MONDAY ZOOM LUNCH GUEST: ROMEN BORSELLINO, HOLLYWOOD COMEDY WRITER: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88009196317 12:00 p.m. central time.
From Romen’s website: Romen Borsellino is a Los Angeles-based comedy writer whose credits include late night, sketch, game show, and awards show monologues. He recently wrote for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show during Kal Penn’s week as guest host. Romen was a staff writer for Season 2 of NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh as well as well as the sole writer for Battle of the Generations, a quiz show hosted by Lilly Singh, debuting on CTV in summer 2023. In 2020, Romen co-created and executive produced Freeform’s comedic election series Kal Penn Approves This Message. Romen has also written comedy for President Biden’s 2023 White House Correspondent’s Dinner remarks, the 2023 Pen America Literary Awards, the 2021 WGA Awards and Adam McKay and Will Ferrell’s This Giant Beast That Is The Global Economy on Amazon Prime. Romen is a member of the Writers Guild of America West.
Before writing comedy, Romen served as a political appointee in the United States Department of the Interior under President Obama. He has also worked on a number of high-profile political campaigns in his home state of Iowa, including President Obama’s historic 2008 Iowa caucus race and 2012 re-election. Romen is a graduate of Amherst College.
OKOBOJI WRITERS’ RETREAT
Just a few seats remain for the Okoboji Writers’ Retreat!!! Stop procrastinating. You know you want to come. Just do it! Network with international writers, hobnob with publishers and have a glass of wine with a literary agent. This is an outstanding opportunity to hang with cool people and learn a thing or two.
Invest in yourself, and have fun at the same time.
Learn more: www.okobojiwritersretreat.com
IOWA WRITERS’ COLLABORATIVE
There are now 31 members of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. From Waterloo, Davenport, the Des Moines metro area, and southern and northwest Iowa, folks who have at some point been professional journalists and authors contribute commentary and original reporting in a way that connects the state. From humor to political reporting to personal essays, you’ll enjoy the variety and talent.
Here is the roundup of columns posted yesterday: