECRETS REVEALED: Humorist and university professor Melvin Helitzer reveals secrets about humor writing. He discusses everything from the creative process to getting published.

TRAVELLER’S TALES: This collection of stories from the road is the second edition of Doug Lansky’s book.

WRITE FOR TV: Pamela Douglas, a seasoned writer for many TV series, teams up with the experts including Stephen Bochco in this guide to writing drama for television, Writing the TV Drama Series : How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV.

AUGUST 2005
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
O'KEEFE PROVIDES RESOURCES: Steve O'Keefe offers handouts from the Internet marketing presentations he gave at the 2005 PMA Publisher's University.

KIRKLAND PUBLISHES AUDIOBOOK: Canadian author, columnist, and entertainer Gordon Kirkland has released the audiobook, Never Stand Behind A Loaded Horse… Live!

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
CRACKED AT BIRTH: Kathryn Mahoney's book of humorous essays covers everything from giving birth to a kitchen, to surviving the slings and arrows of outrageous toddlers.

TWEDT ON MPR: Kristen Twedt expounds on the topic of summer reading on Mississippi Public Radio.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
NEW VONNEGUT: A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut’s first major book in nearly a decade. It's a "hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life."

RUBES DOES IT AGAIN: Leigh Rubin's book, The Wild Life of Cats, will come out in October.

PECK EATS PASTE: Cheryl Peck has written Revenge of the Paste Eaters: Memoirs of a Misfit.

JULY 2005
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
THE HAIR DOCTOR IS IN: Patricia Wynn Brown’s new book, Hair-A-Baloo: The Revealing Comedy and Tragedy on Top of Your Head, proves that life is really just about hair.

NEW "AGNES" COLLECTION: Tony Cochran has published his second compilation of Agnes comic strips, titled, I Have Tampered with the Divine Plan.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
COLUMNIST RECEIVES TOP AWARDS: Sally Sheklow, a columnist for OutSmart magazine in Houston, won first and second place in the best magazine column category at the Houston Press Club Lone Star Awards.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
HELMS’ HUMOR ESSAYS WIN AWARDS: Dorothea Helms won the first ever Barbara Novak Award of Excellence for Humour and/or Personal Essay Writing by the Periodical Writers' Association of Canada for her work in The Globe and Mail. In June, she was also presented with an award for a humorous essay that tied for first place in the 3rd Annual Writing Contest sponsored by the Haliburton Highlands Writers' and Editors' Network and the Agnes Jamieson Gallery.

WHO DOESN’T LIKE WRITING YOU CAN SELL?: Gene Perret’s Damn! That’s Funny!: Writing Humor You Can Sell is now available in stores.

JUNE 2005
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
COCHRAN’S CARTOONS RECEIVE PRAISE: Tony Cochran, creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip “Agnes,” was among those honored this year by the Parents for Behaviorally Different Children.

BEST BOOK FOR FATHER'S DAY: Fatherville.com picked Tim Bete's In The Beginning...There Were No Diapers as one of five books to give as Father's Day gifts.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
COLUMNIST WITH A BOOK DEAL CAN’T HELP BUT SMILE: The Best of Smiley, a collection spanning two decades of Smiley Anders’ six-day-a-week columns from The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La., is available from AuthorHouse.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
THE ALL-SPORTS MOM: Humor columnist and writer Paula Schmitt has published Living in a Locker Room: A Mom’s Tale of Survival in a Houseful of Boys.

SHOP 'TIL HE DROPS: Jerry Zezima’s essay, “Shop 'Til He Drops: Confessions of a Supermarket Dad," will appear in July’s issue of Family Circle. The article gives readers an insight into being the designated driver during a husband-wife food shopping spree: He drives the cart and she shops.

CHICK-LIT COMPILATION IS TRIPPIN’: Dena Dyer and Laurie Barker Copeland have published The Groovy Chicks' Road Trip to Peace. The book has been featured in CBA Marketplace, Christian Retailing, and will appear in an upcoming issue of Working Mother.

