Category Archives: Industry

[SPOTLIGHT] Kuu Kuu Harajuku

Posted on October 3, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

Let me get this out of the way right at the top.  I’ve never met Gwen Stefani. Nevertheless, Rhonda Smiley and I have been writing on her show for a while now, and it premieres in the U.S. on Nickelodeon … Continue reading →

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[THE NETWORK] The Stinky & Dirty Show

Posted on September 6, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

Fellow screenwriter, Guy Toubes, and I both went to NYU together. But as far as I know we never met there.  We had a lot of mutual friends, though, which is how we eventually connected out in Los Angeles after we … Continue reading →

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[IN THE TRENCHES] Shut Up Already and Do Something

Posted on August 29, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

I was watching “Stranger Things” last week, when I heard the opening notes to New Order’s “Elegia” trickle in behind the mourning scene in “The Acrobat and the Flea” episode (I won’t elaborate any more on that, because, you know…  … Continue reading →

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[IN THE TRENCHES] Industry Peers: Mortal Enemies?

Posted on August 16, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

Back in my first few days at NYU, all of us freshman Film & Television majors naturally gravitated toward other like-minded students, forming the inevitable cliques.  This was great for hanging out, making the most of a single believable fake … Continue reading →

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[THE MAKING OF] Origin Story

Posted on August 1, 2016 by [TEXTSMITH]

So here it is at last.  My first blog post. Should probably be some sort of an intro. Appetizer.  An amuse-bouche, for all you Food Network addicts out there. Which reminds me.  I didn’t have breakfast yet. I’ll just be a … Continue reading →

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