an eternal optimist
I thought it was kismet, reading about Script Frenzy right when I'd gotten laid off from my job. I thought: Here I have nothing else to do but write, and this little contest of sorts will force me to do so. Ha. Was I wrong. My mother has decided to get her knee replaced and guess who has the honor of taking care of her before, during and after. And my husband has waited until now to do the taxes. Guess who pays all the medical and tuition bills that need tallying. That's right, folks: Me! Less time and quiet than I thought in April. Oh, well. The surgery is scheduled for April 13 and she'll be out of it for at least a day or so, right? And taxes are due April 15, so after that there should be less interruptions, right?
Sometimes my optimism makes me laugh.
And to think I once envied you who had "all day" to write. :-)
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About Jodi
I had no intention of becoming a writer, never thought of myself as a writer, rarely wrote, yet loved language.
One of my first classes at Penn was Biography, Autobiography and Fiction with Dr. Irma Lustig, an amazing teacher. We read diaries and papers of...
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Causes Jodi Thompson Supports
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Jodi’s Favorite Books
The Poisonwood Bible; Turtle Moon; Yellow Raft on Blue Water; Ahab's Wife; The Red Tent
Shoot for April 16th Jodi!
Shoot for April 16th Jodi!
Will do, Mary.
Will do!
filling spaces
Don't you find that whenever there is a space - of time, on the kitchen table, in the garden shed - it fills. And not with the things that you THOUGHT would be good to put there! Luckily, there is often a less discernible space somewhere else, if we look hard, that we can squeeze that something into or onto. Good luck with the script!