What’s shaking lately
We had an earthquake Friday night, the second one recently. Neither was huge, but both were big enough that everyone noticed them. I follow this Twitter channel. It’s called LA QuakeBot...
View ArticleGood Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV structure, or What Would Buffy Do?
A friend recently had a writing assignment to turn in an outline for a “genre” show. (I hate that term, but more on that another time.) He’s not much of a sci-fi and fantasy person, and so felt he...
View ArticleBillion Dollar Idea: The Card
In my wallet, I carry a driver’s license, two library cards, three insurance cards and a drug cards, four credit cards, a Costco membership, a National Car membership, and then cards for Albertson’s,...
View ArticleAuditioning advice
This post is rewritten from an excerpt of a reply to a reader about one of my audition monologues. If I may offer my own experience from the other side of the table… The last thing we’re trying to do...
View ArticleMy new business cards are here!
I received my new business cards this week. In case you can’t read it, that’s ‘writer-producer-nerd’ as the job title. And then I used the process called spot UV gloss to add a tagline: “Sexy Smart...
View ArticleBreathing some new life into the ol’ blog
Greetings, fair reader! In an effort to make myself more hire-able as a writer, I’ve been trying to refine a personal brand. (Roll your eyes if you must, and I won’t blame you, but a the end of the day...
View ArticleScriptapalooza First Place! Chicken Dinner!
Had some exciting news in my inbox this morning. The message from Scriptapalooza just said I had placed. Extra good news when I checked the site! That’s me, first place in the sitcom category!
View ArticleEat Fresh. Eat three times the mustard.
Dear Subway, Please change your mustard policy. Yeah, okay, there are likely more valuable things I could be doing with my time, but man this bugs me. It’s just common sense This is no way to make a...
View ArticleDif-tor Heh Smusma
1931-2015 “My job here is done.” “What do you mean? You didn’t do anything.” “Didn’t I?”
View ArticleFive Best Pieces of Advice My Dad Ever Gave Me
Does this shirt say first Father’s Day to you? On the occasion of my first Father’s Day as a dad, I’m reflecting on the most important things my dad ever told me. I doubt he would remember saying...
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