He/Him. TV Writer (East Los High, Star Trek: Discovery).
#TTRPG
Writer/Designer(Star Trek Adventures, MCDM, Candela Obscura). Retired WGA Lot coordinator.
Family Member: I hope I can see your name up in the credits some day.
Me: You… can. I already did the thing that is harder to do than getting in the MLB. I write for one of the most storied franchises in TV history.
FM: But I have to get another streaming service? Eh.
Me: 🫠
Enders Game is and has always been an objectively better written book, about an extra special child at an extra special school, than anything that English bog witch has ever produced and we had no problem whatsoever dumping O.S.C. in the ash heap of history. What’s different?
Two very nice boys came to see me and suddenly they started throwing around devil horn gang signs so I knew the must play Satan’s favorite table top games.
Thanks
@BrennanLM
and
@Luiscarazo
for coming out. Solidarity forever!
#WGAStrong
#UnionStrong
Same thing is happening in film and television. These clown shoes come in hoping to reinvent the wheel, hand us a rectangle, and wonder why the whole thing grinds to a halt.
This is the current historical sequence we are living in. Someone produces a product that makes a profit; finance or hedge funds take notice and take over with the idea that they could make more money; things gets worse; and then DEI is blamed as the most immediate scapegoat.
Ran into this young, up and coming
#StarTrek
writer on the line. I really think that
@TrondyNewman
is going places. Keep an eye on her! 32nd century represent!
I can't stop thinking about this. I had so much anxiety leading up to the strike that when it finally washed over me that it was here... All I feel now is filled to the brim with righteous piss and vinegar.
@adamconover
is right. Get out here. You CAN make an actual difference.
The old drag queens and leather daddies have wisdom on how to survive when the whole world wants to kill you, and soft young queers would do well to embrace them before it’s too late.
You can't be ashamed of the way our elders expressed themselves under oppression. They were loud and vibrant and that led to you being free enough to have the personality of apartment carpet.
For the morning crowd… if you’re new to the picket lines please look to the WGA Captains and Lot Coordinators for guidance. We’ve been out here a while and we’ve earned a lot of hard won lessons.
We’re to help, but we aren’t your bosses or overbearing father. Work with us. 1/?
Aside from the obvious waste in sending this to influencers… As someone who’s watched influencer after influencer get cool packs of goodies for premiers while the people who put blood sweat and tears into the show can’t even get free subscriptions to the service is so insulting.
I was quite perplexed by the arrival of this large, heavy box telling me to freeze upon arrival. It turned out to be a freaking Twisted Metal-branded mini-fridge filled with ice cream and swag (and a viewing screen I’m currently charging)
@AndrewKWalsh
It’s like… I don’t particularly care if you do or do not watch it… but to just not acknowledge that I am already doing the thing? Come on.
Come down down to Disney and picket with us. We need more bodies!
We have writers from Star Trek, The Witcher, The Boys, and Rings of Power! If you’re a genre fan come say hi! We’d love the support!
#WGAStrong
Nope. Still dogshit. Still theft. This entire mentality of “democratizing art” is just so… Art has always been democratized. The only barrier for entry is your own motivation and discipline. Pick up a pencil and draw or write. This entire movement is born of spite and laziness.
One challenge we faced producing television in the age of covid is writers not being able to go to set physically. But we live in the future and all that so we had a solve. A lovely PA carted us around on an iPad like a FUTURAMA head in a jar.
#StarTrekDiscovery
My bet is it's gonna dip further next year as nearly every meeting I've taken I've heard some form of wanting to appeal to "non-coastals," which is as dogwhistley as it comes. This attitude is baffling to me because most states have a smaller population than LA county anyway.
We absolutely should show up in force and solidarity with SAG on Tuesday and every day after until they have a fair contract. The battle is won but the war isn’t over. We aren’t leaving anyone behind.
Hey
@RepubliGAY
. Why'd you delete this?
You can lick boots till your tongue is raw but conservatives will never love you. You'll get tossed in the same pit with the rest of us queers, and then where will you be?
Just a
#WGAStrong
PSA and some food for thought from your friendly neighborhood Captain & lot coordinator.
