I’m going to start taking Thursdays off from the blog to work on a book I’ve just started writing. I thought every Thursday I’d post an update about where I’m at with it and post a little section of what I’ve written.
The working title is: “Travelings With Marty - True Life Tales and Snapshot Adventures of America’s Most Unlikely Writer.”
It’s going to be a timeline of where my writing has taken me in my life and some of the adventures that I’ve had being a writer.
I never really planned on being a writer, it just kind of happened to me, so I feel it’s a fun story.
I’m working on the introduction right now and next week I’ll post a chunk of that here nest week.
——
I’m currently reading…
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy.
Below is the synopsis of the book from Amazon. I’m on page 85 right now and so far I’m really enjoying it.
It’s kind of dark, kind of funny and kind of a reminder that life can lead you on paths that suck but are a true and vivid learning experience. it’s also a tale of how it can look like your dreams are coming true when those dreams are really somewhat of a nightmare in true life.
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.
In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!”), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.
Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.
—-
Okay, I’m off to start my new book, see you all tomorrow!
——
Related Post: Nineteen Years In New York City.