In his article, “New York Overheard: ‘Hyperreality,’ “ literary agent Russell Galen describes the reader’s “longing to go beyond everyday experience.”
This is why I read and it’s also why I write—to be transported by the extraordinary experience of a story. I love a book that stays with me. I want to write stories that do that, and I’m absorbed by many types of fiction.
Not all of my early works are extant (nor should they be), but for better or for worse “The Story of the Little Pumpkin,” (written when I was six) still exists. It has an unusual hero and I think it has potential to be developed into a series of action films. But so far, no takers.
Fiction projects
• Camelot & Vine: a novel about lies, truth and why nail polish is superfluous in a sword fight. Women’s fiction with a time travel twist.
• “Rooms:” flash fiction about exploring one’s options, sometimes with a hammer. Written for the Rose City Sisters flash fiction blog.
• “Belinda’s Birthday:” flash fiction about love, grief and food, also published on the Rose City Sisters site.
• “My Breasts:” a spec script for the TV series Scrubs, won an honorable mention in the 72nd annual Writer’s Digest Competition.
Nonfiction projects
• Act As If, a humor column about the acting life in Hollywood, part of the ActorsInk ezine at Nowcasting.com and currently in reruns.
• “Then and Now,” articles about local history for South Pasadena Patch.
• “Things,” a personal essay featured in the collection, A Cup of Comfort for Christmas (Adams Media).
