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Swamp thing film festival | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. Swamp thing film festival. At the impressionable age of 17 I left the small town where I grew up to attend college in the big city. There I learned that movies weren’t just a convenient occasion to feel up a girl and, if she turned you down, to blow into your empty Milk Duds box and make a fart noise. No, they were films, a form of entertainment that, when molded by a master director an. Achieved the status of art.

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2014 Workshop | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. The next Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop will be March 31-April 2, 2016, on the campus of the University of Dayton, Erma Bombeck’s alma mater. Erma received from University of Dayton professor Brother Tom Price: “You can write! And you’re guaranteed to laugh. A lot. Legendary Emmy Award-winning talk show host. Best-selling novelist Lisa Scottoline. And writer-daughter, Francesca Serritella. Author Mary Lou Quinlan.

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Erma Swag | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. Erma merchandise is offered exclusively through the University of Dayton Bookstore. All proceeds benefit the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Endowment Fund, which helps keep the workshop affordable for writers. To shop, click here. A set of 12 notecards with such favorite Erma quotes as “Seize the moment. Think of all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.” ($10). A “You Can Write! In 2004, Univer...

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Dog gone | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. Along with the four kids our combined family also came bundled with two canine additions: a brilliantly high-strung Border Collie, Meg, and a dumber than a doorstop Siberian Husky, Maya. But by far her single biggest doggie quirk is the fact that she’s not much of a dog at all. She doesn’t come when you call her, has not an ounce of loyalty and is driven solely by self-interest; basically, she’s a large, dumb ca...

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Letters for hot babes | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. Letters for hot babes. Consider the letters of the alphabet. By now you should know all 26 letters. Some of them conjure up images of hot women, whereas others something else, or nothing at all. This would go bad, however, as many things do. I is not a woman’s name either. But any babe who uses the word I too much is narcissistic and too self-involved. She’s probably an actress or supermodel because they tal...Jay i...

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The ice cream man cometh | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. The ice cream man cometh. In the whole wide world which, as NASA has proven, is a whole lot wider than Pluto, a Disney character who can’t hold a candle to Sesame Street star Elmo nothing is sweeter than my granddaughter, Chloe. The only thing that comes close is ice cream. So it was especially sweet when Chloe, who’s a big Elmo fan, recently met Christos Skartsiaris, our neighborhood ice cream man. Tell me about it...

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Writing Competition | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. The Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. Is hosted every two years by the University of Dayton and the Washington-Centerville Public Library in Centerville, Ohio, where Erma wrote the books and columns that launched her national fame. Over the years, the contest has drawn thousands of hopeful entries, submissions inspired by Erma Bombeck’s humor and humanity. To read the winning entries, click here. 11:14 am Jun 20th.

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I hate glasses | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. 8220;Honey do you have my glasses! 8221; I accuse and ask the wife simultaneously. I hope she’d moved them or seen them as I blindly search in vain. 8220;Use mine. They’re on the kitchen counter! 8221; she answered. 8220;Oh, here they are,” I lie, covering my phobia because it draws her kisses into question. 8220;You said you found them,” she shouts from somewhere in the house. I have an HD TV and without my glasses...

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Support Us | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. There are numerous ways to help us keep Erma Bombeck’s legacy alive and ensure that the workshop remains affordable. Gifts of all sizes have a lasting impact on our work, and we’re grateful for your generosity. Please indicate that your gift supports the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Endowment. The workshop receives a portion of the sales from audio recordings. To order, click here. Subscribe to our Newsletter.

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In the spirit of Will Rogers | Erma Bombeck Writers´ Workshop

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The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published. In the spirit of Will Rogers. When Will Rogers died 80 years ago this month, the world lost a phenomenal figure. Robert Haught, foundation president, said the contest, which originated with the 2007 Will Rogers Writers Workshop in Oklahoma City, is being revived in observation of the 80th anniversary of Rogers’ death on Aug. 15, 1935 in a plane crash in Alaska. Contest entries may be submitted in one of two ways:.