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Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
8.1.2026
Humor Writer of the Month: Lauretta
Hannon
Lauretta Hannon, a TEDx speaker, writing teacher and best-selling author, is our Humor Writer of the Month for August.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
8.1.2026
Who's Publishing What: Hi, Honey! A Dementia
Diary
Jyl CJ Barlow’s memoir, Hi, Honey! A Dementia Diary, is a tender and bruisingly honest book about losing a mother twice: first slowly, through the fog and theft of dementia.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
7.28.2026
Donna Martin, Please Tell Your Mother the
Truth
Like many of my fellow Gen Xers, I watched the original Beverly Hills 90210 religiously every Wednesday night on FOX. I cut my hair like Kelly Taylor, hung out with guys like Steve (minus the money) and even briefly dated someone who looked like Dylan.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
7.22.2026
Things America Does
Better
While my family was in South Korea recently for our youngest and quietest daughter’s senior trip, from which she brought home the country’s entire inventory of cosmetic products, I noticed several things that Korea does better than we do here in the U.S.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
7.15.2026
Who's Publishing What: A Priest Walks into a Waffle
House
Lauretta Hannon's new book, A Priest Walks into a Waffle House: Stories from a Gritty, Grace-Filled Life, is a "cheeky spiritual memoir with an audacious message of hope."
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
7.1.2026
Humor Writer of the Month: Holly Rizzuto
Palker
Holly Rizzuto Palker, a longtime writer and journalist who founded the stand-up comedy troupe The Mom Coms, is our Humor Writer of the Month for July.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
6.30.2026
Things South Korea Does
Better
Recently, my wife and I traveled to South Korea with my youngest and quietest daughter for her senior trip, a fictitious rite of passage high school graduates use as an excuse to take Instagram pics in exorbitantly expensive locations.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
6.23.2026
Fast Women, Strong
Voices
Writers from the Erma community will be prominently featured in Fast Forbidden Women, an anthology of 75 flash nonfiction essays, which will be published by Woodhall Press in fall 2027.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
6.22.2026
I Was the Victim of a Smart Phone
Zombie
There once was an um… “older woman” who fell victim to a “younger” mysterious phantom. I relate the story here as a warning and a lesson.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
6.15.2026
The Long Senior
Goodbye
After several weeks of elaborate celebrations and ceremonies, my youngest and quietest daughter recently graduated from high school — but she didn’t graduate from using my credit card to purchase expensive specialty drinks like boba tea.