Tag: writing conference

Three Days with a Name Tag

There are a lot of funny people here but I’m not sure I’m one of them. I’m at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop at the University of Dayton, a conference held every two years that is so popular that, this year, the 450 slots… Continue Reading “Three Days with a Name Tag”

99 New: The Fireman at the Writing Conference

He is wearing jeans that have been washed 10,000 times, white crew socks, and sneakers that are old enough to have broken shoelaces although they don’t. His shirt is worn and soft, plaid and loose, like a shirt you’d grab out of a bin… Continue Reading “99 New: The Fireman at the Writing Conference”

Three Days with a Name Tag

There are a lot of funny people here but I’m not sure I’m one of them. I’m at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop at the University of Dayton, a conference held every two years that is so popular that, this year, the 450 slots… Continue Reading “Three Days with a Name Tag”