Category: News
Public Art in Vancouver
I wanted to share a collection of the public art Karin and I saw up in BC and to thank our guide, Roberto, for a terrific tour. He was able to explain the artist’s intent of these images and the significance of […]
Newsletters: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
I get a big kick out of writing newsletters. I think they’re a fun and powerful way to connect with your readers and supporters. But, that said, I have a love-hate relationship with the services I’ve used to connect them to my […]
But It Worked Yesterday!
Unpleasant truth: Your phone, computer, or your car was OK when you last looked, but something went sideways in dead of night. Now they’re just paperweights, conversation pieces, or a driveway ornaments. And the warranties? Damn, they expired yesterday. What went wrong? […]
#HumorHandbook Project on Medium and Facebook
You can be a part of the conversation and the development of the humor handbook. It’s a long-considered project of setting down my thoughts on comedy and a key take-aways from more than 40 years of studying and practicing humor-writing and comedy. […]
Big-Buck Blogging For The Criminally Insane
So you want to blog for big bucks with nothing down? Why not? We’ve got karma to burn, so let’s go! First, you need a computer. Don’t own one? No problem. Check your local libraries and bistros. Quiet, relaxing, and deserted during […]
ThinkingFunny23 #humor & #comedy #writing conference
Learn about humor-writing from the pros at ThinkingFunny23. This online conference offers sessions that range from standup comedy to songwriting and tips on how to create and sustain a humor column and even publish your own series of book for fun and […]
Give Yourself the Gift of Confident Speaking
It’s that time when people are thinking about their New Year’s Resolution, and what better way to open the new year than to face down your fear and learn to enjoy public speaking! It’s true that public speaking, as far as fear […]
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.
Hello all. Well, I’m working at returning to a more regular writing schedule, and it would help me to have some beta-readers. As many of you may know, it’s tricky to put draft-documents up on the web. They can be scanned into […]