The theme days/meet ups/et al are fun! I’m a fan… that said I have a few tips for folks to keep in mind to help lessen the load on the captains and coordinators. 🧵
EA new patent would allow players to voice characters in games themselves
You would input speech and then the tech would replicate your voice for in-game characters
Would you use this? 🤔
See more:
At film school orientation the dean asked myself and the other 5 MFA writers to rise and said “Pay attention to these 6. They’ll be making 6 figures within a year.” In August it’ll be 10 yrs since graduation. I staffed on my first show last year.
Also think about this weekly.
If IATSE strikes I hope we see just as much if not more community support. Snack and water deliveries. Food trucks.
Our crews are the backbone of the industry and already sacrificed a lot during the WGA and SAG strikes. Nothing moves without the crew.
#IATSEsolidarity
Dear Studios: IATSE is not bluffing. You don't want a third strike in a row. No one does. And we both know if they walk EVERYTHING shuts down... immediately. Nothing moves without the crew.
Give them a fair deal NOW and let's get Hollywood back on its feet!
I’m tearing up looking at this seeing so many faces I admire and love. Thank you,
@JW_Hendricks
for capturing 55 YEARS OF HISTORY. Such an incredible group of writers, actors, and artists. It was truly an honor that all of you showed up in force.
#StarTrek
#WGAStrong
#LLAP
✊🏽😭🖖🏽
NEW GALLERY:
#StarTrekDiscovery
Blu-ray Screencaps — "...But to Connect"
Tensions rise as representatives gather to confront the threat of the Dark Matter Anomaly. Zora's new sentience raises difficult questions.
See more:
#StarTrek
If you haven’t seen me out on the line much the last couple weeks it’s because of this very thing.
Been a hard run these past 120+ days and I’ve needed to just sit back for a minute and recharge. I’ll be back out next week!
Man, I'm not gonna lie.
This strike is kicking my ass. I am all in for solidarity, but there is a very real chance I am going to break personally. I. Am. Struggling.
Short🧵Legitimately one of the greatest gifts I've ever received. Year ago when my mom was diagnosed with cancer (she's over a decade in remission)
@ralphbakshi
sent this hand drawn/watercolor get well note.
At the time my mom had no idea what Ralph meant to me as a film maker--
WGA Writers, and supporters: Please do not cross these picket lines!
#NoContractNoCoffee
If you've been sending coffee remotely to the lines (first, THANK YOU!) and want to explore alts, consider
@deans_coffee
who has been out there on the lines with us keeping us caffeinated.
It was rough for a year before the strike and I’m not coming out of this strike with a job to go back to. I’m just as anxious as the rest of you that I’ll get left behind too.
But I’m never gonna forget where I was this summer. And I’ll never have to question if I did enough.
The WGA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. Today, our Negotiating Committee, WGAW Board, and WGAE Council all voted unanimously to recommend the agreement. The strike ends at 12:01 am. Check out our deal at .
#WGAStrong
Tearing up.
@clairewillett
has been a stalwart supporter the entire strike and we wanted to do something to show how large she looms in the hearts of the coordinators, captains, and Star Trek writers, cast, and crew.
So glad we made this happen.
#WGAStrong
#SAGAFTRAStrong
#LLAP
got to enjoy a pot of raktajino (no that’s literally what it’s called) with the delightful
@TrondyNewman
at Emperor Georgiou, the Star Trek tea room I just visited last week! she let me crash her party with the awesome queer Trekkie owners and we’re all best friends now
Just some thoughts as we head into the new week with both SAG and WGA on the lines together. Mostly some cheerleading for those brave SAG volunteers who signed up to be captains.
@mafnoor
Oh it’s fine. I don’t particularly care if they see it or not. But it’s like… dude. You don’t need to ask if I’m “still doing the screenwriting thing?” Clearly… I am?
Hi new followers. Not only am I a TV writer who stumbled into labor organizing, I also do
#TTRPG
design.
DMs need to get excited about the YUMGRUB coming in
@helloMCDM
’s Flee Mortals because it’s these delights that await you.
100%intended use.
This is a CR 0 creature.
Really heartening to see so many of my friends in the
#TTRPG
community reaching out to see how they can help support the
#WGAStrike
!
Solidarity forever.
@franklinleonard
I was 19 when came out to my mom, weeping, at 4:30 in the morning, against the better judgement of my friends, while she had pneumonia. She told me she loved me and had known for a while. Then she asked me why I was crying. “I’m on mushrooms and I’m a little emotional right now.”
