A 5 o’clock Glass of Wine with Shauna
While jogging down the street, Shauna Glenn nearly got hit by a car. After dog-cussing the guy, a thought suddenly hit her: “hey, that would be a great opening scene for a book”. She kept running and as she did the story kept unfolding in her mind. She got to her house and began typing. She did for the next 30-days. The result: Heaping Spoonful. “It seems unbelievable to me. But the story was there—I just had to get it out.”
Shauna Glenn
Glenn is a Texas girl. Born and raised in Fort Worth, she has practically lived her whole life in the Texan city with the exception of her college years spent in Waco attending Baylor University. A former preacher’s kid turned recovering preacher’s kid, “I’m so confused” she says. Glenn is a devoted Pinot Grigio fan, who most days will settle with any $10 bottle, but when feeling extremely snobbish, only Santa Margarita will do.
A great story teller, her blog “Is it 5 o’clock yet?” is a smashing success that follows the life of a fictional character — her. The stories are mostly exaggerated and not meant to be taken seriously. When asked how she came up with that peculiar name she says: “I don’t know exactly. I think I just needed a name for the blog, and that’s the first thing I came up with. It wasn’t very well thought—like most things in my life.” She hopes it still continues to be entertaining and she hopes people don’t get sick of her doing it.
Glenn loves Mexican food and loves Vanity Fair, her guilty pleasure. A runner, who also enjoys sewing and cooking, she has two younger brothers who look older than her and not as handsome. Her role models are all in the family: her husband, her dad, and her deceased grandfather. Glenn considers herself nurturing, funny, and a great speller who can’t hula hoop and who is terrible at following through on projects. In a man, she loves confidence and to be adored. She is musically stuck in the 80s, on therapy since she was a teenager, and has two dogs, two cats, and a fish.
A literary agent in New York City, a publicist, a part time assistant, and a couple of good friends who let her know when she is being a shithead, are among, as what she describes, as her work circle. With three books published and one coming out next year, Glenn enjoys developing characters in novels but also loves the quick payoff and instant gratification that short stories give her. In ten years, she hopes to have sold a lot of books and have her own satellite radio show.
So, Glenn in a nutshell: “There are no words to really describe me. But if someone held a gun to my head I would have to answer: delusional, optimistic, unrealistic, sarcastic, impatient and cute as a button. I’m sure most people are grateful there’s only one of me.”
Post by Carlos Wall
| Carlos was born in Venezuela, spent most of his life in Argentina, and is a resident of the United States since 2003. He graduated with a bachelor in journalism and a minor in film at Georgia State University. Currently he splits time in Atlanta as a chef and writer for ToTheCenter.com and MomsWhoBlog.com. He's also currently pursuing a master degree in political science. |
