Cherry Cheva: Writing a Book vs. Writing for TV

So I'm psyched that She's So Money just came out, but writing books actually isn't my only job-- in fact, it's kind of my second job, since my day job is writing for the TV show "Family Guy." I wrote the book almost entirely on nights and weekends, because my days (when the WGA isn't on strike, that is) are spent at the office, sitting around with fifteen or sixteen guys and doing the following in no particular order: watching youtube, deciding what to eat for lunch, messing with our cellphones, arranging the various toys and figurines on the table into obscene positions, surfing for celebrity gossip on the internet, making fun of each other, making fun of ourselves, going out on the balcony to get a better look at hotties walking by on the street, and oh yeah, occasionally writing some jokes and gags involving the Griffin family, talking trees, Swedish bakers, gay sharks, vomiting, and anything else we can think of. It is, without exaggeration, an *awesome* job.

Of course, writing a book is awesome too, because I can do it at home and in pajamas and if I get stuck on something (or just plain bored), I can walk away from the computer and take a nap, or start a spontaneous one-woman dance party, or watch a Top Model marathon on MTV, or go to the mall.

But really the biggest difference between my two jobs is that in writing for TV, there is lots of free candy. Writing a book, there is no free candy.

Unless I stole some from work.

So how about you guys -- is there room for both books and TV in your lives? What books would you love to see as shows…or what shows do you think would be cool to read?

Cherry Cheva
Author of She's So Money

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