Writing projects I've worked on have run the gamut from content for kids' games for Snap TV to a musical theatre piece for a Twelve Step Convention.

A musical solo play with three actors. Book by Lori Ada Jaroslow, music and lyrics by Fonda Feingold, www.fondafeingold.com, with additional material by Michael Schiralli. This labor of love is the story of Dana Jacobson, who, like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz but a single, bi-sexual Jew from New York, is searching for family and home. Check back for news regarding the delivery of this fledgling play.

Buzz about PROJECT BABY:

"It's not easy to make people laugh and Lori does. The two hours fly by!" --Tom Musca, Writer/Producer, Stand and Deliver.

"Funny. Sad. Personal. Universal. Specific. Metaphoric. Moving." --Ron Leibman Tony award winner Angels in America

A solo show in development about the relationship between caregiver, the sick or dying and their family. The title comes from the fact that three members of my family (my Aunt Ruth, me, and my father Jerry Jarrett) starred on Broadway in the musical, Fiddler On the Roof. The seed of this show is an essay I wrote (see PERSONAL ESSAYS below).

A non-fiction book. Did you know that a substitute teacher's job can include changing diapers AND breaking up fights? I learned this while subbing in the Los Angeles School System.

A collaboration between composer Fonda Feingold and myself combining stories and songs about birth, death and matzo balls. Performed in the Provincetown Fringe Festival '06.

I am a graduate of the UCLA Professional Screenwriting Program (http://www.filmprograms.ucla.edu/screenwriting.htm)

Clairol Complements A short film based on my mother, who was a professional bass player in the symphony and in jazz bands during the 1940s.

Two Eggs Any Style A story about two best friends; one wants a baby, the other is pregnant and doesn't.

My Upper West Side A story about an ex-junkie who gets custody of his thirteen-year-old niece, and his unlikely relationship with a retired British soap actor.

You can read one of mine, entitled Sunrise, Sunset, at my favorite literary site FRESH YARN (www.freshyarn.com), created and hosted by the amazing author, Hillary Carlip.

The Story of Lilly & Lou by Doriane Lucia To be released this July. It is published by CCB Publishing, a division of Ingram Books. Doriane, is the founder of www.humanenation.us an organization whose primary focus is teaching Humane Education.

Steps for Recovery I am copy editor for this newspaper and resource guide, published by Jeannie Rabb. www.steps4recovery.org.