Blogs

No matter how you spell it, brace yourself for a wild, global online party, what humorist Dave Fox calls "a cool new kind of writing class."

Here's how he describes the 100-hour writing festival:

I'm throwing a big-ass party, and you're invited. And you can attend, no matter where in the world you are. With goose-bumpy excitement, I'm thrilled to announce the "100 Hours of Humo(u)r" online festival!

It's going to be my most ambitious and ridiculous web event ever. From March 1-5, my goal is to upload new humor-related content to Globejotting.com every hour for a hundred hours.

Some hours, I'll be blogging "live," testing my high-speed writing skills with quick comedy blasts. Other hours will feature humor writing mini-lessons to help you become a funnier person. You can put those lessons into action in "flash humor" writing contests; I'll announce a topic, you'll have 60 minutes to crank out something funny and send it to me, and the best stories will win prizes. (And, yes, some hours, I'll be snoring. During those times, pre-written content will upload automatically, so the hourly flood of goofiness will continue all day and night, regardless of your time zone.)

Why all the hoopla? Two reasons: (1) I wanted a reason to use the word, "hoopla." (2) During the online party, I'll be kicking off my new and improved series of online writing classes.

I've been working feverishly on a more flexible, more affordable format for my humor and travel writing workshops. These information-soaked courses will cost a fraction of what the original workshops cost, and they'll include new features such as MP3 audio lessons and the "Globejotters' Lounge," our online writers' hangout. If you're wanting a more intensive workshop with in-depth, professional coaching, you can purchase add-on critique packages for detailed feedback on your work. These reformatted courses will also offer more flexibility for people with busy schedules. The old workshops took place on specific dates. With the new courses, you can start whenever you like, and work at your own pace.

The "100 Hours" party from March 1 to 5 will include a special pre-sale discount for the new humor course (which is scheduled to be ready around March 15, possibly sooner). The travel writing workshop follows in May, and a new "Writers' Therapy" class, to help you tackle common emotional challenges writers face, is on deck for later this year.

More details are coming very soon on all the cool stuff that's included with these courses, and how you can get big discounts on the new writing courses during the 100 Hours of Humo(u)r extravaganza. So check back on my Globejotting.com website in a few days and mark your calendar for March 1-5.

The "100 Hours" fest begins at the following times on March 1:

US Pacific: 6 a.m.

US Eastern: 9 a.m.

Ireland and Great Britain: 2 p.m.

Central European Time: 3 p.m.

Singapore / Hong Kong / Perth, Australia: 10 p.m.

Sydney, Australia: 1 a.m. (March 2)

New Zealand: 3 a.m. (March 2)

- Dave Fox

Dave Fox is author of Getting Lost: Mishaps of an Accidental Nomad and Globejotting: How to Write Extraordinary Travel Journals (and still have time to enjoy your trip!), both Amazon bestsellers. He was part of the faculty at the 2012 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. Sign up for online versions of his fun and popular travel and humor writing classes.