This week I’m in Miami for the annual Kidscreen Summit, flying the flag for AWESOME… In it’s second year in Miami (used to be NY), Kidscreen has become a global meeting place for people making content for kids (and kids at heart). It’s part conference (Mary Coleman of Pixar is the keynote speaker) and part […]
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I’m obsessed with creating characters, stories, and worlds. I love writing fiction because it’s an organic process, probably the purest expression (after oral storytelling) of story. But I’m also a relentlessly visual thinker and I love the creative collaboration that happens in television (as opposed to the loneliness that […]
So, today is kind of a big day. If you’re like me, a child of Star Wars, this is the day you’ve been waiting for since the mid 80’s. I must admit, I was excited (and then ultimately disappointed) by the prequels, but nothing like the excitement in store for JJ’s take on Lucas’ world. […]
I’m working on something new, something a bit, well… different. STAR PRESSED is a story about family. It’s not quite a kids book, it’s not exactly YA, and it’s not fully a grown-up read either. It’s a story about eight “people”, three adults and five teenagers thrown together by fate, facing a world they don’t understand, and […]
If you follow this blog, you know how much I love telling stories. To date, I’ve been fortunate and privileged to tell stories to younger audiences and mostly in the medium of books. But lately, since putting together and creating new TV shows, I’ve started moving more in the world of television. It’s an exciting […]
Usually, this blog is reserved for the fun and flippant, but today I want to share something serious, downright terrifying, but I hope ultimately changeable. Last week, two dear friends of mine, parents to two young girls, shared that their youngest daughter, Sadie, had been diagnosed with Rett syndrome. This is a neurological disorder that I’d never heard of, and […]
If you’ve been following my twitter feed, you’ll know I’ve been down in Cannes, France for my very first MIPCOM market. MIPCOM is like a huge bazaar of TV shows; it’s probably where your favourite shows have emerged from (bought, sold, financed, packaged, etc) and it’s nothing short of overwhelming. But I was in town […]
I’ve got my TV hat on today. Well, actually, I’m not wearing a hat and if I did, it’d be my Blue Jays cap….but that’s another blog. For now, I’m heading down to Cannes, France to dive in to the world of TV. This is my very first MIPCOM, and I’m going because as a […]
It takes a long time to write a book, and also a long time to wait until it’s actually published, but today’s the day! The sequel to Memoirs of a Neurotic Zombie publishes today, and I popped into my local indie bookshop, West End Lane Books, to find the product of my creativity (how cool […]
I’m fascinated by the intersection of character & setting. It’s the nature vs. nurture phenomenon of shaping compelling characters, begging the question does the setting shape the character or does the character exist independently of the place? Think of some of your favourite characters from books or films, they are inextricably linked to their place… Luke Skywalker […]
