It may look like a departure… but in many ways, it’s a return.
Long before I was writing history books about the women of the American West, I was a stand-up comedian and a comedy writer, drawn to sharp dialogue, impossible situations, and characters who find themselves in over their heads. That spirit never really left. It just took a different form.
Now, it’s coming full circle.
I’m putting the finishing touches on Jessica of the Jungle, a romantic comedy set to hopefully debut in 2027.
At the center is a washed-up morning radio host who fakes her way onto a National Geographic expedition in Africa, posing as a photographer she has absolutely no idea how to be. What follows is a full-blown fish-out-of-water disaster – complete with wild animals, professional deception, and a complicated love triangle involving a rugged game warden and a glamorous (and very married) photojournalist.
It’s funny, fast-paced, a little chaotic and very much about reinvention, identity, and what happens when the life you’re pretending to live starts demanding the truth.
More to come soon.
