Got some exciting news yesterday — my inclusion on a list in The Globe & Mail of twenty-five influential creatives in the Canadian television industry. I’m still processing, largely because a) I rarely make any of these sorts of lists, and b) I’m deeply uncomfortable with attention. (I know, I know. Blogging about this seems…
Category: Screenwriting
Home Sweet Rome: Season 1 — April 7th on Family Channel!
New show alert! I’ve been working on something… “Home Sweet Rome follows Lucy, a 13-year-old who moves from California to Rome to start a new life with her dad and stepmom Francesca… who also just happens to be an Italian pop star! With new friends, amazing food, haute fashion, and a best friend who is…
Macy Murdoch: Season 1 – March 23rd on CBC Gem!
In January 2019, I pitched a modern Murdoch Mysteries sequel about a biracial lead, inspired by own complicated ancestry. I partnered with the awesome Jessica Meya and, over the course of three years, we evolved the project together — making it our own. Last year, we handed the reins over to Jennifer Kassabian and Robina…
2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominee!
Woke up to some super cool news this morning — I’ve been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing on a Comedy Series for my episode of CBC’s Sort Of! Now I get to be one of the jerks who says things like “It’s an honour just to be nominated.” But it is!…
2023 CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst!
Feeling very excited and honoured to be participating in the CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst program, presented with the Canadian Film Centre. On the program: “Designed through an anti-racist and equity-focused lens, the accelerator program for senior-level writers who identify as Indigenous, Black, or People of Colour provides hands-on and personally tailored on-set experience, additional tools…
Sort Of: Season 2 — November 15th on CBC and December 1st on HBO Max!
Sometimes you get to work on a dream project, and Sort Of has definitely been that for me. It can be rare to find yourself on a gig where multiple aspects of your identity are seen as relevant to the material of a show, but that was absolutely the case here. And it also doesn’t…
Heritage Minute: Jackie Shane!
Bucket, meet list. I grew up in front of my parents’ old television set, watching hours upon hours of shows and commercials — to be honest, this largely informed my desire to write television. I regret nothing. It was hard to make friends when you were a gay biracial kid in the suburbs. But mixed…
Coroner: Season 4 — “True Crime” on CBC!
Coroner Season 4 has been trucking along nicely, with Dr. Jenny Cooper and her team navigating all sorts of new and exciting challenges… and mysterious murders. Tomorrow my episode “True Crime” of drops. It features… well, true crime, legacies of trauma, and queer love. Pretty on-brand for me. The official synopsis below: “Jenny pieces together…
2021 CFC/Netflix Development Accelerator.
The news went live today — I was selected to participate in the 2021 CFC/Netflix Development Accelerator! So, so cool. I’ve been eyeing this program for well over a year now, so to have the opportunity to actually participate in it (and work with CFC and Netflix) is a real dream come true. The cohort also…
Rogers-BSO Script Development Fund!
Woo hoo! Received word today that my half-hour comedy project Ali Knows Best has received the first phase of development funding through the Rogers-BSO Script Development Fund. So very grateful to have the chance to develop this project, as it has been burning a hole in my hard drive for the last little while (#writerproblems)….
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