SUNDBERG’S POETRY GETS PUBLISHED: After Esther Leiper critiqued a poem in Writer’s Journal, Norma Sundberg replied by sending along one of her own poems with an accompanying letter. Now, both Sundberg’s poem and letter are published in Leiper’s May-June issue in the “Esther Comments On” column.

MAY 2005
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
KIRKLAND BRINGS
HOME AWARD: Canadian humorist Gordon Kirkland wins his second Stephen Leacock Award of Merit for Humour.

BETE IN THE NEWS: Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service, Gannett News, Scripps Howard and Beliefnet.comWire are featuring stories about Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop director Tim Bete and his new book, In The Beginning...There Were No Diapers.  The book has been covered in the Honolulu Advertiser, Florida Today, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Asheville Citizen-Times, Springfield News-Leader and Stamford Advocate, among other papers.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
LAWSON LANDS BOOK DEAL: Patti Lawson's The Dog Diet, a book detailing how to lift your spirits, lighten your heart and shrink your waistline by focusing on the needs of another living creature, is set for publication in spring 2006.

PEREL’S BOOK RECEIVES HONOR: Saralee Perel's book, Raw Nerves, was picked as a Book Sense Notable for April. It's the first time a POD book has made it as a Book Sense.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
COLD CAT: Speaker and radio pesonality Rhonda Rhea has published Who Put the Cat in the Fridge.

DOC PENS STRANGE BUT TRUE TALES: Dr. Doug Farrango has published The Placebo Chronicles, stories of "the ridiculous, the silly, and the just plain weird cases doctors face."

COLLECTED WORKS OF MANDY FLYNN: Columnist Mandy Flynn has published Act Like You've Got Some Sense.

APRIL 2005
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
HAIR THEATER HAS NEW WEB SITE: Pat Wynn Brown has a fantastic new Web site for her one-woman show.

KIRKLAND ADDED TO ARCHIVES: Gordon Kirkland’s column “All My Life’s a Circle,” based on the Harry Chapin song of the same title, was recently put into the Chapin archives and published in the newsletter “Circle.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
KAMIN-MEYER WRITES COLUMN FOR THE FEMALE SPORT ENTHUSIAST: Tami Kamin-Meyer writes “A Girl with a Pen,” a mesh of humor and commentary on the world of sports, at FemmeFan -- the sports zone for the female sports junkie.

KLINK PUBLISHES ESSAY: Angie Klink's piece, "Watermelon Memory Nourishes Character," will be published in Our Fathers Who Art in Heaven.

SHORT DELIVERS THIRD BOOK IN SERIES: March 1 marked the official debut of the third book in Sharon Short’s “Stain-Busting” mystery series.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
FARMER CONTRIBUTES TO ANTHOLOGY: Debbie Farmer will have two stories published in Chicken Soup for Every Mom's Soul to be released March 28.

QUEEN JAW JAW LAUNCHES NEW SITE: Georgia Richardson aka “Queen Jaw Jaw” has a Web page up and running.

SULTZBAUGH GOES GLOBAL: Kathryn Sulzbaugh’s first book, The M Club Manual: Missions, Memos, Mandates, Mottos and More is to be released in Australia in April. The humor book for "women of a certain age" was first published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in September 2004 to coincide with Universal Press Syndicate's new humor feature for women, The M Club.

MARCH 2005
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
WALL RETURNS WITH NOVEL: Humor columnist Paula Wall’s first book with Simon & Schuster, The Rock Orchard, is met with acclaim.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
KEHLMEIER HAS SECOND ARTICLE PUBLISHED: Carol Kehlmeier had a humor article published in the Feb. issue of Senior Citizens Magazine.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
FARMER IN THE MONITOR: Debbie Farmer, syndicated columnist and author of Don't Put Lipstick on the Cat, had her column, "A Third Grader's Valentine," published in the Christian Science Monitor in February.

