This is an actual photo of that section of time when you should be working but the plumber could be here any minute.

Just your weekly reminder that Costco is not “selling pretty cool clothes now.” You’re old. And that’s okay.

Have you heard of this toddler influencer? It’s crazy, my daughter looks to her for everything; clothes, hair, even skincare. She’s got crazy brand deals with everyone from fruit snacks to bandaids. Her name’s Elsa something.

It was feared that the advent of photography marked the end of painting. Then came the impressionists. They made art that was more real than photography, not in how it looked but in how it felt. This is a post about AI.

New Substack Post! "How I Network." To be a TV writer, it's not about what you know, it's who you know, so here's how I go about knowing people.

Freaking honored AF that my script, Poodle Lagoon, took home two awards at the Los Angeles Animation Festival!! #LAAF #indieanimation #screenwriting #shortanimation #poodles #TAG

My script got into the LA Animation Festival... so how do I best navigate it to help my project and my career? Read about it on my substack dumbpluck.substack.com/p/my-script-...

WHOOO HOOO! My script was accepted into the @laafest! I'll be there this weekend, anybody else!? www.laafest.com

I think Stop-Motion is about to have a major renaissance, especially in preschool TV. Series that look/feel handcrafted will be the "organic" alternative to AI-generated "Junk Food." Mark my words.

As a preschool writer, I craft lessons for tiny humans, but when life hands me one? Yeah, I fight that s***t hard.
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In my latest post I thank Cat Stevens for reminding me to slow down. Funding my series is not a race open.substack.com/pub/dumbpluc...

I’m hard pressed to find a better Disney Character than Hector from Coco. Seriously what a perfect mix of flaw, want and heart. He’s brilliantly introduced as what seems to be comic relief only to have the perhaps the most devastating death in a movie. Period.

In the latest post about funding my animated series I struggle through writing my Donor Letter! dumbpluck.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

Why I’m making a series that inspires little humans to hold onto the bravery they’re born with.