I’m just back from the laugh out loud funny Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in Dayton, Ohio.
As ever, it was a magical and memorable experience with incredible key-note speakers that included the likes of Liza Donnelly, an author/editor of 18 books and an award-winning cartoonist with The New Yorker Magazine, John Grogan of the international #1 bestseller Marley and Me, Karen Walrond bestselling author, photographer, coach and speaker and Monica Piper, Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and stand-up comic who has written for sitcoms Roseanne, Mad About You and Veronica’s Closet, and was the head writer of the #1 children’s animated series Rugrats.
As if that wasn’t enough, on Friday night I was thrilled to embrace my very own copy of Laugh Out Loud in which 40 women humorists celebrate then and now … before we forget. It was an honor to meet several of those who are also between the covers and to participate in the first book signing.
What’s this gem all about?
Well …
Laugh Out Loud Funny
Remember ironing your hair? Rolling it in soda cans to straighten it? Lacquering it with enough spray that it could ward off bullets? Ever slather on cement-colored lipstick so heavy, you looked like a zombie princess? Remember hot pants and platform heels? The danger of patent-leather shoes? Were you a secretary, nurse, or teacher, but only, as our mothers urged us, until you found “Mr. Right?”
In her new book, LAUGH OUT LOUD: 40 WOMEN HUMORISTS CELEBRATE THEN AND NOW…BEFORE WE FORGET, Allia Zobel Nolan and 40 funny ladies from the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop chronicle these blips in time as they look back at life in the past lane.
Zobel Nolan and the other dancing queens then fast forward to today and write about what it’s like to blink and wake up to be 50, 60, 70, and beyond—experiences ranging from cremation ceremonies to marrying younger men, from senior online dating to finding yourself a menopausal maniac in Mexico.
Isn’t that just the best? Well, guess what? You, too, can get your very own copy. Right now. It’s waiting for you at Amazon. All you need do is simply click on this Amazon link:
In CANADA: Just Click here, my Fellow Canadians
Outside of Canada: //www.amazon.com/dp/0692076190/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_7qTYAb1772HR8
My most heartfelt thanks to the tireless folks at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop and especially my dear Erma bud, the wonder that is Allia Zobel Nolan, for enabling its existence.
18 Responses
Woo hoo! Awesome! Congrats! I can’t wait to read it.
Thanks so very much, Katy. I think you’ll enjoy it. You might not have experienced some of the memories (seeing as you’re just a youngster) but at the very least it’ll have you grateful you didn’t and it’ll prepare you for the future!
Sounds like a wonderful weekend! Just ordered the book – excited to read it and laugh out loud 🙂
Thanks so very much, Chels. I’m so excited to do an upcoming post linking with JJ. Doodle dee doodle dee doo!
Congratulations on the book, of course, AND for also getting front and centre in the group photo. 😉
Ha! Good spotting, Wend. Yes, the one time it’s rather fun to be short …
Oh my, hot pants and platform shoes, I remember them so well !! So proud of your accomplishment Kelly !!
Thank you! And yes, hot pants! Platform shoes! Fellas draped in jewelry than a shopping channel promo …
This will be the first book I read from the conference. I think I bought 30!!
Did you have to pay extra for your luggage? Happy reading, Bryce. It was a real treat to meet you!
Congratulations, Kelly! I am sure this book is hilarious and well written if you are a part of it. Sorry to have missed you in Dayton. See you in 2020!
Aw, thanks, Molly so very much. You must know that you were indeed missed. Here’s to Erma 2020. In the meantime, may the words flow, the pages fill up and may we all enjoy at least one laugh out loud each and every day!
I just ordered my copy! I can’t wait to read the book! I will trouble you for an autograph when we meet up the next time. XO
Thank you so very much for ordering it, Mo. You’re such a good friend! And yes, I shall gladly autograph your copy when next we meet. Let’s make that sooner than soon!
Congrats Kelly! I’m always excited to see a fellow blogger published solo and/or in a collarboration!
Aw, thank you so very much, Kenya. It was really lovely meeting several of the other contributors, too. I hope that you and I manage to do that one day.
Ah, SO MUCH FUN! I’m so glad you went and were able to connect with so many amazing writers and have such an incredible experience, Kelly! The book sounds AMAZING. Congratulations on it all, my friend!