GARFINKLE PUBLISHES STORKY: Debra Garfinkle's humorous novel for teens, "Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl," will be published by Putnam in April.

AWARD-WINNING HUMORIST LAUNCHES WEB SITE: Humorist, comedy writer and public speaker, Wendel Potter, has a new Web site.

CONNELLY CAPTURES SNIPPETS OF LIFE: Look for Claire Connelly’s Blue Hair and City Bound, a collection of humorous articles about memorable life experiences.

HEIN FEATURED ON FRONT PAGE: An excerpt from Lori Hein’s "Ribbons of Highway: A Mother-Child Journey Across America" was the front-page feature in the Traveling Today department of iParenting.com. Book proceeds will go to tsunami relief.

FOOTHILLS PUBLISHING RELEASES BOOK OF POETRY: Hanging out with Loose Words, the new book of poetry by actress and playwright Mary Rose Betten is available now.

POLITICALLY INCORRECT VIEW ON BEING A HUSBAND: In his first book, K.J. de Beau comments on the pitfalls of holy matrimony. Buffalo Wings and Beer for the Married Man’s Soul is now available through AuthorHouse.

FEB. 2005
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
KIRKLAND FINDS HUMOR IN EVERYDAY LIFE WITH NEW BOOK: Syndicated columnist Gordon Kirkland  expands his writing catalog to include When My Mind Wanders, It Brings Back Souvenirs.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
DEATH IN THE CARDS: Sharon Short's new book will be published March 1 by Avon Books.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
BROTH SHARES REAL REJECTIONS: Ed Broth’s Stories from a Moron: Real Stories Rejected by Real  Magazines reminds you not to submit a quilting article to Pest Control magazine. Includes a foreword by Jerry  Seinfeld.

MEURER WRITES ABOUT FAMILY LIFE: If You Want Breakfast in Bed, Sleep in the Kitchen is family funny man Dave Meurer’s latest release.

BAILEY PARODIES THE SOUTH BEACH DIET: Robert Kim Bailey wants to forget about New Year’s  resolutions and eat like every day is Thanksgiving. In The North Beach Diet: Add Belly and Hip Fat Instantly with Batter Fried Twinkies and More… he shows you how you can.

ANTHOLOGY PUBLISHED BY OUTER BANKS PRESS: A Hatteras Anthology: Voices of Hatteras Island Women is a collection of poetry, prose, photographs and artwork.

JAN. 2005
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
AUTOGRAPHED GRUEN: Autographed copies of Judy Gruen's award-winning books, Carpool Tunnel Syndrome and Till We Eat Again, can now be ordered from her Web site.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
SUNDBERG INCLUDED IN ANTHOLOGY: Norma Sundberg children's story, An Odd Fable, was included in "Beyond Time and Space," a new book from Linden Hill Books.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
SINGER PUBLISHES 14 HOURS: Jen Singer has published 14 Hours 'Til Bedtime. Mothers who have put their careers on hold to spend their days scraping peanut butter off the cat will find much needed humor and an overdue pat on the back. A portion of the book’s proceeds will be donated to the Endometriosis Association.

KOOY'S NEW BLOG: Cathy Kooy has created a new blog, Alter Ego Therapy -- the last frontier for gutsy women.

RAMJEWAN LANDS FIRST ARTICLE: Stephen Ramjewan first published article, “He Was There," is in the January issue of the Canadian Messenger of the Sacred Heart.

UD GRAD PUBLISHES HUMOROUS POETRY: John P. Carey has published a work of humorous, holiday poetry entitled Holiday Shenanigans: Celebrating Through the Year with Silly Verse.

HINCK SIGNS TWO-BOOK DEAL: Sharon Hinck has will publish The Secret Life of Becky Miller, Supermom and its sequel with Bethany House.

