Ten things you didn't know about Jenna Glatzer

Kelly asks the question – why blog? The short answer is it’s work and fun. I tap into interesting thinkers who are updating their thoughts and philosophies daily. Imagine the possibility of having access to the daily musings of published writers in your field and being able to interact and leave comments and ask questions and they actually like it! It’s fantastic.

I do a lot of stuff. People say to me “I don’t know how you do it”. I’m not going to say that I’m not busy because I am, I wake up early and I hit the ground running. I consider what I do to be work, but I don’t consider the opposite of work to be play. Work and play are perfectly compatible and the more I have fun in what I do, the more I can do. The opposite of play is depression. If you consider your job to be the opposite of play then I’m not surprised you have trouble getting stuff done because the definition you are giving yourself is one of depression.

My father used to say if you want something done ask a busy person. Why? Because they integrate a new task into their time easily and quickly and you are almost guaranteed it will be done. Asking someone who has nothing to do all day may seem logical and even benevolent, but won’t get the job done.

So with these thoughts in mind I shot off an email to Jenna Glatzer to tell me ten things I didn’t know about her. I received a response back so fast my computer actually moved. If anyone needs motivation to get stuff done look at Jenna’s jam-packed output and when you are finished weeping get to work! Thirty years young, schmoozing with Celine Dion, fifteen fabulous books, a jillion magazine articles, and the best writer’s board on the web. Absolute Write is a case study in marketing alone attaining a popularity through credibility and a community who defends and promotes AW with an evangelism which would make many companies envious.

So here we go:

Ten things you didn’t know about Jenna Glatzer…

Hey! Sounds like fun. Thanks for asking me! Your other interviewees are so concise with their answers. I'll attempt not to be too much of a windbag.

1. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, it would be...

My mom's chicken cutlets.

2. If I weren't in business, I would be a…

Stage director, directing musical theatre.

3. Something I would like to do, but haven't had the chance…

Ice skate. Every time I watch the Winter Olympics, I think, "I could do that!" But I've never been to a rink. And I'd probably be a klutz.

4. The last concert I went to…

American Idol.

5. My favorite toy as a kid…

Snoopy Sno-Cone.

6. When I'm not working, you'll find me…

Sigh. I'm always working.

*thinkthinkthink*

Oh! Sometimes I sleep. And shower.

7. My favorite TV show is…

Ever? Buffy the Vampire Slayer. No series will ever top it, as far as I can figure. Currently? Nip/Tuck, though I wish it were a bit less over the top.

8. My oddest paranoia or superstition is….

Food poisoning. I check the expiration dates on everything, much to the offended huffs of my mom (c'mon, I've found salad dressing in her refrigerator that was a decade old).

9. My last movie I saw was…

Superman Returns, I think. Wasn't my choice.

10. If I could have dinner with a famous person, dead or alive, he or she would be…

Gilda Radner. Her memoir gripped me.

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