JJune 2003 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop newsletter

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ERMA BOMBECK WRITERS' WORKSHOP NEWSLETTER

University of Dayton

June 2, 2003

mailto:erma@udayton.edu

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Mark your calendars. The next Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop will be held March 25-27, 2004!

We're expanding the workshop to two days and have already lined up some great speakers, including Karyl Miller (Emmy award winning sitcom writer), Craig Wilson (USA Today columnist), Nancy Cartwright (author and voice of Bart Simpson), Jeff Herman (literary agent and author of Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers & Literary

Agents) and Bruce Cameron (New York Times best-selling author and syndicated humor columnist). The cost of the workshop will be $249, which includes six keynote speakers,

27 breakout sessions from which to pick, two continental breakfasts, two lunches and a networking party.

Registration for the 2004 writers' workshop will open in September. You'll be notified through this newsletter.

Keep writing...and hope to see you in March 2004!

Tim Bete

Humor columnist (http://www.TimBete.com) and director, Erma

Bombeck Writers' Workshop (http://www.HumorWriters.org)

P.S. Feel free to forward this newsletter to all your

writer friends.

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COMEDY WORLD MOURNS DEATH OF JOHN CANTU

John Cantu was one of the great comedy teachers of our time. We were members of the same online discussion group for humor writers and I always found his comments

insightful and right on the money. John died of cancer last month. According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, "Eulogists got exactly 2 1/2 minutes to tell mourners what a great fellow John Cantu was, before a man with a flashlight began shining it in their eyes."

See http://alumni.udayton.edu/rd.asp?cd=CantuEBWW&rf=EBWW0603

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"I'VE NEVER GOTTEN SO MUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM ANYTHING

I'VE WRITTEN"

Author, comic and humor columnist, Leigh Anne Jasheway won the 2003 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition humor category. In an interview with Tim Bete, she shared a few of her secrets as well as how winning has changed her life.

See http://www.humorwriters.org/Jasheway.html

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THINKING OF SELF-PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK?

PC Magazine recently tested six print-on-demand (POD) services writers use to self-publish their books. The results -- and accompanying discussion -- are eye-opening.

See http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1043161,00.asp

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WHO EVER SAID COMEDY HAD TO BE FUN?

In its May issue, Fast Company magazine ran a fascinating interview with Rob Burnett, president and CEO of David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants.

See http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/70/burnett.html

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NOVELIZE YOUR LIFE STORY OR FAMILY HISTORY

Pauline Reckentin's article in Writers Weekly tells how to turn your life into a fascinating book.

See http://www.writersweekly.com/articles/052103-01.html

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BOB HOPE TURNS 100

The year-long celebration of Bob's birthday by his family continues with dozens of events. The Bob Hope Web site celebrates 50 years of laughter.

See http://www.bobhope.com/index.html

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GROENING HITS AN AWARD 'HOMER'

"The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening won the Reuben Award as top cartoonist of the year at the 57th annual National Cartoonists Society convention. Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson, will speak at the 2004 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

See http://alumni.udayton.edu/rd.asp?cd=homerEBWW&rf=EBWW0603

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BRAND YOURSELF

Julie Donner Andersen gives the "three laws of personal branding."

See http://www.writersweekly.com/articles/050703-01.html

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HUMOR WRITER OF THE MONTH: JEN SINGER

Jen Singer is the stay-at-home mother of two small boys, Nicholas, 6, and Christopher, 4. When they're sleeping or tearing down someone else's house, she writes about them,

secure in the knowledge that they can't read yet. Her humorous parenting essays have appeared in The New York Times and Woman's Day.

See http://www.mommasaid.net

If you'd like to be considered as our featured writer, send an e-mail with a link to one of your columns to: mailto:bete@udayton.edu

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BOOK GIVEAWAY

Each month we give away a book to one of the subscribers to this newsletter. If you're subscribed, you're entered to win! This issue's winner is Karin Vingle from Charleston,

WV. Karin has won a copy of "The Comedy Bible" by Judy Carter, as well as an Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop mouse pad.

Stay tuned! You could be next issue's winner!

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MARKETS, CONTESTS AND MORE

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http://www.dreamsinpregnancy.com

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NETWORK WITH OTHER HUMOR WRITERS: Network with other humor writers. Join the e-mail discussion group for past attendees of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop and those who would like to attend in the future. To join, visit the Yahoo! Group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humor_writers

SUGGEST A RESOURCE If you have a favorite book or Web

site, let me know at bete@udayton.edu.

mailto:bete@udayton.edu

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OTHER ERMA BOMBECK WRITING WORKSHOP LINKS

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ERMA MUSEUM http://www.ErmaMuseum.org

FLIGHT HUMOR CONTEST http://www.flighthumor.org

ERMA T-SHIRT

http://alumni.udayton.edu/rd.asp?cd=ermashirt&rf=EBWW0203

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http://www.humorwriters.org/Screensaver.html

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