I’m very excited that my fishy tale for League of Super Evil, “All You Can Eat”, has made the finals of the Canadian Screenwriting Awards. For anyone who hasn’t seen the episode yet, it concerns Voltar’s attempts to bankrupt those posture-challenged Force Fighters V by eating their all-you-can-eat sushi bar out of business. Naturally, Voltar’s [...]
As anyone who has been following my blog and correspondence with my e-penpals knows, I have been planning to post some resources that I think will be helpful for people interested in writing for animation. A few people (stand up Francis, Ale, and Ginger) have sent me great ideas for Jimmy Two Shoes episodes, and [...]
I recently completed the first draft of the sequel to STAR Academy and it has gone in to Amy Black, my wonderful (and patient) editor at Random House/Doubleday. I am on tenterhooks until I receive her feedback, so am distracting myself with other projects, such as writing on season three of League of Super Evil, [...]
Just heard the good news that Jimmy Two Shoes has made the finals for the 2010 Shaw Rocket Prize. My very funny pals at League of Super Evil, whom I also have the pleasure of writing with, are on the short list too, as is In Real Life, produced by my friends/colleagues at Apartment [...]
Sorry, have been busy working on the sequel to STAR Academy (and the network doesn’t tell me anything anyway!) but yes, the new season of Jimmy Two-Shoes premieres this Thursday, September 9th! It’s even better than the first season (if I may say so!) and I hope you’ll tune in to Teletoon to catch it!
If there was a real Superior Thinking and Advanced Research Academy, I would invite Asil Abu Lil, Asil Shaar, and Nour Al-Arda to attend on full scholarships! Even though they are researching in what must be – to say the least – “challenging” circumstances in the Nablus, in the West Bank, the three [...]
Have begun working this week on the pilot episode of my new animated comedy series. It has been optioned by Nerd Corps Entertainment, which, as their name suggests, is a group of very talented, dedicated geeks who love animation and do it very, very well. They’re based in Vancouver, and among other things, produce League [...]
I will be performing two readings of STAR Academy live and in colour (most of it dark, admittedly) at the Chapters Indigo store at Kennedy Commons at 2 pm, March 15th and 16th. If you have kids who are bouncing off the walls with nothing to do over the March Break – or if you’re [...]
Had the pleasure of reading to a very receptive audience at the Rivoli the night before last. It was my first public reading of STAR Academy, so wasn’t sure what to expect. But any concerns I had about how well a kids’ book would fare amidst a lineup that included rappers, performance artists, and experimental [...]
I was very charmed this week to see that STAR Academy has received its first “peer review”; that is to say a review by someone of the same age as the characters in the book and its target audience.
The review comes from Victoria, age 12, who shares her thoughts about it in “KidsWWrite – The [...]
