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The Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop is teaming with prolific author Allia Zobel Nolan on a proposed humorous anthology about aging.

If accepted by a publisher, the book will feature a mixture of Zobel Nolan's essays and "fall-on-the-floor-and-roll-around-in-stitches" humorous contributions from 30 or 40 authors and bloggers from the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

It's tentatively titled When Life Hands You Age Spots, Play Connect the Dots. She'd like to share an initial four-to-six funny essays on aging as part of the formal proposal. Deadline to submit essays for the book proposal is March 13.

"I need one of your funniest pieces on aging," said Zobel Nolan, who has published close to 200 books, some for children, some humorous, some devotional. "Since it will be offered to a traditional publisher, this publisher would probably want all rights to this one particular piece."

This book has a great shot at finding a niche in the market.

"Unlike titles that promise eternal youth…if only the reader did this or that…or sappy books about how wonderful it is to age, this book will deal with the bald truth of the sagging and the nagging, the pain and the profundities, the wonder and inanities of having a brain that knows everything there is to know about a lot of things, but a body that lacks the ability to do anything about it," said Zobel Nolan.

For more information or to submit an essay for consideration for the proposal, email Allia Zobel Nolan at AlliaZobel@optonline.net.