: About Me

Jenny Gibbons earned a BFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. After deciding that the demands of Hollywood might not be worth the career, she moved to St. Louis, Missouri where she lives peacefully with her husband and three beautiful pets. She works now to publish one of her any science fiction and fantasy novels. In the meantime, she remains an avid fan of all good storytelling, whether in the form of a video game, book, movie, show, or any other medium. She writes novels using the pen name Jayden Woods.

My passion is ...

epic storytelling

My childhood ambition ...

I had way too many ambitions. Olympic gymnast, Oscar-Winning director, best-selling novelist, Oscar-winning composer ...

My favorite memory ...

finding out that I got into the elite Screenwriting program at USC, even though I applied late

Why I write ...

I am a writer. It's my primary means of expression. I can hardly imagine living without it

My first job ...

cleaning houses

My inspiration ...

everything!

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Faced with unemployment

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While unemployed, I often feel as if I'm standing on the brink between paradise and abysmal doom. I am not here to explain how to best find a job while unemployed: most likely we've all read a hundred different essays and tried a thousand different ways to do this. I'm here to describe the emotional, but very real, torment one faces while unemployed. My personal experience has been a daily struggle to appreciate what I have and not get consumed by what I don't. On the one hand, I get to stay home almost all day every day. My friends with full time jobs are jealous of me. I have the additio...

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