Award-winning TV writer and SFF author

Year: 2016

  • I’m a Glitch Tech!

    I’m a Glitch Tech!

    Introducing the Next Big Thing: Glitch Techs! Today I moved into my new office at Nickelodeon Animation Studio. I’m a writer on a new animated series, Glitch Techs, created by Eric Robles and Dan Milano — two great guys that I’m enjoying getting to know. What exactly is Glitch Techs, you ask? Here’s the series…

  • I’m in a book – ‘TV Outside the Box’

    I’m in a book – ‘TV Outside the Box’

    On my way to writing good scripts, I wrote many terrible ones. In my long quest to improve, I found myself at UCLA. There, I spent two quarters with Professor Neil Landau at UCLA’s Professional Program in Screenwriting. Not everyone is lucky enough to live within commuting distance of UCLA, but fortunately Neil has written some terrific…

  • In which I’m featured in a video on the Amazon website

    In which I’m featured in a video on the Amazon website

    A while back, maybe even before production began on Gortimer’s final season, and definitely before I cut my hair (how did I ever live like that?), Amazon sent a production crew down to SoCal to make a short video about me. It was part of a series called “Transformations” that features many authors and other…

  • The Final Season of GORTIMER debuts July 15th on Amazon Prime USA

    The Final Season of GORTIMER debuts July 15th on Amazon Prime USA

    It’s been a long wait — too long — but your patience is about to be rewarded. The epic “second half of Season 2” Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street will arrive on Amazon Prime Video in the USA on July 15th. (Amazon’s lawyers won’t let us call it “Season 3”.) 13 new episodes. One…

  • GORTIMER Writers Honored with Humanitas Prize and WGA Award

    GORTIMER Writers Honored with Humanitas Prize and WGA Award

    In which I salute Garrett Frawley, Brian Turner, Gretchen Enders and Aminta Goyel on their respective wins for the Humanitas Prize and the WGA Award. Photos, video, script excerpts.

  • Catch Me on the ‘Chicks Who Script’ Podcast, Episode the 72nd

    Catch Me on the ‘Chicks Who Script’ Podcast, Episode the 72nd

    I forgot to ask if being a guest on the Chicks Who Script podcast makes me an honorary chick, or if that’s an honor reserved for something else. Regardless, I had a fun time discussing the art, science, and torture of TV-making and the business of writing with the three very enthusiastic hosts of Chicks…