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Hello. My name is Leah and I am not a humorist. Last month, I attended the Erma Bombeck Workshop where I spent four days surrounded by funny people...in Dayton, Ohio, no less. Humor was not limited to sessions such as "The Secret to Writing Funny" by Alan Zweibel, an original Saturday Night Live writer, multiple Emmy winner and current executive producer on Showtime's Inside Comedy or Wendy Liebman's "Stand-Up Comedy Boot Camp." Wendy has been performing stand up since 1985 on shows like ...

"You don't have to be 21 to have your whole life ahead of you." With those simple words, author and actress Kathy Kinney uncovered one of the secrets behind the enormous popularity of the University of Dayton's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. It's empowering. This spring's workshop sold out in five hours and 41 minutes, with writers making the creative pilgrimage to campus from all parts of the country, Canada and Spain. Thanks to the ongoing generosity of the Alumni Association, nearly 2 ...