It’s day 14, my last day in residency, and much like the weather here in Dayton, I’m facing the high/lows. It’s a lone high, getting back home to my family, imbalanced against a barrage of lows. Tomorrow, the floodgates open. Back to adulting, teaching, to-do lists, grading, cooking, cleaning, laundry and making my own bed… Read More
I packed 14 scribbled-in notebooks and 28 pens. I packed a bag of super sour Scandinavian swimmers, a plastic bottle of sangria and peanut butter pretzels. And, I packed enough underwear to last a month. You have that many unmentionables? Yes, dear readers, I do. I was ready for Dayton. I was ready to wear… Read More
“I’m not going to lie; I look good in a robe. Specifically, white, fluffy hotel ones. From Ohio,” wrote Gretchen Cion of Berkeley, California, in her pitch for the chance to live in a hotel for two uninterrupted weeks to finish her novel. “I’ll tell everybody about us. People will be like, ‘Hotel what?’ trying… Read More
“I do my best work alone, in my jammies, with a carafe of coffee and a side of total desperation,” one writer confessed in a pitch to be selected for A Hotel Room of One’s Own: The Erma Bombeck Humorist-in-Residence Program. Another wrote: “I once managed a six-room hotel in the desert (filled with quirky characters… Read More
We have lined up dozens of remarkable authors, bloggers and humorists to review and rank the 2025 entries in A Hotel Room of One’s Own: The Erma Bombeck Humorist-in-Residence Program. The judges, all established writers, will narrow the field for final judging by W. Bruce Cameron, bestselling author and humorist best known for his novel… Read More
Bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron and nationally renowned stand-up comic Wendy Liebman will select two humor writers for a fun, unconventional writing residency that promises winners the gift of time to hole up in a hotel, write — and order free room service. The University of Dayton’s Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop is offering two emerging writers… Read More
