Author: JodiLea

I don't pretend to be who/what I'm not. I will be honest here unless I publish under the category "This could be news," which is 99% fiction and a wee bit sarcastic. ;-) I want readers who come here to have as much fun as I do. Not all subjects can be fun, but most can be funny if I do my job right ;-) My inner child is reflected in my logo and will change at a moment's notice.

My About Page In 2023

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About the Author

J. Lea Greenfield has been writing stories since the age of ten. Always wanting to write a novel, she made many attempts through the years. Work, family and life in general interrupted her bouts of creativity.

Journey to the Other Side  Now retired, she has participated in NaNoWriMo 2012 & 2013, starting 2 very different novels, and finishing them. Through the Door was published in the spring of 2015, and soon after she was offered a contract to write a screenplay of the story.

Through the Door won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and  OSCARwas awarded the Oscar for Best Picture (2016).

Since then, J. Lea has written 5 adult fiction novels, 4 children’s books, and 3 screenplays, in addition to writing more books in the Through the Door series for the National Historical Society.

She lives on the western slope of the Sierra with her husband and dog.

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The above is pure fantasy. Except for the last sentence.

photo credit: IceNineJon via photopin cc

NaNoWriMo: Day One

~ JodiLea

It’s a gorgeous autumn day up here in the Sierra and my plan is to work on my novel out on the deck, enjoying the fresh air. Also, to get out of view of my messy house, dishes and quilting to do, Christmas shopping, and the bi-monthly dealing with the hospital that shall remain nameless, that keeps billing us instead of our insurance.

They are making me go Pirate – Aaaarrrggghhh!

November comes at just the right time for me to finish my first draft and let it ‘breathe’ in a drawer for a few weeks before I edit. I have a deadline to get a decent second draft finished by Martin Luther King’s Birthday week-end.   2013-Participant-Square-Button

While I wait for the ‘breathing’ novel, I will try to finish the first draft of a different novel (one I worked on last year during the NaNoWriMo craziness).

So… Not Pretending will be pretty quiet this month. I may – no promises – toss out an excerpt here and there from previously mentioned novels.. Just to keep my little corner of cyberspace from growing cobwebs.

I’ll leave you with this quote:

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on
walking.

— Buddhist Proverb

TTFN,

JL

Sweet November

~ JodiLea

This month has a few observances that touch my life. Can you guess which ones?**

NOVEMBER 2013

American Diabetes Month American Diabetes Association

Native American Heritage Month Indian Health Service (HQ)

Diabetic Eye Disease Month Prevent Blindness America

Great American Smokeout Month American Cancer Society

National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association

National Child Mental Health Month c/o New York University Child Study Center

National Epilepsy Awareness Month Epilepsy Foundation of America

National Family Caregivers Month National Family Caregivers Association

National Healthy Skin Month American Academy of Dermatology

National Home Care Month National Association for Home Care & Hospice

National Hospice Month National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Prematurity Awareness Month March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

November 17 – 23 (week before Thanksgiving) American Education Week National Education Association

November 13 World Kindness Day

November 14 (always Nov 14) World Diabetes Day International Diabetes Federation

November 15 (always Nov 15) National Philanthropy Day Association of Fundraising Professionals

November 15 (always Nov 15) America Recycles Day National Recycling Coalition, Inc.

November 21 (third Thursday) Great American Smokeout American Cancer Society

November 23 International Survivors of Suicide Day American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

** If you have read more than a few posts, then you practically know everything about me – so take a guess 😉

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