BOOKS SALES TO BENEFIT TSUNAMI RELIEF: Lori Hein, author of Ribbons of Highway: A Mother-Child Journey Across America, will donate proceeds from the sale of her book to four organizations involved in tsunami relief efforts.

DEC. 2004
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
ZEVIN IS FINALIST: Dan Zevin's book, The Day I Turned Uncool, was a finalist for the 2004 Thurber Prize for American Humor. The winner was Christopher Buckley's book, No Way to Treat a First Lady.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
LAUGH FULL: Ron Culberson has published Is Your Glass Laugh Full? (Gilbert Belle Press).

LOUDEN TAKES FIRST: Kathy Louden won first place in the humorous speech contest for the Toastmasters Chicago Northwest Division. She also had her first humor article published, in the Nov. 14 San Francisco Chronicle.

ANDERSON WINS -- AGAIN: Dickie Anderson, columnist, essayist and speaker, has won her second Florida Writer’s Association Royal Palm Award for her third book Porch Plenitude -- Feeling Good Every Day.

PEREL PENS RAW NERVES: Syndicated columnist, Saralee Perel, has published Raw Nerves, a humorous suspense thriller.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
QUEEN JAW JAW ADDS BLOG: Georgia Richardson (a.k.a., Queen Jaw Jaw) has a new blog, All Things Royal.

ZUFA PUBLISHES BOOK: Sophia Zufa has published Why God Has gray Hair.

KING OF THE MILD FRONTIER: Chris Crutcher has published an "ill-advised autobiography."

CULLEN SHARES LAZY ADVICE: Bernie Cullen has published The Lazy Person's Guide to Life.

NOV. 2004
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
KIRKLAND PUBLISHES COMEDY CD: Gordon Kirkland’s first comedy CD, "I’m Big For My Age,” will be released on November 15.

LYNN ON eDIETS.COM: Internationally syndicated family/health columnist Jodie Lynn has joined eDiets.com.

PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
GLARDON PLACES IN STAND-UP CONTEST: Dave Glardon took second-place at the Funniest Person in Cincinnati contest.

LIEBER BEST IN TARRANT COUNTY:  Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Dave Lieber was picked as the best columnist in the Fort Worth Weekly's 2004 Best of Tarrant County contest.

KIMERER WRITES CONFESSIONS: Patty Kimerer writes "bringin' on the heartburn -- the true confessions of a hair band mom."

ROBINSON PUBLISHES BOOK: Julie Clark Robinson has published "Live In The Moment" through Beyond Words Publishing.

VAN OSTRAND NOW IN THREE COUNTRIES: Maggie Van Ostrand's column now runs in Mexico, the United States and Canada.

REARICK PUBLISHES SECOND BOOK: Cappy Hall Rearick has published "Simply Christmas."

GUY WINS CONTEST: Deborah Guy won the Toastmasters District 40, Area 23 Humorous Speech Contest with her essay "Queen of My Castle."

KELLY GETS FIRST ACCEPTANCE: Diane O'Brien Kelly had her first magazine article published in Northwest Family News.

ANDERSON PUBLISHES THIRD: Dickie Anderson, columnist, essayist and speaker has released her third book, "Porch Plenitude: Enjoy Everyday." The third book follows her first two and is a collection of essays taken from her popular weekly columns in the Fernandina Beach News-Leader

DLUGOS WINS COMEDY AWARD: Jenn Dlugos won a stand-up comedy competition at the MGM Grand and was named Most Promising Comic.

OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
DYER PUBLISHES GRACE FOR THE RACE: Dena Dyer has published "Grace for the Race: Meditations for Busy Moms" through Barbour Publishing.

ALLAN PENS DRAFTED: Rich Allan has published "Drafted,” coming of age comedy about a college student who is illegally drafted and thrown into the U.S. Army.

OCT. 2004
RAISING COURAGEOUS KIDS: University of Dayton graduate Chuck Smith's book was recently reviewed in Family Circle magazine.

