Doreen Orion

My blogs

Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Shrink, author, screenwriter
Location	On the road (or wishing to be), United States
Introduction	Growing up a Princess from the Island of Long (with no desire to be promoted to Queen of the Long Narrow Aisle, but I’m getting ahead of myself) I loved to write, but didn’t think I could make a living at it. So, what was a Jewish only child to do? Why, go to medical school, of course. Then, I met Tim, a fellow psychiatry resident. We’ve been together ever since, progressing through the all important M’s -- Monogamy, Moving in, Mortgage and Matrimony. And now, unfortunately, Motor home. But, I’m getting ahead of myself, again. Then, my first book was published. I started writing screenplays. I cut down my practice. I was quite content. Tim, working 60 hours a week, was not. His solution: a midlife career break, living in a converted bus for a year with our pets, traveling the country. “Why can’t you be like a normal husband in a midlife crisis and have an affair or buy a Corvette?” I demanded. “I will never, EVER, live in a bus.” Tim’s obviously the better shrink, for I've since come to this: I count among my greatest accomplishments that our bus was the centerfold of Bus Conversions magazine, thus fulfilling my lifelong ambition of becoming a Miss September.