Bev, The Defiant Writer
In addition to being a wife and a mostly-at-home mom to three crazy kids, I work for a college teaching a therapeutic rec program, supporting distance students. (Yes, this is just in case you just tuned in.)
As well, I just took a contract with that program to develop a(nother) new curriculum. I should be spending my free (ha!) time writing about assessment procedures, developing assignments and learning activities, and reviewing textbooks.
As well, I wake up in the middle of the night with zany ideas for children’s books. Yes, I have the notebook beside my bed, and my husband can (thankfully) sleep through any of my giggling fits, and with any amount of light on.
On top of that, I have a comic buddy with whom I’ve spent the last two years developing a sitcom. It’s been a rollercoaster ride, to say the least, and now we’ve been asked to develop 10 very tight episodes, in order to have some in-the-know folks choose one for a pilot. We’ve been to this point before, only to have budgets vanish, plans change, etc. This time, we’re going in with eyes open. A little smarter, and probably a little funnier.
I never truly could never have imagined that I’d be a comedy writer. I thought I’d write for kids, always.
When it rains, it pours. Actually, in my life it’s like this: when it’s supposed to rain, it snows. See, when I’m supposed to be writing curriculum, my brain floods with kid’s stories and funny scenes for the sitcom.
I’m a defiant writer, I think.
PS: Another sitcom survey for me …help me out if you can as we’re looking for fresh ideas on this one. What is the quirkiest part of the opposite sex’s body that you’re attracted to, and why? (ie. I don’t want to hear about eyes or legs) Thanks!
