(Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop Blog)

For the next six months, I avoided anything that could be categorized as "delicious." So long, cheese! Arrivederci, donuts! Au revoir, Boozy Fruit Punch! I ate tons of apples, switched to soy cheese, and consumed enough salad to feed the entire population of Vatican City. When it was time to retake the test, I marched into the lab with the confidence of Charlemagne, certain I had vanquished bad cholesterol.

(Entropy)

“It’s one thing to dream of castles in the air. It’s another to ask me to live in them…”

(Emmy Magazine)

No red carpet? No problem! To create buzz for Space Force, Little Fires Everywhere and Upload, social-media masters came up with the likes of a TikTok space walk, a virtual party with Beyoncé’s mom and postcards from the afterlife.

(Emmy Magazine)

These days, Jan Luis Castellanos is living the dream with roles on Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and Quibi's Don’t Look Deeper. But back in 2018, he nearly gave up acting and headed back to New Jersey.

“21 Cookbooks That Are Actually Worth the Money” (Buzzfeed)

“Essential Cookbook To Get You Through Every Dinner Party, Holiday and Brunch Ever” (Bustle)

(Emmy Magazine)

This exec at a talent-friendly content house finds myriad ways to work during the shutdown.

(Chicken Soup for the Soul: Best Mom Ever)

“She snapped out her daze and shoved me back. Fists and ballet slippers started to fly…”

(Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love)

“I wrote to all my friends that I had found THE ONE. If he would just look in my direction, maybe he’d realize it too…”

(Los Angeles Times)

2016 Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction

Two old-timers try to fulfill a buddy’s dying wish to be fed to the alligators in the Florida Everglades…