Bringing back hula hooping as a competitive sport, learning to use my digital camera so everyone doesn't look fuzzy and red-eyed, crafty stuff, finding new and creative ways to make the Best Toddler on the Planet laugh all day long (or at least until she insists on taking a nap).
Music
Indigo Girls
Counting Crows
The Beatles
Jim Croce
Concrete Blonde
The Weepies
They Might Be Giants
Sting
U2
Erasure
Rickie Lee Jones
Simon & Garfunkel
Billy Joel
Elton John
Movies
Top Gun
The Green Mile
Nadia Boys on the Side
The Wizard of Oz
Cars
The Little Mermaid
The Sixth Sense
Television
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
House
American Idol
Lost
Just about anything on Animal Planet
Books
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
Greasy Lake (T.C. Boyle)
Beauty in the Beasts (Kristin von Kreisler)
You Suck (Christopher Moore)
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Freckle Juice (Judy Blume)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Boston University
Boston, MA
Graduated: 1997
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Mass Communications
Minor: Psychology
Clubs: On Broadway, Stage Troupe
1994 to 1997
East Islip Hs
Islip Terrace, NY
Graduated: 1993
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
About me: I like Special K Red Berry cereal with banana slices, I can't resist touching things made of soft material when I walk through a store, and I never quite got past believing that homemade things are the most valuable things. (Please send brownies.)
I am also an author. I've written 18 books and am working on the 19th. They're mostly nonfiction for adults, with a couple of children's picture books in the mix. You can find them all at www.jennaglatzer.com.
The most recent ones are:
Bullyproof Your Child for Life (with Joel Haber, Ph.D.)
This is a book for parents and guardians of school-age kids. It teaches them a proven system to end bullying for good.
The Street-Smart Writer: Self-Defense Against Sharks and Scams in the Writing World (with Daniel Steven)
Consider this book my public service. I didn't write it for big bucks; I wrote it because I got scammed a couple of times early in my writing career by unscrupulous "agents" and the proprietors of a writing contest, and I decided I didn't want others to suffer the same fate. Do yourself a big favor and read this book before swimming in the publishing waters.
Unbroken: A Memoir by Tracy Elliott
This is a Christian memoir of a woman who grew up as an orphan in the Projects and suffered terrible abuse of all sorts, became an addict and a stripper, but fought her way through it all and is currently a devoted mother, wife, and a beauty queen.
Celine Dion: For Keeps
An authorized biography of one of the nicest celebrities you could ever find.
Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer: How to Win Top Writing Assignments
If you want a full-time career writing for magazines, newspapers, and e-zines, I wrote this book for you.
Also, I wear comfortable shoes. Sandals, really. For as many months out of the year as possible.
And I'm a holiday geek. I dress up every Halloween and most Valentine's Days and occasionally on Arbor Day. (OK, that's a lie, but I do try to remember to wish people a happy Arbor Day.)
Who I'd like to meet: Nice people of all sorts. And funny people. Preferably nice people who are also funny. But I'm not too picky.
