The most beautiful starfish in the sea dreams of stardom but finds herself in the belly of a Mako shark who is swallowed by a whale.  Her valiant effort to escape lands her in the net of a marine biologist. Will Joanna find herself in the Museum of Nature Science or under the bright lights of Tinsel Town? Hear how this harrowing adventure ends on tonight’s episode of Sleeping with Heather.

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I want to thank the following people, without whom this story would not have been possible:

Joanna LaForgia

Javier Leiva, host of the Pretend and Criminal Conduct podcasts

Dating and relating coach, Debra Besinger

Sharon Eisner

John Baxter

Bobby Parker

Jay Jay

Kevin Watkins

Ian Riutta

Derek Kauffman

Derek Woudstra

Jenna Kogut

And Julie Serra

Special thanks to

Stef Mates of HappiMess Media for lending her art and inspiring tonight’s story,

Stephen Roessner for audio engineering guidance,

Tim Mollen for his feedback and kindly testing out each episode before publication, 

and to The Poetry Fox, Chris Vitello, for kindly allowing me to share his poetry in this episode.

You're all stars in my book!