Award-winning TV writer and SFF author

Author: David Anaxagoras

  • 2021 Awards Eligibility

    2021 Awards Eligibility

    I spent most of 2021 working on novels, but I did have one (long) story published and it’s one of my favorites: Anything Short of Death is Survivable Science Fiction Novelette (8,373 words) published in Lightspeed Magazine #135 August 2021. Indentured “space rat” Olive works for Grubb scavenging derelict battleships from a long forgotten war…

  • The Year in Dave History, 2018

    The Year in Dave History, 2018

    I have dusted off an old blog meme for a new year. I sporadically did this when the blog was more active, and I thought it would be a good way to both end the year and start anew.

  • 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.