Who's publishing what? archive
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2008
WORKSHOP FACULTY
‘JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FEMALE HUMAN’
See Dave Konig as “Newsweek reporter Todd Graham” in an exclusive pre-election report filed by The Onion.
LAST CHANCE
Sophfronia Scott is doing one last run of The 21-Step Guide to Writing, Publishing & Marketing Your Book.
SAILING THE HIGH SEAS
The Guide to Pirate Parenting book trailer won the Reader's Entertainment TV Best Author Made Book Video for October. The book trailer was created by Tim Bete, Guide to Pirate Parenting's author. Bete’s story, “We Are Dragon-Slayers,” was selected for A Chicken Soup for the Soul “101 Best” Books. The story previously appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dads & Daughters.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
MADE IN AMERICA?
UM, MY BOOK?
Tracy Beckerman was a good sport to do a piece for CBS’s The Early Show on “shopping your closet” (huh?). What they didn’t mention? Her new book, Rebel Without a Minivan. NBC was more on the ball when she appeared giving movie recommendations on The Today Show.
THE DIVINE MISS DEE
‘THE WORDS MAKE DELICIOUS SOUNDS’
GOP SOUP
Angie Klink’s “Watergate: the Warm Fuzzies” appears in Republican Soul, published by the original publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.
MORE SOUP
Award-winning author and nationally syndicated columnist Saralee Perel will have three stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolution, due out in December. She’s also a new contributor to Funny Times.
FRIENDS CALL HER THE LITERARY ‘GRANDMA MOSES’
Christina Cahill was runner-up in the Ohio AARP’s essay-writing contest. You can read her essay “Second Chance,” here.
BELTWAY SPUD
Sherry Antonetti lives in Washington, D.C., but her posts on a discussion group caught an Idaho editor’s eye. Her (paying) weekly humor column in Idaho’s Island Park News launches Nov. 21.
JUNE/JULY 2008
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KITCHEN VIRGIN: Susan Reinhardt has published Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin, a collection of food stories, culinary missteps, and dining disasters. Susan’s columns appear in Gannett newspapers. She has also written features which have appeared in the Washington Post, London Daily Mirror, Newsday and other Tribune Media and Gannett publications.
LOTS OF IRONY: Judy Gruen's new book, The Women's Daily Irony Supplement, has won the Gold ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for humor, as well as a Silver "IPPY" Award from Independent Publisher and a Bronze Award from the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
DAY JOB: Meridian Magazine Online published, "The Duffle Bag," a piece by Larry Day.
APRIL/MAY 2008
WORKSHOP FACULTY
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE: Bruce Cameron has published 8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter, the sequel to 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.
FRUGAL, NOT CHEAP: Carolyn Howard-Johnson's book, The Frugal Editor, was selected as the best publishing book of 2007 by Reader Views Annual Literary Awards.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
FIRST PLACE: Norm Cowie's book, The Next Adventures of Guy ... more wackiness, came in first-place for Fantasy/SciFi in Preditors and Editor's Reader's Choice poll in January 2008. One of his short humor stories appeared in the anthology The Heat of the Moment, in which all 21 authors and the publisher are donating their royalties to the victims of the San Diego wildfires. The Heat of the Moment was also a top-ten finisher in the P&E poll.
LAWYER JOKES? Tami Kamin-Mayer has been hired as the Ohio correspondent for Legalnewsline.com. She recently interviewed comedian Jackie Mason and wrote a profile about him and his latest humor book, Schmucks.
STRANGE STORY: Norma Sundberg has published An Odd Fable, the story of a princess who solves a serious situation with a dilapidated drawbridge in the little round Kingdom of Odd.
NATIONAL PUBLICATION: LouAnn Edwards had an article published in Marriage Partnership Magazine.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
SOUPS ON: Kathy Shiels Tully had an essay accepted by Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Brothers and Sisters. She saw the call for submissions in this newsletter.
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008
WORKSHOP FACULTY
HJ & AMAZON: Carolyn Howard-Johnson is partnering with Amazon Shorts by publishing a book on writing book proposals.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
STANDRING PODCAST: Suzette Standring talked about her new book, The Art of Column Writing, on the Beyond the Book Cast.
PEREL IN SOUP...AGAIN: Award-winning columnist/novelist, Saralee Perel, will have a story published in the upcoming book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Tribute to Mom.