KACHUBA VISITS OLD HAUNTS: Writers' workshop faculty member, John Kachuba, is on tour with his new book, "Ghosthunting Ohio." Kachuba is also the author of "How to Write Funny."

LAZY PERSON'S GUIDE: Bernie Cullen has penned "The Lazy Person's Guide to Life."

WOLFSIE AND BARNEY: Author and TV reporter, Dick Wolfsie, has published "Barney: The Stray Beagle Who Became a TV Star and Stole Our Hearts"

SULTZBAUGH PUBLISHES WITH ANDREWS MCMEEL: Kathryn Sultzbaugh is author of "The M Club: Manual, Missions, Memos, Mandates, Mottos and More."

HOHLBAUM IN PREGNANCY MAGAZINE: Christine Louise Hohlbaum was quoted in the Oct. 2004 issue of Pregnancy Magazine.

BEYOND TIME AND PLACE: One of Norma Sundberg's children's stories was published in a book by Linden Hill Books.

GOYER'S NIGHT SONG: Tricia Goyer has published "Night Song: A Story of Sacrifice."

O'DONNELL HAS NEW SITE: Newspaper columnist, Sharon O'Donnell, has a new Web site.

SEPT. 2004
GLARDON POSTS STAND-UP CLIPS: Columnist and stand-up comic, Dave Glardon, has posted audio and video clips of his act on his Web site.

VAN OSTRAND MOVES UP: Maggie Van Ostrand was promoted to contributing editor at Texas Scapes, where her column appears.

KOVSKY PUBLISHES "SOME NOVEL MONEY" David Kovsky answers the question, "If we already test cosmetics and recreational pharmaceuticals on animals then why don't we just chain a bunch of monkeys to typewriters and let them create our literature for us too?"

BLUMENTHAL PENS SECOND NOVEL: St. Martin’s Press published “Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour” this month. John Blumenthal's first book was "What's Wrong With Dorfman?"

COCHRAN ON "WAIT, WAIT..." Tony Cochran, syndicated cartoonist of the comic strip Agnes and Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop faculty member, was recently on the NPR quiz show, "Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!" To listen to the show, visit their site and and click on the "Not my job" link.

BRUCE IS BACK: Bruce Cameron's "How to Remodel a Man" will be published Sept. 15 by St. Martin's Press.

AUGUST 2004
HOLMES SELLS 100,000 COPIES: Wayne Holmes, who attended the 2004 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, recently sold 100,000 copies of his book, "The Heart of a Mother," to the MOPS organization (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers). Read more.

MADDEN IS ON THE AIR: Barbara Madden is now a commentator on Mississippi Public Radio. Read more.

KIRKLAND LAUNCHES NEW CD: Gordon Kirkland's "Write For Your Life" is a humorous and inspiring half hour recorded live at the Florida First Coast Writers' Festival. Read more.

LYNN SIGNS ON WITH TOP SITE: BabyCenter.com, the most popular baby and pregnancy Web site, has enlisted the help of nationally syndicated parenting expert, Jodie Lynn. Read more.

JULY 2004
CHRISS PENS GUARDIAN ANGEL: Jim Chriss' thriller asks the question, "What is your president doing tonight?" Chriss is a graduate of the University of Dayton. Read more.

LYNN APPEARS IN BLUE SUIT MOM:  Syndicated columnist, Jodie Lynn, was interviewed about her column in Blue Suit Mom magazine. Read more.

REARICK'S STORY MADE INTO FILM: Cappy Hall Rearick's story, "Gloryjean, the Butterbean Queen" was selected by Armstrong State College in Savannah, GA, to be made into a film. Cappy wrote the adaptation. "Gloryjean" is the last story in Cappy's book, "Simply Southern." Read more.

VAN OSTRAND HAS NEW COLUMN: Maggie Van Ostrand, who currently writes "A Balloon In Cactus" for the Pine Mountain Pioneer, has a new column called "Mountain Profiles." It will appear in The Mountain Enterprise (Frazier Park, CA), which she says has a circulation considerably larger than her hips. Read more.

