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January 27, 2024
You Can Write, Too!
Award-winning novelist and Writer’s Digest columnist Sharon Short will lead a free writing workshop, “You Can Write, Too: Finding Your Voice,” on Wednesday, April 3, at the University of Dayton. Registration is required.
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January 21, 2024
My 70s Show
On Jan. 11, 1954, a date which will live in infancy, I made my grand entrance into the world. I arrived more than three weeks past my due date and have seldom been on time for anything since.
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January 20, 2024
How to Write Funny
How am I qualified to advise anyone on how to write funny? Well, I’ve published three collections of humorous essays and another three compilations of whimsical light verse, so I feel I can speak with some authority here when I say that adds up to six books.
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January 17, 2024
How I Became a Cat Person
Disclaimer: No pets die in this column (but they sometimes smell like they did).
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January 15, 2024
Pitch An Agent
As a new feature, we've added agent pitch sessions at the April 4-6, 2024, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.
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January 15, 2024
The Root of the Problem
Word of mouth has it that on a pain scale of 1 to 10, the bad tooth that recently made my jaw feel like it had been hit by lightning was a 47.
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January 09, 2024
Beyond the Byline
Beth Nevarez loves discovering the story behind the story. A public historian who spent days combing through the Erma Bombeck Collection at the University of Dayton, Nevarez quickly realized the dual nature of the trailblazing humorist.
January 08, 2024
Keeping My Eyes on the Road
I have never been a visionary — or even, since I have two eyes, a double visionary — but I recently read a newspaper report about driver's licenses and saw clearly that getting an eye exam is a good way to stay out of jail.
January 08, 2024
Late to Work
For some jobs it is important to show up on time. Retail clerks, airline pilots, kindergarten teachers.
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