FIRST NOVEL: Janet Kay Jensen's first novel, Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys, was released by Cedar Fort Press.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
BARONE ON BASS: Don Barone is now writing for ESPN Outdoors.
UMMM. CHOCOLATE: Linda Kaullen Perkins had a story published in Chicken Soup for the Chocolate Lover's Soul.
NOVEMBER 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
TEACHING HUMOR: Mark Shatz will help Wagner College students prepare for its new humor-writing contest by conducting a workshop, Humor Writing 101.The presentation will prepare students to compete for a $1,000 grand prize..
ONE BUSY LADY: Leigh Anne Jasheway Bryant has a new agent, a book coming out with Whole Person Associates called Are You Playing with Me? and a contract for a menopause humor gift book.
SPEAKING OF DEB: Deb DiSandro headed up a Speaker School for her speaker's organization and won Member of the Year.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
LOVE SOUP: Award-winning columnist/novelist, Saralee Perel, will have two stories published in the upcoming book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Love Stories. The book will be in bookstores February 2008.
DOUBLE HEADER: Joanne Brokaw's slice of life column appears in Christian Voice Magazine, a national magazine for fans of southern Gospel music. She also has a regular column in ByLine Magazine.
WINDY CITY: Cheryl O'Donovan had a humor essay published in Chicago Parent magazine. She recently landed a column in the Pioneer Press (northwest suburbs/Chicago), called, "Van Mom Strikes Again." She's won a HumorPress placement twice (second and fourth places), and collaborated with Tom Wolferman on a humor book for the over-40 woman, The Estrogen Undeground.
LUCKY LARRY: Meridian Online Magazine published a humor piece by Larry Day. He also writes a regular column for his local newspaper.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
ZANY TALE OF A 14-YEAR-OLD BRANIAC: "Bowl of Cherries," the debut novel from 90-year-old author Millard Kaufman, is full of twisted family dynamics, romantic obsessions and wholly improbable story line delivered in a deadpan voice simmering with mirth. Read more.
OCTOBER 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
GHOSTHUNTER: John Kachuba's new book, Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers and Other Investigators of America’s Paranormal World combines his case reports of actual hauntings, discussions with leading figures in the paranormal world, and stories about related subjects—buying ghosts on eBay, buying and selling haunted houses, ghost tourism—to present an intriguing and witty look at this interesting phenomena in American pop culture.
BOLTON AND DICKSON: Seasoned comedy writers Martha Bolton and Brad Dickson take an unconventional, refreshing look at the over-forty Race You To The Fountain of Youth. Instead of heaping on the pressure to exercise more, eat less, manage your time, and save all your money for retirement, Bolton and Dickson offer a take-it-easy approach to aging with chapters like: If Menopausal Women Ruled the World, How to Calculate Your Real Age and He Died of What?
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
SHOVEL IT: Gwen Petersen has published How To Shovel Manure and Other Life
Lessons for the Country Woman.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
FROM TV TO PAPER: Sitcom writer Fred Rubin has been writing for the Studio City Sun.
BRYANT'S NEW BOOK: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant has published, Life is Funny: A Riveting Tale of Comedy, Hairdressing, and Texas Politics.
MORE MOTHERHOOD: Susan Konig's new book,I Wear The Maternity Pants In This Family, was a Parade Magazine Pick-of-the-Week.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
MONTVILLE WINS: Dan Montville was chosen as the 2007 Robert Benchley Society Humor Writing Competition winner.
TEA BAG WINNER: Tami Kamin-Meyer won the 2007 Bag Ladies Tea haiku contest. Her haiku will adorn the company’s Friendship Tea packages.
BIG APPLE: Lisa Friedman had a humor essay published in The New York Times. She credits the Bombeck Workshop with giving her the perseverance to keep writing.
FILM FESTIVAL WINNER: Jenn Dlugos was awarded a Script Recommendation from the Kids First! film festival for a feature-length screenplay she co-wrote with Andrea Henry, one of Nick at Nite's Funniest Mom finalists.
BY GEORGE, SHE'S PUBLISHED: Nancy George had an essay published in the Christian Science Monitor, a lead she got at the 2006 Bombeck Workshop.
WHERE AM I WEARING?: Kelsey Timmerman is going on a global quest to answer the question: Where am I wearing?
