Résumé  
 

Books

Stop the Show!: A History of Insane Incidents and Absurd Accidents in the Theater
(Thunder’s Mouth Press/Avalon Publishing)

Career Opportunities in Writing (foreword) by Jim Parish and Allan Taylor
(Facts on File)

What Are You Laughing At?: How to Write Funny Screenplays, Stories and More
(Michael Wiese Prods.)

Death in Paradise: An Illustrated History of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner
(Avalon)

Weird Wonders & Bizarre Blunders: The Official Book of Ridiculous Records
(Simon & Schuster)

Consulting

Vice President, Storytech Literary Consulting
http://www.thewritersjourney.com

Awards/Honors

Kingman Films KASA Award nomination for The Couch

California Writers Club for The Company Store

National Audio Theatre Festivals for The One Who Waits (NPR), adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story, directed by David Ossman, Firesign Theatre

Stages Theatre Festival, Dallas, TX for Express Lane

Fellowships

National Press Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Edward Albee Foundation, New York, NY

Dorset Colony House, Dorset Theatre Festival, VT

Television

Creator, North Mission Road
(Court TV)

21st Century L.A. Productions, Los Angeles/Jakarta:
One hour pilot Robotica
One hour pilot Rock and Roll Detectives

KCET-T.V., Los Angeles (PBS):
Writer-Producer, L.A. County Holiday Celebration
Writer-Director, Explore with Alan Muir
Writer, On-Air/Special Projects
Consultant, Broadcast Programming

Film

Jonathan Kaplan, Shufflelufigus Prods., L.A.: Director of Development

Scripts sold:
Romantech
(Michael Wittlin Prods.)
Our Island (Ampersand Prods.)

The Freak (NuAmerica Prods.)

Journalism

Daily Variety

Huffington Post

L.A. Times

Back Stage West

Entertainment Today

Written By

Script

L.A. Reader

Ross Reports

Radio (partial list)

Hollywood Theatre of the Ear: Writer, The Proud Robot, 2000X radio series (NPR) starring Arte Johnson (series awarded Nebula Award, Science Fiction Writers of America)

CBS Radio, Los Angeles:

Radio comedy writer, national Morning Circus service

KCRW-F.M., Santa Monica (NPR): Producer-Head Writer, Planet X News Service

Sci-Fi Radio, Ft. Worth, TX: Adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Sales Pitch (NPR)

Advertising

L.A. Gear, Los Angeles: Sole in-house copywriter: Radio, T.V., print, industrials

Euphoria Productions, Hollywood: Copywriter, radio/TV/print advertising for film

Phone Lines

Fun Lines, L.A.: Writer, national phone line Dial-an-Insult

Theatre (partial list)

Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Mill Valley, CA: Production of Pearl, Workshops with Sam Shepard, Joseph Chaikin, others

Theatre of Note, Los Angeles: Co-founder, productions of Sunshine Sermonette, others

Playwrights' Center of San Francisco: Co-founder, numerous productions

STAGES Theatre Festival, Dallas: Production of Express Lane

Teaching

MediaBistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com)

Panamerican University, Mexico City: Screenwriting

Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, CA: Animation writing.

Gotham Writers Workshop, New York City: Humor Writing.

Columbia College of Chicago, CBS Studio Center, Studio City: Screenwriting

Pikes Peak Writers' Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Surrey International Writers' Conference, British Columbia, Canada.

Screenwriters Expo, Los Angeles.

UCLA Extension Writers' Program: Writing Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction (Beginning and Intermediate)

American Film Institute: Story Analysis and Creating Characters for T.V./Film

Santa Monica College: Playwriting and Story Analysis

Poetry

New Rhymes About Animals (Simon & Schuster)

New Adventures of Mother Goose (Simon & Schuster)