The 2008 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

The 2008 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop will be held April 3-5, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio. Online registration will open Sept. 10, 2007 at noon EST. The 2006 workshop sold out in 12 days, so please reserve your spot early.

The 2008 workshop registration fee is $350, which includes all sessions and meals (three dinners, two lunches, two breakfasts). Keynote speakers include Garrison Keillor, Martha Bolton, Mike Peters, Connie Schultz, Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan.

Take a look at the complete speaker list and schedule.

We've asked some of our favorite instructors to give all-new sessions, so returning attendees shouldn't get much repetition from the 2006 workshop.

2008 workshop sessions include:

HUMOR WRITING

• How to develop and use humorous anecdotes
• Raising your humor writing IQ
• How to take your humor writing from amusing to amazing
• Humor writing: What works and what doesn't
• Are you SURE you want to be a humor columnist?
• How to write humorous greeting cards

HUMAN INTEREST WRITING

• Shaping your life experience for the page
• How to touch readers' hearts with your words

MOTIVATION

• How to survive and thrive throughout the creative process
• Networking for writers

FREELANCE WRITING

• Freelance writing for the greeting card industry
• The renegade writer's guide to breaking into magazines

MARKETING

• Podcasting for writers
• Using online video to market your books and yourself
• How to create an Amazon.com bestseller

BOOK PUBLISHING

• Book proposals and literary agents
• How to choose the right self-publishing company

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