ON THE TABLE: DC Stanfa's The art Of Table Dancing:Escapades Of An Irreverent Woman, was recognized as one of the top-ten autobiographies at the 2007 New York Book Festival.
WHINE AND NOSES: Lisa Espinoza Johnson, author of Days of Whine and Noses, has added a blog to her new Web site.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
SAWYER SPEAKS: Jeff Sawyer has a new blog.
ALWAYS A CYNIC: Norm Cowie has had many pieces published in Cynic Magazine, a lead he found in this newsletter.
SOUP'S ON: Pamela Christian had an essay published in Chicken Soup for the Wine Lover's Soul. She's working on a humor book for travelers.
JUNE/JULY 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
MILLER'S ELECTRIC: Karyl Miller has been painting utility boxes with her cartton characters. Read more.
GRUEN'S EVERYWHERE: Judy Gruen has pubished The Women's Daily Irony Supplement (Creative Minds Press). The book is a collection of nearly 60 essays on the torment of e-mail chain letters, women who won't eat carrots because of their high-carb-content, how to release your inner shopper, and much more. A quote from the book appeared on five million Starbucks cups (grande-sized). Her work is also appearing frequently in the "Jewlarious" column on Aish.com and in Skirt!, the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
FIRST PLACE: Editor Barbara Madden's teacher-produced newspaper won a Missouri State Teachers
Association's Professional Communication Award as the best teacher newsletter in the state. The newsletter has a circulation of more than 4000. Barbara credits mentoring at the 2004 Bombeck workshop as a key in developing her ability to edit..
BRENNAN IN CAPITAL: Angie Brennan had a humor piece about caller ID published in The Capital, an Annapolis, MD-based newspaper.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
JOEL'S A STAR: Joel Schwartzberg, the Feb. 2007 Humor Writer of the Month, had an essay published in the Star-Ledger (NJ's largest newspaper) on Memorial Day.
COWIE'S GREAT REVIEW: Pop Syndicate calls Norm Cowie's book, The Adventures of Guy ... written by a guy (probably), "a great read."
MAY 2007
DON'T SLEEP WITH A BUBBA: Susan Reinhardt's new book is a collection of humor but also includes a dark decent into depression which led to a suicide attempt and stay in a psychiatric ward.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
FAUX FILM: Sharyn Lonsdale is writing a humorous movie column for the twice-monthly Englewood Review in Florida, as her alter ego faded B movie queen and British miniseries darling, Amanda Glam.
LOST IN SUBURBIA: Tracy Beckerman's column has been picked up by Our Town News, a new newspaper in Alexandria, Virginia. Beckerman’s column is already carried by fifty newspapers in New Jersey and on two websites on the Internet, for a total circulation of 800,000 readers.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
WATERS, WATERS EVERYWHERE: George Waters has been named a finalist in the Robert Benchley Humor Prize Competition. His weekly column, “On the Waters Front” has expanded into two more Southern California newspapers, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and the San Bernardino Sun.
CHANGE FOR THE BETTER: Jim Watkins has published Communicate to Change Lives, a book to help ministers, Sunday school teachers, missionaries, board members and parachurch workers to, well, change lives!
MATT NEEDS A JOB: Matt Ottinger was the Humor Writer of the Month in May 2005. Since then he broke out of
journalism to work in politics and then the candidate he was working for decided NOT to run for president. Now, he's unemployed, irritated and writing about it. Read more.
MARCH 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
YOGA FOR THE FUNNY BONE: Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant's book, Yoga for Your Funny Bone: Exercises to Strengthen Your Comedy Writing, won the 2007 Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) Award for the best nonfiction book written by, or edited by, a member of AATH that reflects and advances the understanding and application of humor and laughter for their positive benefits.
KIRKLAND TO RELEASE NEW COLLECTION: Canadian author, syndicated columnist, and entertainer Gordon Kirkland has completed his fifth collection of short humor. His material has made him a reader and audience favorite throughout Canada and the United States. The book will be published by AuthorHouse in the United States and launched June 1st at BookExpo-America in New York, where Kirkland will be one of the featured signing authors. The new book is tittled, I May Be Big, But I Didn’t Cause That Solar Eclipse.
