I am writing a new story.  I actually got the idea after watching an episode of 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter, but I am not sure what triggered this idea.

Maddie Brooks is sixteen.  All she really wants in life is to pass geometry, be asked to the prom, and become famous.  You’d think the last would be easiest, seeing as her father is Jack Brooks, the famous actor turned talent agent, and her mother is Lydia Lerner Brooks, a famous actress who also just published her first book, which, of course, topped the bestseller list.

But no. Because it’s Maddie, life doesn’t work that way.   She decides that the only reason she is not famous yet is because her parents don’t know how talented she is, thus she sets out to show them.  She convinces her best friends, twins Nate and Jay, to try out for the school play with her.  All three land the lead roles, and Maddie is sure her dreams are about to come true.

Instead, her parents discover Nate and Jay.  So now, every time Maddie turns on the television, she is forced to see Nathan’s annoying, but loveable, face on a commercial.  And this drives her crazy. Meanwhile, her mother writes a play starring Maddie, which all of Maddie’s friends see, and know that it’s Maddie, and it’s not a nice character.

I may be just a little bitter.