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Zibby Owens. Lisa Cheek is the author of Sit Cinderella Sit, a mostly true memoir. By the way,

Lisa has come on every single Zivie retreat that we have had and comes to Zivie's bookshop all the time.

Her pink hair sets her apart, and she is a fan favorite among everybody.

So I am beyond thrilled to support her work here, and Lisa, I am just a fan of yours as a person.

Lisa Cheek is a writer and film editor. After 25 years of editing and producing

other people's work, she finally took the advice of friends and co-workers to heart and decided

to focus on telling her own stories. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two Muts,

Josie and Elvis Bruce Wayne, and two cats, Arthur, and Trixie, a frequent traveler to all kinds of

interesting places. She has several film and television scripts in various stages of development

and is working on her next book. Welcome, Lisa. Thanks for coming on to talk about Sit, Cinderella,

Sit, a mostly true memoir. Congratulations. Oh, thank you, Zinbi. I'm so happy to be here. It's such an honor. Thank you.

Well, for those listening, Lisa has come on what, every retreat we've done, almost every, everyone. I try. They're so spectacular and I have the best time ever, Zibby. It's just such a great thing. Like I said earlier, it's the best party I go to. Oh, And love seeing you in our bookstore all the time.

And seeing your book as it's, you know, I have this book. It's coming out. I'm going to, you know, and then here's the cover. And here it is. And it's been fun to watch. So thanks for including me in this whole process. Tell listeners what your book is about, please. My book is about four months of my life. When I was about 45, I was told, I'd been

in TV commercials for about 25 years, editing. It was a great life. I loved. I loved editing

TV commercials. It was so fun. And, you know, they want the young, hip kids. And so I was

basically told that I had aged out of commercials and found myself without a job.

Wait, can I actually just read that chapter?

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