REINHART AND STANFA AGAIN: Susan Reinhardt and DC Stanfa were featured authors at an event at a combination bookstore and beauty shop in Texas. The shop is called Pulpwood Queens.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
LONSDALE GOES FREELANCE: Sharyn Lonsdale left her full-time staff writer and columnist job at the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota to pursue a freelance writing career. She has since had features published in Lee Magazine, Charlotte Life Magazine and on a Florida travel Web site. She is also a writer and the contributing editor for Childconnections magazine and continues to work as a correspondent, writing features, including first-person humor essays, and restaurant reviews for the Herald-Tribune.
HOUGHTON IN BELLA: Kristen Houghton has been published in Family Lobby Magazine and writes a column for BellaOnline Magazine.
PHILLIPS GETS REGULAR: Rachael Phillips has been promoted to "regular contributor" at Marriage Partnership magazine, published by Christianity Today. She was also a contributor to the Guideposts' anthologies, Miracles of Healing and Miracles and Children.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
ULTIMATE GUIDE BOOK FOR NEW YORK SURVIVAL: Only in a city like New York will you find a step-by-step guide on how to pee on the city streets. A 40 Point Guide To Peeing In New York was written by Ray Tempus.
FEB. 2007
WORKSHOP FACULTY
CARTWRIGHT LEARNS TO DRIVE: Nancy Cartwright,the voice of Bart Simpson, was trained and tested for her NASCAR drivers license at Irwindale Raceway in Southern California. Nancy is the voice of Chip Kelly from the animated series, "The Kellys." She's also the show's executive producer.
STARS CONFESS TO KONIGS: Celebrities confess to Dave & Susan Konig on their hit radio show "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace!" Richard Simmons: "Did you know I'm Catholic? I've been a practicing Catholic since I was 15, I have a collection of baby Jesus figurines!" Tony Danza: "I'm still a little beat up about my talk show -- I just admitted that to you for the first time -- but starring in a Broadway musical is a nice band-aid. They're putting my picture up at Sardi's!" "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace!" airs Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to noon EST, on The Catholic Channel Sirius 159. Listen to audio highlights.
LIEBER HAS NEW SITE: Dave Lieber's new Web site is up and running. The site includes his new video column.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
GARFINKLE HITS TRIFECTA: Debby Garfinkle's humorous young adult novel, Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl, will be published in paperback by Penguin/Putnam in March. Her humorous young adult novel, Stuck in the '70s, will be published by Penguin/Putnam in May. And the first book of her trilogy, The Band, about the rocky romances and rising careers of five teenagers in a rock band, will be published by Penguin/Berkley in May.
GALLAGHER TAKES REDEYE: Danny Gallagher had two essays published in RedEye, an edition of the Chicago Tribune.
BROWN IN SOUP: Stephanie Ray Brown 's story, "Love has No Borders," was selected to be included in Chicken Soup for New Mom's Soul.
IN STITCHES: Kathy Wooton had her essay, "A Doctor's Guide to Your Loved One's Menopause," accepted by Stitches, the Canadian Journal of Medical Humor.
FOR THE BIRDS: Lynette Sheffield's book, They Still Drop Turkeys at KTWS in Bend , Oregon, was a finalist in the Humor category of the Best Books 2006 National Book Awards.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
DEC. 2006/JAN. 2007
PAST WORKSHOP FACULTY
REINHARDT & STANFA: Susan Reinhardt recently wrote about workshop attendee DC Stanfa. "The entire diamond debate began when my friend DC Stanfa of Cincinnati finally got her much-awaited rock." Read the column.
LEIGH ANNE ROCKS ON: Leigh Anne Jasheway Bryant has a new radio program, Women Under the Influence of Laughter, which airs on KOPT 1600 AM (www.kopt.com). The purpose of the program is to let funny women talk about serious and not-so serious topics and is looking for call-in guests (especially if you've got a book to promote.) Leigh Anne has already Kate Clinton, Rita Rudner, and Michele Balan from Last Comic Standing and has Laurie Notaro and Paula Poundstone lined up. Contact her at lajfun@accidentalcomic.com. Leigh Anne also has a new blog.
PAST WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
I FOUND U: Angie Klink has published her second mascot children's book, I found U, which is about Indiana University. Klink is the author of the successful Purdue Pete Finds His Hammer, showcasing Purdue’s unofficial mascot Purdue Pete and Purdue University.
OTHER PUBLISHING NEWS
NOV. 2006
WORKSHOP FACULTY
NEW VIDEO COLUMN: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
