The heroine of my debut novel,The Spinster Diaries,is an anxious, perennially single TV writer.

Any resemblance to me is… completely and totally one-hundred-percent intentional.

But, frankly, I was way too lazy to do all that research.

The Spinster Diaries

Credit: Prospect Park Books

Do you have a supercool, truly amazing job?

Yes, you do.

Youre a writer on a TV show, for heavens sake.

You make your living doing something you love.

Free food is rampant.

Occasionally you get to talk to celebrities.

And we all know how glamorous writing is, right?

Weve all done a book report at some point in our lives.

5)Ray Romanowalks into theParenthoodwriters office.

I give him directions to the showrunners office.

I know nowadayseveryonethinks Ray Romano is sexy, but I knew.

I knew way back in 2013.

The table read for Square Peg, the second episode of the show, has just ended.

The fact that Fox Mulder is standing directly behind me looking cooler than cool is clearly beside the point.

  1. Its 2 a.m. on the set of Lanes baby shower, and I am fading fast.

But wait, theres more!

He and his then-teenage daughter are hugeGilmorefans.

Truly, you cannot make this stuff up!

  1. ThatDawson crying memethat is oh-so-famous?

Check it out on Hulu!