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Judy Carter Signs On For ThinkingFunny21

I’m thrilled to announce that long-time stand-up comedy expert, Judy Carter, will be helping us out! All the more reason to sign up for the April 3, 2021 virtual event. Carter has written a number of books on stand up, including Stand-up Comedy-The Book, her most recent work is an overhaul of her 20-year bestseller, […]

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ThinkingFunny21 – Humor-Comedy Writing Workshop

Do you want to start the new year with a smile of anticipation on your face? Are you looking for one last tax-deduction in 2020? Then sign up now for the ThinkingFunny21 Humor and Comedy-Writing Workshop, a virtual conference offered on April 3, 2021! The first 10 signups get an earlybird discount of 10%, just […]

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Give Yourself the Gift of Confident Speaking

It’s time people are thinking about their New Year’s Resolution, and what better to do than to face down your fear and learn to enjoy public speaking! Yes, you can do it, and I’m happy to help. For more than 30 years I’ve been teaching and coaching public speaking, debate, literature-in-performance, and readers theater. It’s […]

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Hyperactive-Humor – The Gift That Keeps Giving and Giving and Giving and Giving and…

Let my say up front that I’m here today, healthy and happy, because wonderful people were patient with the PIA kid that I was. Hyperactivity is hard, often, but properly directed, it can be a gift. Really. That’s the message of my “Problem Child” stories, and while they’re offered up in a playful, humorous manner, […]

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Doggone Good Gift Ideas!

Robb's books make great gifts! You can find them on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other outlets.

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Chico.Rocks – Unsung Heroes

Today I’m submitting an application to Chico’s Enterprise Record for a periodic column as a “community voice.” If chosen, this means I’ll write 13 brief columns in 2021. I thought long and hard about what sort of column I’d like to write that fit the needs of the paper and would be fun to write, […]

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Giving Tuesday – Supporting Erma!

Here’s a link to support the Erma Bombeck conference. They have scholarships and support available to open this humor workshop up to those who might not otherwise afford it. Support them if you can. I’m supporting other charities, too, of course. But I thought I’d give Erma a shout-out here.

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Road Trip Update

Back home after weeks of living in a travel trailer, on the road, hundreds of miles from home. We did this to support a family member (I’m being vague to honor some confidentiality) who was critically ill. COVID kept us from being in the hospital, but we were on standby if anything blew up. As […]

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NaNoWriMo 2020 – Here We Go Again

Photo by JPPI on morgueFile.com, edited by Robb. We’ll, I’m a week late at starting, but I’m taking on NaNoWriMo again this year. Goal is to crank out a hot mess of 50,000 words. Working title of the book is “Family Secrets.” More than that, I’m not saying. I have a tendency to talk about […]

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Always Room At Our Table

This story was originally preformed as a stand-up routine at the 2020 Erma Bombeck Writer's Conference, seen only by the 600+ in attendance. Here is the story, shared for newsletter subscribers. To see it, please subscribe to the Robb's newsletter.

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