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Leave me alone

I Just Want to Be Alone (the second volume in the best-selling I Just Want to Pee Alone series) is a compilation of hilarious essays about the men in our lives. Stacey Hatton of Nurse Mommy Laughs, Kim Bongiorno of Let Me Start By Saying, Nicole Leigh Shaw of Ninja Mom Blog and Michelle Newman of You’re My Favorite Today are a few of the co-authors attending Erma 2014 workshop.

Cabin glory

cover_web-681x1024 Author and longtime columnist for Cabin Life magazine Christy Heitger-Ewing has published her first book, Cabin Glory: Amusing Tales of Time Spent at the Family Retreat. The book is the grand-prize winner in the Greyden Press 2013 Book Competition for non-fiction.

A corporate goddess

cover-MyLiveAsACorpGoddess Screenwriter and author Jane C. Rosen has published My Life as a Corporate Goddess, a refreshing and humorous look into the ongoing dialogue of women in leadership.

If the streets could talk

Patrick M. Kennedy’s new book, City Streets, chronicles the human tales found in the city’s heart — its streets.

Going for the jocular

Aiming_for_the_Jocular_Vein Erica Stux has published Aiming for the Jocular Vein, a book of essays and light verse dealing with humorous aspects of everyday situations.

Circle of life

Pat Nelson is one of the editors of Not Your Mother’s Book … On Being a Parent. This humor-packed anthology is filled with 68 true stories about parenting, from conception to parenting your own parents.

It’s an art

RRP International is publishing The Art of Opinion Writing: Insider Secrets From Top Op-Ed Columnists, a new book by nationally syndicated columnist Suzette Martinez Standring. The book is a sequel to The Art of Column Writing, which is used in journalism courses nationally.

Geezers

A Field Guide to Geezers is based on decades of research by an amateur naturalist and geezer enthusiast. This first book of its kind offers detailed field notes and illustrations describing the unique behaviors and entertaining habits of 13 species. You, too, will discover that these charming hominids among us really are worthy of your time and attention. Learn viewing techniques as well as secret tips for meeting and live-trapping your own dream-geezer. Written with affection by Rae Ellen Lee, the author of the award-winning memoir, My Next Husband Will Be Normal: A St. John Adventure.

Reflections of Erma

Humor writer of the month

Leighann Lord

Leighann Lord calls herself the best African-American female humor writer in America. “Well, I wanted to be the best African-Canadian female humor writer in Canada, but they have very strict rules about that sort of thing…some nonsense about me not actually being a Canadian citizen. Blah, blah, blah… whatever. Their loss, right?” She’s a stand-up comedian (Comedy Central, HBO, The View, Si TV), writer (The Huffington Post, Stagetime Magazine) and culture commentator (Fox News, MSNBC, CNN) — and she pens the blog, “The Urban Erma.”

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