My Own Space | Sharon Wheatley, author of 'Til the Fat Girl Sings, Broadway actress and mother of two, is on a quest to be the new Erma Bombeck. This blog is funny stories told in cliff hanging "blogisodes". To easily navigate, start at Blogisode one of any story and go from there. Artwork by Stephanie Layton.

Welcome to My Own Space. Let me give you a tour. Please keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times.

Who: I am Sharon Wheatley, author of ‘Til the Fat Girl Sings, a Broadway actress, mother of a teen and a toddler.

What: This blog is stories about my crazy New York life, told in cliffhanging blogisodes, and if you aren’t laughing, I’m not doing my job.

How: Each post starts with me talking about whatever ridiculous thing happened that day (an audition for a show or maybe my toddler peeing on my bed) and then I continue whatever story I am telling. Sometimes, I do a post called “The Daily Dose” and that is just a post about whatever I’m thinking about, not a blogisode.

Sounds Fun! Now what?: To easily navigate, go to the first blogisode of a story and start there. (Look at the menu and go to “stories” or see below for a preview). Beware. My readers are a little bit addicted, but the Surgeon General says it’s a good and healthy thing.

Have a great time!

The latest blogisode:

Broadway West (Blogisode Twelve)

January 27th, 2012

Happy Friday! I can't speak for where you are, but the New York City weather is awful. Here, I'll show you (I'm sitting in a coffee shop on the Upper West Side): Which makes me feel like this: I am also dressed to workout because I thought I might walk/run in Central Park today (rained out) or take a dance class (wimped out). Instead I got a hearty workout by parking my behind in a seat at the movie theater and watching Meryl Str

Blogisode one of the current story:

Broadway West (Blogisode One)

Hello! Happy 2012, welcome back to regular readers and welcome to you newbies. Let's start with a brief tutorial/reminder. Here at Sharon Wheatley's My Own Space we tell stories in cliff hanging blogisodes, and they appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays it's dealer's choice (note the Las Vegas lingo), which means no blogisode--I'm going off topic--and I will write about something that I've been thinking about or we ... Start this story!

All stories…

Broadway West (Blogisode One)

It was the 2005 version of the Gold Rush--millions of dollars were pumped into Las Vegas to bring Broadway Musicals to the strip. I moved my family there to do a raunchy puppet show. Would drunken tourists leave their slot tables to come see a full length musical? Would our city girl do well in a new school in the middle of the desert? How do actors up and leave their homes and travel like a band of gypsies to the other side of the country? All the glitz, all the glamor, and our most "show biz" story yet, it"s Broadway West.  Start this story!
One Day More (Blogisode One)

A natural disaster, a trip across the globe, a giant Broadway show, a relationship in turmoil, stinky fruit, homesickness. Read it all here.  Start this story!
I Wish I Could Go Back To College (Blogisode One)

Ever dream of going back to college? I didn't. In 1990, I was offered a national tour of and dropped out of college faster than you can say, "How do I get this wimple over my head?" Follow my journey as I go back to school as a mother of two to find out if I'm still the crummy, procrastinating student from days gone by, or if my good-student daughter has had any positive influence on me. This story is still in progress!  Start this story!
A Series of Unusual Events (Blogisode One)

A fire. A trip to Africa. The Phantom of The Opera. A three year old. Atlanta. September 11, 2001. Follow the dots as I connect these events in late summer and early 2001. Every one has a September 11th story, this is ours. This story is ten blogisodes long.  Start this story!
Don't F--- With the Pancreas-The Maine Edition (Blogisode One)

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Don't F--- With The Pancreas (Blogisode One)

Was it food poisoning? A flu? Follow this medical comedy and learn more about my husband and his pancreas and gall bladder and the bile ducts than you ever thought you'd want to know. See inside a New York City emergency room. Join me on an ambulance chase. My most popular story yet, it is 26 blogisodes long and covers a two state journey.  Start this story!
Thirteen and Three (Episode One)

I have a teenager and a toddler and no kids in between. Was the younger one an "oops" baby? Did I have trouble getting pregnant? Did I have another husband? Read the story of one determined nine-year old and the parents who were tricked before they even knew what was happening. An all time favorite and a feel good story (with some laughs, of course).  Start this story!