BIBI'S LESSONS: Donna Riddlebarger tells the story of an adventuress who decides to find a new home where her dreams can come true. Read more.

JUNE 2004
2000 ONLINE RESOURCES FOR WRITERS: This guide will help you find genre resources, market guides, grants, experts, book promotion resources, self-publishing tools, and more. Read more.

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE FISHERMAN'S SOUL: New anthology includes stories by George H.W. Bush and Patrick F. McManus. Read more.

BALES PENS "RANK STRANGERS": Recent college grad, Mark Bales, publishes his first novel.  Read more.

GENERATION EXHAUSTED: Shelley Divnich Haggert publishes "Thirty Stories For Thirty-Somethings." Read more.

EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: A very funny book about punctuation. Read more.

2004 ONLINE MARKETS FOR WRITERS: Book comes with a $250 Paid & Published Guarantee. Read more.

MAY 2004
THEY LIED! TRUE TALES OF PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH and BREASTFEEDING: A compilation of stories, including a few by attendees of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. Read more.

TWEDT APPEARS ON MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RADIO: Mississippi Public Broadcasting has recently recorded columns by Hattiesburg American columnist and freelance writer Kristen Twedt for broadcast during the Morning Edition, Day to Day and All Things Considered segments on Mississippi Public Radio. Read more.

MISADVENTURES OF MOMS AND DISASTERS OF DADS: Edited by Kerri Charette, this collection includes 59 funny, moving and entertaining pieces -- several from attendees of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. Read more.

SECRETS OF SYNDICATION: Jodie Lynn, who spoke at the 2004 writers' workshop, has published "Syndication Secrets: 10 Must-Do, Tried and True Rules In Getting Syndicated." Read more.

GREATEST EULOGIES OF OUR TIME: Cyrus Copeland has compiled the greatest eulogies, which includes Phil Donahue's eulogy of Erma Bombeck. Read more.

HOHLBAUM PUBLISHES "AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE ABROAD" Christine Louise Hohlbaum's serialized fiction, "American Housewife Abroad" is available online. Read more.

MOORE CREATES NEW WEB SITE: Shana Moore has launched Caffeinated Ponderings. Read more.

DC STANFA HAS NEW SITE: DC Stanfa, author of "Goosed by Gravity," has launched a new Web site. Read more.

SHAPUTIS PENS SECOND BOOK: Kathleen Shaputis has published "The Crowded Nest Syndrome: Surviving the Return of Adult Children." Her first book was "Grandma Online: A Grandmother’s Guide to the Internet." Read more.
BECOMING A PUBLISHED WRITER Tim Bete, director of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, is a contributor to "Become a published writer." Read more.

DC STANFA HAS NEW WEB SITE DC Stanfa, author of "Goosed by Gravity: The Hazards of Growing Up," has a new Web site. Read more.

ERNIE'S WORLD Ernie Witham's book, "Ernie's World," is based on his syndicated column. Read more.

FLYING FOR PEANUTS Author Marty Thompson has published "Flying for Peanuts: The ABCs of Flying Southwest Airlines." Read more.

HUMOROUS MYSTERY WINS HONORS Kathryn Lively's "Saints Preserve Us," won the Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Award for Best Mystery. Read more.

SCHREIBER PUBLISHES "WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?" Brad Schreiber has written the definitive book on how to write funny. In it he compares writing screenplays with fiction and non-fiction in all forms. Read more.

WILSON PENS "BOTH SIDES NOW" Connie (Corcoran) Wilson's humorous look at life is now available online through 1stBooks. Read more.

THE TRUTH ABOUT COWS AND OTHER FARM ANIMALS Leigh Rubin, creator of the Rubes cartoon, forays into the fantastical and fanciful world of farm animals. Read more.



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