@deathbybadger
Really crystalizes the appeal of warlockery to the general masses.
"This big red fellow will take all the guesswork out of my life AND give me magic? Where do I sign?"
The week I got rejected to be a Narrative Designer at Wizards of the Coast was the same week I was asked to start as a writers assistant on
#StarTrekDiscovery
3 years & still here, but as a Story Editor. Have a fairly successful side hustle as a freelance narrative designer too
I think it’s hard for people to grasp that rejection can be protection. Can you share a time when you didn’t get something you wanted and it turned out for the best?
Congratulations to my SAG-AFTRA brothers, sisters, and siblings beyond the binary. You did it. We did it. We stood together as long as it took and won!
Shout out to the absolutely heroic strike captains. I hope you’re celebrating tonight!
There are many reasons to watch
#StarTrekDiscovery
405 "The Examples" by
@KyleJarrow
(who, incidentally, is an incredible writer, mentor, and friend), but if I can be selfish for a second there is one small, but significant change you might not have noticed between 404 and 405.
The WGA proposed that TV shows should hire a minimum of six to 12 writers, but some writers disagree.
“Nobody asked for this,” said one prominent showrunner. “Every showrunner I know is against this. It doesn’t make sense to anybody.”
Worth noting that in the past 148 days, in addition to lot coordinating… I had a movie premier in theaters, which was later the number 1 movie on Amazon for two weeks, finished a new pilot, and wrote for 4 different table top games.
I am not kidding when I say I’m a workhorse.
It was rough for a year before the strike and I’m not coming out of this strike with a job to go back to. I’m just as anxious as the rest of you that I’ll get left behind too.
But I’m never gonna forget where I was this summer. And I’ll never have to question if I did enough.
Hi l, this story is bullshit.
@thewrap
is straight up lying. The number is 2 and they canceled the meeting because they didn’t want to be used as a story by the press… as we see demonstrated below. This isn’t 07/08.
Exclusive: Showrunners were hoping to get some answers from the WGA today and get a sense of where the guild stands on a deal with studios, but the guild canceled the meeting.
WGA or not, be it your 1st or 144th day on the picket (take a day off, weirdo) it would be great to have you out on the line with us. Whatever lot you choose, it’s important to show out in force and solidarity.
I’ll be at Disney. Hope I see you there.
#WGAStrong
#SAGAFTRAstrong
We could use some bodies at Disney if you’re up for some afternoon striking. It’s hot but we got shaved ice until 3 and vegan ice cream just setting up. All are welcome.
#WGAStrong
It's also an amazing reminder that our elders have so much to teach us about surviving and thriving in a world that wants to kill you. And that it's never too late to find love.
#TheLastOfUs
Still reflecting on
@TheLastofUsHBO
. ep 3. This episode has burrowed into my heart because it was a reminder that we LGBTQ+ people are survivors. Faced with a plague… our community being decimated, with no resources or support, we survive. A beautiful reminder.
#TheLastOfUs
@samreich
Solidarity, brother. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
If you end up picketing at Disney, in the afternoons, come say hi at the Alameda gate. I’m usually coordinating from there.
My Disney crew. Some of them, at least. Couldn’t have asked for a better team. Whether they were there day one or they joined along the way — stalwart, tenacious, dedicated. All of them. Forever will they be etched on my bones.
They’re more than heroes. They’re union members.
When I opened the gift wrapping on Christmas I almost cried. To hold an original piece by an artist I so respect and admire who, in one of our family's darkest hours, sent something silly and sweet and wonderful that a decade on I was still thinking about... It has immense power.
Take a moment today to thank the SAG Captains for their service. It’s a hard job to be a labor organizer and cheer leader when you yourself may be crumbling spiritually or economically. No one is making any money doing it, and it’s both emotionally and physically grueling.
(1/ ) “…But to Connect” is so perfectly structured, & it’s my favourite
#StarTrekDiscovery
episode. This line alone expresses the season’s heart, as well as a positively utopian core value for the real world’s state of fear & uncertainty that the DMA is a kind of allegory for.
In the summer of ‘22, I pitched my ass off on a very cool IP. I was told by the prod co that the IP holders didn’t like my take. Just found out the prod co never passed it on and since lost the rights.
Yesterday, the IP holders agent read my take and sent it to them immediately.
WGA writers, if you’ve felt the love from TAG out on the line, we need to be ready to stand arm in arm with them when their time comes.
#PayAnimationWriters
Don’t pitch your pilot to that showrunner you love. They’re tired and it’s entirely inappropriate. Don’t hassle that star for an autograph. They’re sweaty and picketing is hard enough. Make friends. Form genuine connections. Network, but be chill about it. No better place.
11/?
The AMPTP has absolutely no leverage against you, SAG. Show up tomorrow. Show up Friday. Show up in droves. Show them just how many of you are in this town.
#SAGAFTRAStrong
Once again, the AMPTP has released their offer publicly in a pathetic attempt to go around union negotiators.
This tired trick comes straight out of the AMPTP’s old unionbusting playbook. The WGA didn’t fall for it, and SAG-AFTRA won’t either.
Had a great time at the
#CandelaObscura
release party.
Finally can share this since it’s out in the wild. Thank you,
@SpenserStarke
,
@TheRowanHall
and
@DarringtonPress
for letting me hitch my wagon to your star. Had a blast playtesting AND writing for Candela Obscura.
We are nearly out of water and drinks at the Disney lot and we have a good crowd. If anyone is making water/ice runs and can do a drop off at the Alameda gate I’d be so grateful.
There’s no such thing as too much water. It’s one of the few things we can bring back.
#WGAStrong
@HaileyPiperSays
I mean… I think that as a kid I was desperate to play that game but the life they lived on the station was terrible and 100% unenviable.
🚨 BREAKING -
#StarTrekDiscovery
Season 5 Premieres APRIL 4th 2024!
The Paramount+ app confirms that
#Discovery
's fifth and final season will air on April 4th!
🔷 Season 5 will feature 10 episodes, airing weekly on Thursdays via Paramount+
#StarTrek
Incredible showing from
@TAGwriters
out at Disney today! Solidarity forever, my animation union brothers, sisters, and siblings beyond the binary! Thank you for showing up in such force. Means more than you know. We’ll be there with you in the trenches when your fight comes.✊🏽✊🏽
Workers of the world unite on Day 100. Out on the line with some stellar
#StarTrek
writers/actors who happen to be among my favorite people. We are still here. Still going strong. Still fighting for a fair contract.
We’re gonna win this. ✊🏽🖖🏽💪🏽
#WGAStrong
#SAGAFTRAstrong
#LLAP
First of all, we are here to picket. We can have fun while we are doing it but let’s remember why we’re here and to stay on message.
If your captains or coordinators ask you to do something or to help out, please do it.
So I guess this means no more zoom rooms, especially for big franchise shows.
I wonder how the studios are gonna feel about all their stuff getting scrubbed for zoom’s AI, without any protections or permissions…🤔
#WGAStrong
#SAGAFTRAstrong
#UnionStrong
Also if you’re in a position to (looking at you A listers), please donate to the entertainment community fund to make sure our friends in production can weather the storm. The AMPTP would see ALL of us destitute. Let’s not let that happen.
Fight isn’t stopping with us, folks. IATSE, TAG, the Teamsters and more all have contract negotiations coming up. We need to show up for them with just as much, if not more, solidarity and support.
#1u
#UnionStrong
So crew isn't doing great. We're not on strike, so a lot of the discounts and benefits for striking workers don't apply to us. People are quietly losing their homes. But we support you.
Please remember this when it's IATSE's turn.
Been hearing a form of wanting to “appeal to middle America” and “we don’t want costal stories” a year before striking. Do they think we don’t get subtext? Rollbacks of LBGTQ rep started long before the strike. But we know what kind of ghouls control the purse… and they hate us.
It's out! I can finally say I had such a blast writing for Daggerheart! You can see my work in the Locations section. Specifically the Rime of the Colossi and Gindalia: City of Obligation.
Thank you
@SpenserStarke
,
@TheRowanHall
, and
@DarringtonPress
for bringing me aboard.
Daggerheart Open Beta Playtest is LIVE! 🗡❤️🔥
You can find everything for character creation, rules, surveys, and a starting adventure over at now!
To celebrate
#daggerheart
, we have several videos coming out today, check out
@CriticalRole
Youtube! 🎊
Let's shout out some good people to work for in the TTRPG space. Who is the best person/company you have done work for, collaborated with or been hired by?